by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty Germany has issued another urgent action document, calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing since...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 6, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
The 2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize has been bestowed on prominent Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison since November 2017 on terror and coup charges. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
A group of Turkish lawyers who fled an ongoing purge in Turkey, has come together in Berlin, Germany, to mark the opening of the new judicial year, the Kronos news portal reported. According to the report, the event was held in support of some 50 bar associations in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Gianluca Costantini, a free speech activist and a cartoonist, has drawn a cartoon of Mümtaz’er Türköne, a Turkish political scientist who has been in prison in Turkey over the past three years, caling on the Turkish government to free him as soon as possible....
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 29, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, has argued in an Op-Ed article that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has managed to fully concolidate his long-desired one-man-rule regime in Turkey, which now knows “no limits despite its economic...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Tens of Kurds living in Canada has marched in protest against the Turkish government’s recent removal of the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van over alleged terrorist links. According to Mutlu Civiroglu, a Kurdish affairs analyst, Kurds marched late on Saturday...
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Turkey detains Kurdish journalist Aziz Oruç
Turkey sentences 7 Syrian Kurds to aggravated life sentences on terror charges: report
Prison population in Turkey increased by 14 pct to 265,000 in 2018: TurkStat
Mother, 7-year-old daughter with down syndrome sent to prison on terror charges: report
Bedridden cancer patient sent to prison on terror charges: pro-Kurdish deputy
Following China, Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists by New York-based CPJ
US Consulate employee to remain in prison: Turkish court
Turkey jails 2 more Kurdish journalists on terror charges: report
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric set free after 22 months in pre-trial detention