Missing purge-victim bureaucrat “found” in Ankara prison: daughter
Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former Turkish bureaucrat who had been missing since late 2020, has been "found" in the Sincan High Security Prison, according to tweets posted by his daughter. “Yesterday I got a call that my father was in prison. I waited for some time to...
Purge-victim woman dies of Covid-19: report
Dilek Aksoy, a 5-month pregnant woman who was sentenced to 7 years, 6 months in prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, died on Sunday due to complications from COVID-19. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Aksoy was charged with so-called...
A year ago today: Purge-victim police officer dies of Covid-19 in prison
Veysel Atasoy, a purge-victim police officer, died a year ago today after contracting Covid 19 at the Tavşanlı T Type Closed Prison in Kutahya Province. According to the media reports, several days after his contraction to COVID-19, Atasoy was dispatched to a state...
At least 106 people died in Turkish prisons since July 2016: report
At least 106 people died in Turkish prisons since July 2016, the Bold news portal reported. 41 of these reportedly died of complications related to cancer, while the rest died as a result of a wide range of causes, including but not limited to the following: Heart...
Purge-victim judge becomes watermelon vendor to make a living
A purge-victim Turkish judge has become a watermelon vendor in an attempt to rebuild his life after being fired from his job with a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule in 2016. "Why do I have to sell watermelon and honey? Le me go back to my real...
Fashion designer Barbaros Şansal gets 3 years, 22 days in prison for “insulting” Turkish gov’t
An İstanbul court on Tuesday sentenced Fashion Designer Barbaros Şansal to 3 months and 22 days in prison for "insulting" the Turkish government in a tweet he posted in 2017, the BBC News Türkçe reported. According to the report, the court has neither suspended the...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 145 military cadets, 69 former army members
An İzmir prosecutor has issued detention warrants for a total of 145 military cadets, 69 ex-military officers over alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement....
70-year-old inmate with advanced leukemia dies 2 weeks after being released from prison
Mehmet Ali Çelebi, a 70-year-old inmate with advanced leukemia, has died almost two weeks after being released from prison following strong reactions from hundreds of social media users. The purge victim man was incarcerated over alleged membership to the Gulen group,...
Turkish professor says Gulenists must be sent to concentration camps
Muttalip Kutluk Özgüven, a professor of Computer Engineering, has said in a live TV interview that Gulenists across the country should be sent to concentration camps as part of a forcible indoctrination process to induce them to give up their social and religious...
Purge-victim Turkish judge died of heart-related causes laid to rest with hundreds in attendance
Gülsüm Coşar, a purge-victim Turkish judge who died of heart-related causes in Germany, was laid to rest on Sunday. Hundreds of people showed up. Coşar was a Turkish judge who was fired from her job with a gov’t decree issued after a coup attempt in 2016. Along with...
Purge-victim Supreme court member dies of heart attack: report
Mahmut Kış, a Turkish judge and a former Supreme court member, has died of heart attack, according to a tweet posted by his lawyer. Kış was fired from his job with a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt in July 16, 2016. He was...
6-month pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links set free after 4 months in prison: report
Arzu Nur Özkan, a 6-month pregnant woman who was sentenced to 10 years in prison over links to the Gülen group, was released pending trial on Saturday after spending four months in prison, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. Özkan, who used to work as a...
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of heart-related causes in Germany: report
Gülsüm Coşar, a Turkish judge who was fired from her job with a gov't decree issued after a coup attempt in 2016, died of heart-related causes in Germany on Wednesday, the Kronos news portal reported. Coşar and her 5-year-old son have been living in Germany as...
6-month pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links begs for justice on a recorded phone call
Arzu Nur Özkan, a 6-month pregnant woman who has been behind bars for over four months due to alleged links to the Gülen group, is heard on a recorded phone call desperately begging for justice to be served in her case, the Bold news portal reported. According ot the...
30-year-old Turkish lawyer sent back to prison over Gulen links: report
Zeki Utlu, a 30-year-old Turkish lawyer who has been sentenced to 7 years, 6 months in prison due to his alleged links to the Gülen group, has recently been sent back to prison after the supreme court of appeals upheld the prison sentence. According to Turkish...
Turkish lawyer subjected to strip search during visit to a client in prison: report
Ekin Yeter, a Turkish lawyer, was subjected to a strip search during her visit to a client in prison, the Mezopotamya news portal reported. According to the report, the lawyer said she was forcefully strip-searched by the guards at Van High Security Prison, who put...
9 prisoners, including Kurdish politician Leyla Güven, receive disciplinary action for singing in Kurdish at Elazığ prison
Nine Kurdish prisoners at a prison in Elazığ province have received disciplinary action for “singing songs” in Kurdish language, according to the Gazete Duvar news portal. According to the report, the nine women, including former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
Turkish authorities destroy building housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Turkish authorities have destroyed a building housing the now-closed Gülen-linked Samanyolu TV Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, a media company that had operated radio and television broadcasting, publication and distribution of newspapers. The building was located in...