Paralyzed math teacher held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over Gulen links
Yavuz Selim Burgu, a math teacher who suffers from paralysis of the upper half of his body, including his right arm and hand, has been held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen group. Burgu reportedly has 54 percent disability rating. In...
Former rector gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on Gulen links: report
Ayşegül Jale Saraç, a Turkish professor and the former rector of the Diyarbakır-based Dicle University, has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison on charges of membership in a terrorist organization due to her alleged links to the Gülen group, the Hurriyet...
Leaked photos show purge-victim police officer handcuffed to hospital bed during intubation: report
Photos recently posted by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and deputy from the Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), have revealed that a purge-victim police officer who died due to Covid-19 was handcuffed to a hospital bed during intubation. Veysel Atasoy,...
Purge-victim Turkish woman held in prison cell with 2 kids since January 2021: report
İlayda Tekgöz, a Turkish woman who is being investigated over alleged Gulen links, has been held in a prison cell with her two children since January 2021, according to journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The purge-victim woman is accused of having links to the Gulen group,...
Turkish court jails Eskişehir man suffering from Huntington’s disease: report
An Eskişehir man who suffers from the neurodegenerative Huntington’s Disease, was sent to prison on Monday after an appeals court upheld a 22-month prison sentence for a tweet he posted in 2015. According to a tweet posted by his wife Rukiye Güven, Bekir Güven was...
66-year-old purge victim man dies in prison: report
Kenan Özcan, a 66-year-old Turkish man, died in a Turkish prison late on Tuesday, pro Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted. "Another death in prison. Kenan Özcan. They jailed him on terror charges. He fell ill. He has been through several hospitals. Died...
Pro-Kurdish HDP politician gets 7 years, 6 months in prison on “terror” charges: report
Fırat Keser, a Kurdish politician from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison over links to a "terrorist" organization, Mezopotamya news agency reported. According to the report, Keser was charged by the Aydın 2nd...
1,576,566 people investigated over “terror accusations” since July 2016: Deva Party
A total of 1,576,566 people have been investigated over membership in so-called "terrorist" organizations in Turkey since July 2016, according to Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a politician from the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). In a live TV interview on Sunday,...
20 University students get lengthy prison sentences over Gulen links in Uşak
A Turkish court on Monday handed down lengthy jail sentences to at least 20 university students over their links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to the...
Isparta man with Parkinson’s disease briefly detained over alleged Gulen links
A 59-year-old Turkish man with Parkinson's disease briefly detained by police over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to journalist Sevinç Özarslan,...
Stage 2 cancer patient sent to prison over Gulen links: report
Gülden Aşık, a Turkish woman with stage 2 thyroid cancer, has been sent to prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to a tweet posted by journalist Sevinç Özarslan,...
Purge-victim İzmir man suffers facial paralysis in solitary confinement: report
A Turkish man who has been in solitary confinement for over 20 months over links to the Gülen group, has suffered from severe facial paralysis, journalist Sevinç Özarslan reported. Akif Sarı, 46, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over use of ByLock, an...
Turkish court arrests Samsun man for “insulting” Ataturk
A Turkish court has ruled to imprison a Samsun man identified with initials T.A. on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, according to Turkish media reports. The Cumhuriyet daily reported that the man was detained by the police...
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...