2016–17 Turkish purges

Four people have been detained in the Keşan district of Edirne province while attempting to flee to Greece in a bid to escape a post-coup witch-hunt currently ongoing in Turkey, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Monday.

The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office on May 16 ordered the detention of 85 staff from the energy and education ministries in an investigation into the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which is believed to have been behind the July 2016 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Germany has granted political asylum to numerous Turkish military personnel and their families holding diplomatic passports, German media reported on May 8, amid strained relations between the two NATO allies.

Turkey's highest judicial regulatory body dismissed another 107 judges and prosecutors on May 5 over their alleged links to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of masterminding the July 2016 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Some 9,103 Turkish police officers were suspended late on April 26 for their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding the July 2016 coup attempt.    

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) reintroduced a monitoring process for Turkey on April 25, citing "serious deterioration of the functioning of democratic institutions."

Some 113 members of the 324-member PACE voted in favor of the report, titled "The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Turkey," while 45 members voted against it and 12 abstained.

A total of 20 ex-soldiers, including military officers, were remanded in custody on March 18 over their alleged use of a messaging app, ByLock linked to the July 15 coup attempt, according to a judicial source.

Turkey's highest judicial regulatory body in Ankara has dismissed 202 more judges and prosecutors on March 17 for alleged links to the Fethullahist Movement, according to a senior judicial official.