2016–17 Turkish purges

2016–17 Turkish purges
Part of Turkish government–Gülen movement conflict
Ankara Istanbul 2016–17 purges in Turkey (Turkey)
Date	16 July 2016 – ongoing
Location	Nationwide; cities with high civil servant populations (Ankara, Istanbul)
Status	Turkey's AKP government solidify control over military, judiciary, media, education. Over 120,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants suspended or dismissed, together with about 40,000 formally arrested.
Parties to the civil conflict
Government of Turkey President of Turkey Gülen Movement • Alleged supporters of Fethullah Gülen in civil service, education, journalism, judiciary and military • Peace at Home Council Later extended to HDP and all pro-PKK groups.
Lead figures
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar Ümit Dündar Fethullah Gülen (Islamic scholar)
Units involved
Loyalists of the Turkish Armed Forces National Intelligence Organization Turkish parliament Judiciary in Turkey National Police
Casualties
None About 160,000 people arrested, detained, dismissed. 15,846 detained(10,012 soldiers, 1,481 judiciary members) 8,133 of the detained had been arrested 15 universities, 1,043 private schools, 1,229 charities and foundations, 19 trade unions, 35 medical institutions, 16 television channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses were shut down.

Loyalists of the Turkish Armed Forces
National Intelligence Organization
Turkish parliament
Judiciary in Turkey

About 160,000 people arrested, detained, dismissed.
15,846 detained(10,012 soldiers, 1,481 judiciary members)
8,133 of the detained had been arrested

The 2016–17 Turkish purges are an ongoing series of purges by the government of Turkey enabled by a state of emergency in reaction to the 15 July failed coup d'état. After the immediate arrest of military personnel accused of making the coup attempt, arrests were expanded to include further elements of the Turkish military service, as well as various civil servants and private businesses. These later actions, reflecting a power struggle between secularist and Islamist political elites in Turkey, which began to be known as a purge, affected people who were not active in nor aware of the coup as it happened, but who were alleged to be connected with the Gülen movement, a group which the government blames for the coup. Even the mere possession of books authored by Gülen may be considered evidence of such a connection and cause for arrest.