by TurkeyPurge | Apr 16, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
Crossin Maritsa, a documentary exploring the life of those who fled the post-coup purge in Turkey via illegal means, is set for release on Youtube this upcoming Sunday. “Finally!!! It was a long, difficult and touching journey we had while producing our...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several EP officialls have called on the Turkish government to release all political prisoners to stem COVID-19 spread. Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, and Sergey Lagodinsky and the chair of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has called on the Turkish government to release hundreds of imprisoned journalists, lawyers, activists and human rights defenders within the scope of a new amnesty bill drafted due to serious health...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday. Freedom House kept Turkey in the “not free” category to which it was downgraded from the “partly free” status in the 2018...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
An online petition has been launched to re-unite an eight-year-old Turkish kid who is receiving cancer treatment in Germany, with his mother, who is not allowed to leave Turkey due to a travel ban. The kid — Ahmet Burhan Ataç, — went to Germany on January...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter thanked Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau and his government in a tweet on Wednesday for issuing him a visa to enter Canada to play in the NBA’s first Christmas game in Toronto. Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep...
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report
Turkish gov’t dismisses 4 more elected Kurdish mayors, bringing total to 44
Turkish journalist tests positive for COVID-19 in Ankara’s Sincan prison
COVID-19 hits Turkey’s notorious Silivri prison with at least 191 inmates test positive: report
Turkish commentator says her family is ready to execute people for Erdogan
Turkish folk band member dies after 322 days of hunger strike: report
8-year-old purge-victim kid dies of cancer: report
Netflix removes a Designated Survivor episode at request of Turkish government