by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2019 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech
Ekrem Yaşlı, a 61-year-old Kurdish man, was physically assaulted for speaking Kurdish at a public hospital in Çanakkale province, the pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu confirmed. “Some people still ask why there is a Kurdish problem in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fethullah Gulen’s “old friend” detained by İzmir police despite suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease
Turkish court appoints trustees to Erdoğan-critic Davutoğlu-affiliated foundation: report
8-year-old cancer patient departs to Germany for treatment without parents due to ongoing travel ban
Hours after being released from custody, purge-victim mothers hit the road to kick off ‘March of Justice’
Ankara police detain 66 including mother of imprisoned military cadet to prevent “March of Justice”
Leaked napkin reveals 10 female teachers, 1 dentist held in degrading prison conditions in Şanlıurfa
Man with one kidney being held in prison for over 9 months despite high risk of kidney failure
Garanti Bank called to account by BBVA after denying purge-victim doctor a checking account
18-week pregnant woman suffers anxiety attack after being denied medication in prison
IIIT cancels book talk due to author’s article in critical of Turkish President Erdogan