Purge-victim teacher attends son’s funeral in handcuffs and heavy police presence
A handcuffed purge-victim teacher buried his 16-year-old son on Sunday in an emotional chapter of a controversy that has gripped the country and spurred accusations of double standards against post-coup arrestees in Turkey. Purge-victim teacher, Nureddin Odabaşı has...
Purge-victim police officer reinstated to job a month after his death
Yurdal Gökçe, a purge-victim police officer who died on November 29 in a construction accident in Gebze, has been reinstated to his job, the Kronos news website reported. Gökçe (41) was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup...
Purge-victim judge’s last ever pictures revealed
Leaked photos have revealed the final minutes of Teoman Gökçe, a top judge and a former member of the Turkish Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) who passed away following a heart attack in prison in April 2018. In the photos, which were reportedly taken on April...
ODTÜ student gets 8 months in prison over tweets criticizing rector
Tunahan Gözlügöl, a student from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), has been sentenced to 8 years and 22 days in prison for "insulting" rector Mustafa Verşan Kök in a tweet he posted last month. According to the Yol Haber news portal, Gözlügöl criticized the...
24,256 dismissed from Turkish army since failed 2016 coup: Defense Ministry
A total of 24,256 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the Gülen group since a coup attempt in July 2016, according to the Defense Ministry, the T24 news portal reported. Turkey accuses the group of...
Kurdish man released from prison after serving 30 years on terror charges
This Kurdish man was just released from prison after serving 30 years on so-called terror charges. This is his first picture as a free man! According to reports by the Turkish media, Hüseyin Bilge was sentenced to life in prison by the Turkey’s notorious State...
Turkish court rules to keep businessman Kavala in prison once again
A Turkish court ruled to keep renowned Turkish philanthropist and rights advocate Osman Kavala in prison at his latest court hearing, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Kavala is accused of orchestrating the Gezi Park mass protests in the summer of 2013 in a...
2 Kurdish brothers set free after 30 years in Turkish prison: report
Two Kurdish brothers, named Seyfettin Yaşa and Metin Yaşa, were released by a Turkish court on December 18 after 30 years of imprisonment over terror charges, the Mezopotamya news portal reported. According to the report, Yaşa brothers were sentenced to life in prison...
Former judge enters 44th day in prison with her 6-month-old baby: report
Esra Çiçeklidağ, a former judge dismissed from her job by a government decree, entered 44th day of her arrest at a prison in Gebze, a district in Kocaeli Province. The purge victim judge is accused of alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of...
4-year-old child joins mother in prison: report
A mother took her 4-year-old child to prison with her after being jailed over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a...
Turkish authorities say Kurdish prisoner committed suicide in Tekirdağ prison
A Kurdish prisoner named Vedat Çem Erkmen took his own life on Sunday at an F Type prison in Tekirdağ province, according to Turkish authorities. Erkmen was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Greek police rescue Turkish migrants in danger of freezing to death: report
The Greek police rescued at least 10 Turkish asylum seekers, who crossed the Evros River from Turkey to Greece and were in danger of freezing to death, after the group made urgent calls for help. Following the pleas of the migrants, which circulated on social media...
Another political prisoner dies of cancer in İzmir prison: report
Abdülrezzak Şuyur, a 56-year-old political prisoner, died of cancer in an İzmir prison on Wednesday, the ANF News reported. According to the report, Şuyur had been incarcerated since 1993 over "membership in a terrorist organization." He was serving a life sentence....
Kurdish political prisoner dies of cancer in Diyarbakır prison: report
Halil Guneş, a Kurdish political prisoner who had been incarcerated for almost 29 years, died of cancer on Thursday, the Mezopotamya news portal reported. According to the report, Guneş's body was found at a one-person cell in Diyarbakır prison. He had spent his last...
ECtHR faults Turkey for violating Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak’s rights to liberty and security: report
The ECtHR has faulted Turkey for violating the rights of prominent journalist Nazlı Ilıcak to liberty and security as well as freedom of expression, stating that the charges that led to her imprisonment for more than three years are not plausible. According to the...
Today marks the 84th month of former STV head’s imprisonment on “terror” charges
Today marks the 84th month of imprisonment of Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, on terror charges. According to tweets posted by his son, Sıdkı, Hidayet Karaca has been in İstanbul's Silivri Prison for a total of 2557 days. 1496 of...
Three YouTubers put under house arrest for publicly “denigrating the state and government”
Three Turkish YouTubers known for conducting street interviews with passersby on daily political developments, have been placed in house arrest for “inciting hatred and animosity against some groups” and publicly “denigrating the state and government.” Mehmet Koyuncu...
Turkish authorities arrest 3 street reporters on terror accusations: report
Turkish police have arrested three YouTubers known for conducting street interviews with passersby on daily political developments in Turkey, the Karar daily reported. Mehmet Koyuncu (@KendineMuhabir), Arif Kocabıyık (@ilavetv_) and Turan Kural (@sadevatandasyt) were...