

Genocide Watch
- Feb 4, 2021
Genocide Warning: Turkey 2021
After the attempted coup d'état in 2015, Turkish President Erdoğan ordered investigations of public university professors to determine their possible affiliations with FETÖ, the Gülen Movement, which the Turkish government labels a "terrorist" organization. Many professors lost their jobs because of baseless allegations. Thousands were detained and hundreds were imprisoned on charges of supporting the Gülen Movement. Since 2016, President Erdoğan himself appointed loyalists a