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....

[AUDIO] Pro-Erdogan radio host calls on police to kill Afrin operation critics

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 25, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown

Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, Cumhuriyet reported. “I am calling on the police. They should show no mercy. The...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan advisor associates post-coup purge with Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 21, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup crackdown only years after the events take place as Australia did for the Aborigines, the US did for the Native Americans and...

Turkey’s new racist political party: ‘Turks are superior race’

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 6, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses

Turkey’s first openly racist political party was founded on Dec. 20, the Duvar news portal reported on Jan. 5. The Ötüken Union Party was established by a group of Turkish nationalists and has officially been included by the Supreme Court of Appeals...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülenists

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses

Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence should kill family members of jailed Gülenists in order to turn the inmates into operatives for the Erdoğan...