by TurkeyPurge | Dec 17, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
The Greek police rescued at least 10 Turkish asylum seekers, who crossed the Evros River from Turkey to Greece and were in danger of freezing to death, after the group made urgent calls for help. Following the pleas of the migrants, which circulated on social media...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Abdülrezzak Şuyur, a 56-year-old political prisoner, died of cancer in an İzmir prison on Wednesday, the ANF News reported. According to the report, Şuyur had been incarcerated since 1993 over “membership in a terrorist organization.” He was serving a life...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Halil Guneş, a Kurdish political prisoner who had been incarcerated for almost 29 years, died of cancer on Thursday, the Mezopotamya news portal reported. According to the report, Guneş’s body was found at a one-person cell in Diyarbakır prison. He had spent his...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 15, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
The ECtHR has faulted Turkey for violating the rights of prominent journalist Nazlı Ilıcak to liberty and security as well as freedom of expression, stating that the charges that led to her imprisonment for more than three years are not plausible. According to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Today marks the 84th month of imprisonment of Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, on terror charges. According to tweets posted by his son, Sıdkı, Hidayet Karaca has been in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison for a total of 2557 days....