by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Sultan Özakça and Esra Özakça, the mother and wife of Semih Özakça, a fired educator who was detained early on Monday morning along with Nuriye Gülmen in the 75th day of a hunger strike protesting the loss of their jobs, were also detained on Monday in Ankara after...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that at least 48 people were detained over the past week on charges of making propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gulen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
560 children, aged between 0 to 6, are being held in Turkish prisons along with their mothers, according to Justice Ministry. In a statement to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Ilgezdi’s question, the ministry said the number of children...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who was briefly detained on Saturday at an airport in Romania upon a request from the Turkish government, told CBS news on Monday that he went to Romania after fleeing Indonesia when he found out he was being pursued by...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of the Nokta magazine, Milliyet reported on Monday. According to the report, the İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court sentenced both editors to...
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