Int’l Reactions | Turkey Purge

Documentary “Crossing Maritsa” is set for release on Youtube this Sunday

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...

HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19

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...

EP rapporteur calls on Turkey to release purge-victim journalists, civilians to stem COVID-19

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...

Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report

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...

Take Action: Sign petition to reunite purge-victim mother with 8-year old cancer patient son in Germany ||

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...

Boston Celtics center Kanter thanks Trudeau for “letting him play basketball in Canada”

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...

Documentary “Crossing Maritsa” is set for release on Youtube this Sunday

HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19

EP rapporteur calls on Turkey to release purge-victim journalists, civilians to stem COVID-19

Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report

Take Action: Sign petition to reunite purge-victim mother with 8-year old cancer patient son in Germany ||

Boston Celtics center Kanter thanks Trudeau for “letting him play basketball in Canada”

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