9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
9 international human rights groups have called on governments aroud the world, NGOs and the UN to push the Turkish government to release political prisoners and "condemn its use of the pandemic to further target human rights defenders." The right groups -- Raoul...
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote a letter last week calling on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to release journalists, civil society activists, and members of the political opposition "who do...
Documentary “Crossing Maritsa” is set for release on Youtube this Sunday
Crossin Maritsa, a documentary exploring the life of those who fled the post-coup purge in Turkey via illegal means, is set for release on Youtube this upcoming Sunday. "Finally!!! It was a long, difficult and touching journey we had while producing our documentary...
HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several EP officialls have called on the Turkish government to release all political prisoners to stem COVID-19 spread. Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, and Sergey Lagodinsky and the chair of the...
EP rapporteur calls on Turkey to release purge-victim journalists, civilians to stem COVID-19
The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has called on the Turkish government to release hundreds of imprisoned journalists, lawyers, activists and human rights defenders within the scope of a new amnesty bill drafted due to serious health...
Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report
Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday. Freedom House kept Turkey in the “not free” category to which it was downgraded from the “partly free” status in the 2018...
Take Action: Sign petition to reunite purge-victim mother with 8-year old cancer patient son in Germany ||
An online petition has been launched to re-unite an eight-year-old Turkish kid who is receiving cancer treatment in Germany, with his mother, who is not allowed to leave Turkey due to a travel ban. The kid -- Ahmet Burhan Ataç, -- went to Germany on January 26 for a...
Boston Celtics center Kanter thanks Trudeau for “letting him play basketball in Canada”
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter thanked Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau and his government in a tweet on Wednesday for issuing him a visa to enter Canada to play in the NBA’s first Christmas game in Toronto. Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep...
Bosnian authorities set Gülenist educator free after 12 days in detention
A Bosnian court has ruled for the release of Fatih Keskin, the principal of Una-Sana College, part of the Gülen-affiliated Richmond Park Schools Group, who was detained by the Bosnian police on Dec. 4, Bold Medya reported. Keskin was requested to appear at a police...
Following China, Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists by New York-based CPJ
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has listed Turkey as the second worst jailer of journalists in its annual report for the year 2019. The CPJ’s report, released on Wednesday, said this year’s census marks the first time in four years that...
Turkish activists debut exhibit featuring remainings of Turkey’s purge victims
Purge Museum, “Tenkil Müzesi” in Turkish, an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to the victims of Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, opened for a ten-day run in Brussels on Friday evening. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Amnesty reports: Turkey detains hundreds in crackdown on criticism of Syria incursion
Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria and are facing absurd criminal charges as the government intensifies its crackdown on critical voices, said Amnesty International in a...
NTV Canada interviews purge-victim Turkish academic
Canada-based NTV news has interviewed Mehmet Efe Caman, a Turkish political science professor, about an ongoing government purge in Turkey and how it impacted his life over the past several years. "A Turkish political science professor at Memorial University is...
Journalists in exile hold protest in Germany in support of jailed colleagues in Turkey
Journalists who fled a government crackdown in Turkey and took shelter in Germany held a protest over the weekend on the sidelines of a book fair in Frankfurt in support of their jailed colleagues in Turkey, Bold Medya reported. The exiled journalists met in Frankfurt...
Turkish news portal interviews parents who lost 2 kids in boat accident in Aegean Sea
The parents of two children who died in a boat accident in the Aegean Sea while trying to flee Turkey to avoid an ongoing purge by the Erdogan government, were interviewed by a Turkish news portal. They said that they they waited for ten hours at sea to be rescued...
Amnesty Germany calls for action: Write a letter to Turkish officials about two missing Turkish men
Amnesty Germany has issued another urgent action document, calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing since...
2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize goes to imprisoned Turkish businessman
The 2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize has been bestowed on prominent Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison since November 2017 on terror and coup charges. According to...
Exiled Turkish lawyers hold “alternative” judicial ceremony in Berlin
A group of Turkish lawyers who fled an ongoing purge in Turkey, has come together in Berlin, Germany, to mark the opening of the new judicial year, the Kronos news portal reported. According to the report, the event was held in support of some 50 bar associations in...