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Turkish folk band member dies on 288th day of hunger strike

Turkish folk band member dies on 288th day of hunger strike

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2020 | Human Tragedies

A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey has died on the 288th day of a hunger strike protesting the imprisonment of band members. Helin Bolek died Friday at her İstanbul home where she had been staging the hunger strike to force the Turkish...
Turkey arrests another journalist for insulting “Erdogan’s call to raise funds for COVID-19 relief

Turkey arrests another journalist for insulting “Erdogan’s call to raise funds for COVID-19 relief

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish journalist Hakan Aygün was sent to prison on Friday over Twitter posts that “insults” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to raise funds to aid victims of the coronavirus epidemic. According to BBC Türkçe, Aygün was jailed for “inciting hatred...
Purge-victim Çanakkale woman “possibly” commits suicide: report

Purge-victim Çanakkale woman “possibly” commits suicide: report

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish woman from the city of Çanakkale committed suicide on Saturday, according to thepro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu. The HDP deputy said that it has not yet been confirmed whether the woman committed suicide or “fell off balcony.”...
Prison riot in southeast Turkey over coronavirus fears

Prison riot in southeast Turkey over coronavirus fears

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Inmates at a prison in the Kurdish-majority city of Batman staged a riot over fears of contamination amid a coronavirus outbreak that has seen more than 25,000 infections and over 500 deaths in the country. The unrest took place in Batman’s Type-M closed prison early...
Turkish journalist berifly detained for protesting Erdogan’s call to raise funds for coronavirus relief

Turkish journalist berifly detained for protesting Erdogan’s call to raise funds for coronavirus relief

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish journalist Hakan Gülseven was briefly detained on Tuesday for using a Twitter tag that translates as “not a smallest bit” in response to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to raise funds to aid victims of the coronavirus epidemic. “I...
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  • Prison riot in southeast Turkey over coronavirus fears
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