by TurkeyPurge | Jun 28, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
İsmail Sezgin, a London-based Turkish academic has tweeted that he will run a total of 10,000 meters in support of the families hit by an ongoing purge by the Turkish government since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Releasing a statement on moneygiving.com, Sezgin...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
On the 111th day of a hunger strike launched by two academics, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who were fired from their jobs in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, 111 prominent figures in a newspaper ad on Tuesday called on the government to...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Human rights groups in Turkey said on Monday that Turkey is experiencing its worst period in recent times in terms of human rights abuses due to a state of emergency (OHAL) that was declared following a failed coup last summer. At a joint press conference on Monday,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating its Alevi citizens’ freedom of faith and discriminating against cemevis, Alevi worship houses, the Diken news website reported on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Turkish government to compensate a businessman who spent some 3 months in prison over his alleged links to the Gulen movement. WGAD works under UN Human Rights Council. Accused of financial...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International has launched an “urgent action” campaign for Mustafa Çabuk, a Turkish secondary school teacher at imminent risk of extradition to Turkey, asking people to call on Georgian officials to avoid extradition. “Çabuk is at risk of extradition to Turkey...
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