Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze
Kani Önen, a police officer who was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, died on September 20 at a mining site in Gebze district, journalist Sevinç Özarslan reported. According to the report, he...
Turkish police accompanied by state-run TRT cameramen detain 30 in midnight house raids
Heavily-armed Turkish police along with a group of cameramen from the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have detained at least 30 people, including municipal employees in the southern province of Mersin where a police officer was killed in an attack on...
Purge-victim nurse reinstated to job years after her death
Sevgi Balcı, a purge-victim nurse who committed suicide in early 2017, was reinstated to her job by the Turkish authorities more than five years after her death, according to the Kronos news portal. Balcı was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in...
73-year-old purge-victim man dies in Ünye prison
Hasan Basri Ç., a 73-year-old purge-victim man, died in a Turkish prison late on Wednesday, journalist Sevinç Özarslan tweeted. “Another death in prison. Hasan Basri Ç., who underwent prostate and heart surgery in prison, was found dead in his bed at Ünye M Type...
8-month-old baby enters Edirne prison with incarcerated parents
An eight-year-old baby of an incarcerated parents was sent to an Edirne prison with her mother on Friday, according to Turkish Journalist Sevinç Özarslan. According to the report, the baby's mother and father have been sent to prison over alleged links to the Gulen...
Exiled Turkish journalist targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Turkey's pro-government Sabah daily has published secretly taken photos and the residential location of Cevheri Güven, an exiled Turkish journalist whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world. The Sabah daily, owned by the...
Kurdish man freed after 30 years in prison
After spending more than three decades in a Turkish prison, this Kurdish man is now free. According to Mezopotamya news portal, Hanefi Eser had been convicted in 1992 over alleged terror links. After spending three decades in prison, he was released from Kayseri's...
80-year-old Kurdish woman set free after 4 months in prison
An 80-year-old Kurdish woman, named Makbule Özer, has been released after spending some four months in prison in Van province, according to Mezopotamya news portal. She was arrested by a Turkish court on May 9 over alleged links to a “terrorist” organization. Özer was...
Purge-vicitm police officer who committed suicide laid to rest
A 47-year-old purge-victim police officer who committed suicide has been laid to rest in his hometown, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The police officer, named Mehmet Ali Gündoğan, was reportedly fired from his job with a decree issued in the...
Purge-victim police commissioner dies of heart attack
Bekir Akarsu, 57-year-old purge-victim police commissioner, died of heart attack on September 3, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. Akarsu was fired from his job with a decree issued by the government in the aftermath of the coup attempt in 2016. He was...
Syrian woman sent to prison with 2-month-old baby over “terror” charges
A Syrian woman, named Reyhan Abdi, was sent to prison on August 30 over alleged links to a "terrorist organization," the Bold news portal reported. Abdi was reportedly detained by İstanbul police early on August 26. After spending some three days in police custody,...
2 years ago today: Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Two years ago today, a purge-victim deputy police chief was found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkey’s Gümüşhane E Type Closed Prison. 44-year-old Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu had been held in prison for over four years. The photos taken after his death revealed the poor...
67-year-old Kurdish mayor dies in Şanlıurfa prison
Bazo Yılmaz, a 67-year-old Kurdish man and the former mayor of Yukarı Göklü in Şanlıurfa’s Halfeti district, died in prison on August 18, 2022. According to Yılmaz's personal notes, published by the Mesopotamia news portal, he had experienced heavy mistreatment in...
Remains of Kurdish man returned to family by Turkish authorities in a plastic bag
Remains of a Kurdish man who died in Sur district of southeastern province of Diyarbakır during the clashes between the Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were given to his family on Monday in a white plastic bag. The body of the...
Turkish singer sent to prison over remarks regarding religious school graduates
Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu has been sent to prison in İstanbul as part of an investigation launched due to her remarks that allegedly insulted the graduates of the religious imam-hatip schools in Turkey. The İstanbul Chief Public...
Turkish teacher sent to prison over “terror, coup” links
A Turkish teacher, identified with initials T.A., was sent to prison on Monday over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. The purge-victim teacher was sentenced to 6...
Two years ago today: TV director jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after belated release from prison
Fatih Terzioğlu, a TV director who was diagnosed with stomach cancer during his 21-month incarceration on terrorism charges, died on August 23, 2020, following his release from prison in mid-July due to an intensive social media campaign. Terzioğlu’s wife, Esra, had...
Purge-victim engineer poses for one last picture with his son before going to prison
A purge-victim Turkish engineer, named Yunus Tosun, posed for this picture with his 4 year-old son minutes before he was placed in pre-trial detention over "terror," charges by a Turkish court in İzmir province. The picture was taken on May 7, 2022, according to...