by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Büşra Erdoğan, an eight-month pregnant woman, has been taken into police custody in Ayvalık district over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, which the government of accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement....
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Abdulvahit Tunçay, a police officer who was dismissed from his job by the government after a coup attempt in 2016, died of cancer only nine days after being released from prison on bail. Posting a series of tweets on Thursday, Tunçay’s daughter said he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Üneys Özcan Öztürk, a 63-year old Turkish man, has reportedly been put in solitary confinement in Denizli T Type Prison after “contacting” with prisoners who suffer from COVID-19 symptoms. According to Bold news portal, Öztürk is blind in one eye and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Father of one of the military cadets who were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, died of heart attack hours after visiting his son in Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul. According to a Twitter account managed by family...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 10, 2021 | Human Tragedies
A 72-year-old Turkish man has repeatedly been denied bail by a court despite suffering from a series of cardiac issues, hypertension, Covid-19 symptoms as well as diabetes. According to the Bold news portal, Bekir Bayram, who lost around 40 kg in prison, has recently...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2021 | Human Tragedies
A 65-year-old jailed Turkish man who had been denied release on parole until his cancer reached stage 4, died late on Monday, the Bold news portal reported. Ahmet Kaptan had spent some three years in Balıkesir Kepsut L Type prison on membership to Turkey’s Gulen...