by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2020 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Nedim Şener, a pro-government columnist, said during a live interview that Gülenists are worse than the COVID-19 outbreak, which has recently been declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). “Coronovirus is a disease that may be dealth with,...
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...
Turkish folk band member dies on 288th day of hunger strike
Turkey arrests another journalist for insulting “Erdogan’s call to raise funds for COVID-19 relief
Purge-victim Çanakkale woman “possibly” commits suicide: report
Prison riot in southeast Turkey over coronavirus fears
Turkish journalist berifly detained for protesting Erdogan’s call to raise funds for coronavirus relief
İHD calls on Turkish gov’t to release 1564 vulnerable prisoners with fatal diseases in face of COVID-19 outbreak
HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19
Turkey investigates at least 372 social media users over coronavirus posts: report
One million tweets call on Turkish authorites to release purge-victims to stem COVID-19
Turkish gov’t replaces 8 elected Kurdish mayors with pro-Erdogan trustees