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...
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by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A cellphone video that shows two police officer in Antalya repeatedly striking a woman with baton has prompted investigation, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to the 45-sec. footage which was recorded by a passersby and released on Twitter, two several...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 24, 2017 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday visited two Turks who were arrested for an attack on protesters outside the residence of the Turkish ambassador in Washington, D.C., while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was visiting the residence. “We have...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 13, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A mob of about 50 people attacked a funeral ceremony held in Ankara for the mother of the imprisoned Deputy Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Aysel Tugluk, several media outlets reported. Following the attack, the body of Hatun Tuğluk was...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 1, 2017 | Hate Crime, Today in Crackdown
A government appointed trustee, tasked to run Van’s Edremit Municipality, has built public toilets on an Armenian cemetery in the district, the proKurdish Dİhaber news portal reported on Tuesday. The report claimed that the bones from the cemetery were scattered after...
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