by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turkish parliament to pass laws that ban social media platforms, including Twitter and Netflix, due to the “recent increase of immoral acts” on these platforms. The President’s address came a day after...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2020 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Haluk Savaş, a psychiatry professor and a purge victim, died of cancer at the age of 54, his wife announced on Tuesday. “My angel’s gone,” she tweeted. Meleğim gitti #HalukSavaş — Doç. Dr. Esen Savaş (@DoktorEsenSavas) June 30, 2020 Savaş was a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2020 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
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...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2020 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
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...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 10, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Police teams armed with machine guns raided a house in Adana belonging to a family accused of “giving financial support” to the purge-victims who were either jailed or fired from their jobs over Gülen links. Among the detainees is a woman with a six-month old baby...
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report
Turkish gov’t dismisses 4 more elected Kurdish mayors, bringing total to 44
Turkish journalist tests positive for COVID-19 in Ankara’s Sincan prison