by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Murat Okumus, a 40-year-old accountant who was a manager at the government-closed Sifa University Hospital in Izmir, was abducted, marking second forced disappearance in a week. “MY SON WAS ABDUCTED! I have failed to get a satisfactory answer from the institutions I...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Republican Peoples’ Party’s (CHP) local members in Rize were attacked by a group of government supporters during small-scale Justice March. Main opposition CHP, last week, kicked off Justice March, a 250-mile walk between Ankara and Istanbul, to protest the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Six academics including a rector were detained at Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15. The detention decision was made for seven academics, six of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Former deputy of the ruling AK Party Sukru Onder has been detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Police detained Onder in Yalova, on Thursday. Şahin served as AK Party...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
German prosecutors have filed espionage charges against a Turkish national, identified as Mehmet Fatih S., for spying on Kurdish expats at Turkey’s request. Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that 32-year-old Mehmet Fatih S. had worked for Turkish intelligence...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
65-year-old Erol Dogan suffered a heart attack on the 7th day of the ‘March of Justice’, a 250-mile walk the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) started against the government’s post-coup rights violations. Dogan was taken to Abant Izzet Baysal...
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