Turkish insurance company denies service to suspected Gulenists: claim

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2019 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Today in Crackdown

A Turkish insurance company would not provide service to a customer on the basis that he/she is suspected of ties to the Gulen movement, according to social media. The Twitter account @tutsakavukatt shared the screenshot of an error message the customer reportedly...

Pro-gov’t anchor calls for beheading of Gezi protesters

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown

Turkish television anchor Erkan Tan, known for his staunch pro-government stance on A Haber TV, on Tuesday called for the beheading of protesters who were involved in the countrywide anti-government Gezi protests in the summer of 2013. While arguing in a column for...

Pro-gov’t journalist says Gulen-linked ‘fugitives’ should be abducted or killed

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown

Pro-gov’t journalist calls for killing of Turkish businessman and individuals like him who he accused of being top Gulenists. Pro-government Turkish journalist Emre Erciş has called on Turkey’s intelligence agency to abduct or exterminate critical businessman Akın...

‘Alternative’ medicine professor vows to take up arms if Erdogan loses June election

by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses

Ahmet Maranki, a professor of complementary medicine, has said during a live TV interview that a civil war would break out in Turkey if the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) does not win upcoming elections slated for June 24. Speaking on a live program on...

Pro-gov’t journalist says jailed Gulenists should be forced to commit suicide

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 26, 2018 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown

Pro-government journalist and writer Fazıl Duygun has called on authorities to force people jailed over their links to the Gulen movement to commit suicide. “FETO supporters should be forced in an appropriate way to commit suicide. Because these vile people do not...

Pro-Erdogan deputy cheers alleged death of US soldier in Syria

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 27, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Gaziantep deputy Şamil Tayyar has welcomed the death news of a soldier from the US Special Forces in northern Syria’s Afrin region, where four days ago the Turkish military launched an offensive against Kurdish-held positions. “Wow....