Fethullah Gülen

In Latin, they call it “annus horribilis.” In Turkey, we can pinpoint it as 2014. For this past year has really been a horrible one for Turkey. True; for most ordinary Turks, life went as normal, as restaurants, shopping malls or traffic jams functioned as they had before.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is closely following the operation launched on Dec. 14 targeting some members of the Fethullah Gülen movement, including two top executives of media groups close to the U.S.-based Islamic scholar, while he has also slammed international organizations for voicing concerns over media freedom in Turkey.

Galatasaray’s chairman is alone in his claim that a major match-fixing probe was launched after Fenerbahçe refused to pay $50 million to Fethullah Gülen The biggest match-fixing investigation in Turkish football history is back on the agenda after Galatasaray Chairman Duygun Yarsuvat claimed that a 2011 probe into the matter was launched when Fenerbahçe Chairman Aziz Yıldırım refused t

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has once again rejected the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader's claims that the intelligence agency conspired against the CHP, underlining that he never instructed the agency to work against any political party. 

A “new Turkey” is emerging as the top two posts of the country change hands and vow to embrace all citizens, but the fight against members of the so called “parallel state,” the term used by the ruling party to describe members of Fethullah Gülen movement, will continue on.

At least eight of police officers, who were sent to court with demands for their arrest as part of operations targeting the “parallel state,” were arrested in Istanbul on July 25.

Eight of 14 police officers who were sent to court with demands for their arrest as part of operations targeting the “parallel state” were arrested July 25.

A melee erupted at the courthouse when the arrested officers attacked their colleagues who were to transfer them to the prison.

Eight policemen, who were detained in operations targeting the “parallel state,” were released early July 25 after being questioned by the Istanbul Public Prosecutors’ Office. 

As of yesterday, more than 100 suspects, most of whom were former police officers in key positions, were in custody, as part of an investigation into the “parallel state” claims.

The main opposition party has criticized the latest massive police operation, labeling it “retaliation against the Dec. 17, 2013 graft probe” and suggesting that “robbers are going after the police.”