by TurkeyPurge | Jun 25, 2018 | Hate Crime
Mehmet Sıddık Durmaz, a local representative for the İYİ (Good) Party from the Karaçoban district was shot dead at a polling station in Erzurum province in a blood feud fight, his party has announced. Only a day later, his brother Savaş Durmaz was also shot dead while...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Religious Minorities, Today in Crackdown
The home of an Istanbul family with reported Alevi background was attacked with racist graffiti on its door that read: “Get out, atheist,” on Thursday night. According to Mezopotamya news agency, the walls of the apartment was also marked with crosses and “three...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 28, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
The Turkish National Police Academy has published a new report that offers a comprehensive road map to fight against the members of the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt last year. According to pro-Erdoğan daily Sabah,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
Members of the Alevi community in Turkey’s Malatya province have voiced concern after at least thirteen of their houses were allegedly marked with red cross by unknown people. Red crosses marked with red paint were spotted on the outside walls and doors of several...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
People affiliated with the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen will be “rooted out” from the Balkans, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 11 in a speech in the Serbian town of Novi Pazar. “We will root out this treacherous gang called FETÖ from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were shut down by a government decree, were allegedly tortured on Oct. 2 by some 20-30 guards at...
