by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) has threatened, along with a group of men, the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. In a video clip widely shared on social media on June 21,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 20, 2017 | Hate Speech
Newly emerged video shows the moment Metin Balkanlıoğlu, an important figure within İsmailaga community, one of Turkey’s most prominent religious communities, called on Turkish security forces to carry out mass execution against those engaging in “terrorist...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 19, 2017 | Hate Speech
Kürşat Mican, İstanbul branch head of Alperen Ocakları, an offshoot of the Turkish nationalist movement called the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said during an interview that they will not allow LGBTI members to hold a parade in İstanbul. Speaking during a live TV show...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Hate Speech
Çankırı Chief Public Prosecutor Hüsnü Aldemir likened Turkey’s Gülen group to a Jewish organization during a meeting with unit chiefs and muhtars, Haberci18 news reported on Friday. “Some media or social media channels often say that we are being soft on ‘FETÖ’ [a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2017 | Hate Speech, Today in Crackdown
Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, two staunch supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made a call on Thursday for the assassination of followers of Turkey’s Hülen group who are abroad, during a live broadcast on the TGRT news channel. The group is accused by the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2017 | Hate Speech, Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a public speech on Wednesday that if people affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen group are released from prison after completing their prison terms, the Turkish public will “punish them in the streets.” The speech drew strong...
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