Since 2016, the government of Turkey has conducted a series of purges, enabled by a state of emergency in reaction to the failed coup attempt on 15 July that year. The purges began with the arrest of
Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher from a Gülen-affiliated school died in police custody after being imprisoned and tortured for 13 days post 2016 coup attempt.
General Bekir Ercan Van (far left), the commander of Incirlik Air Base, was accused of complicity in the attempted coup.
The building of the Turkish Court of Cassation in Ankara.
Opposition politicians Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yüksekdağ had been arrested on terrorism charges
Hakan Fidan
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Hakan Fidan is a Turkish politician serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since June 2023. He was previously the director of the National Intelligence Organization from March 2010 until June 2023
Fidan in 2025
Fidan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, 11 July 2023
Fidan with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ankara, Turkey, 6 November 2023