by TurkeyPurge | Jul 4, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turan Deniz, a police officer who was fired from his job in the aftermath of a coup attempt in 2016, died of brain hemorrhage on Sunday. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the man will be laid to rest...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
A Turkish court has banned access to two international news websites, Germany’s state-run broadcaster Deutsche Welle and the US state-owned international multimedia broadcaster, VOA (Amerika’nın Sesi). The court ruling came after two news outlets refused to obtain a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 30, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Furkan Çetinkaya, one of the Turkish Air Force Academy cadets who were released from prison last week, paid a visit to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Wednesday. Çetinkaya was accompanied by his mother, Melek Çetinkaya,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 7 university students have been detained by police in Çorum province over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement. According to the Bold news portal, nine others were...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court has reportedly removed a travel ban for four former Zaman journalists, Mümtaz’er Türköne, Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç and Ahmet Turan Alkan. The Zaman daily, which was Turkey’s best-selling newspaper, was closed down along with dozens of other media...