by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application for release filed by Kadri Sancar, a 22-year-old Kurdish youngster who has been held in İzmir prison since 2015. “I just want to die. Constitutional Court has rejected our application. My brother has been...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
This Kurdish youngster, named Abdülillah Sarıtaş, is in the 6th year of his imprisonment over alleged involvement in the coup attempt in 2016. He has been in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri prison. According to a report by journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Sarıtaş was...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least fourteen more military cadets who had been incarcerated in İstanbul’s Silivri prison for over six years on coup charges, were released on September 30 based on a recent ruling by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals. Turkey experienced a controversial military...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish governments is officially seeking the extradition of Germany-based Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world. Güven reports extensively on the Turkish government’s corruption and murky...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Kani Önen, a police officer who was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, died on September 20 at a mining site in Gebze district, journalist Sevinç Özarslan reported. According to the report, he...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Heavily-armed Turkish police along with a group of cameramen from the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have detained at least 30 people, including municipal employees in the southern province of Mersin where a police officer was killed in an attack on...
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze
Purge-victim nurse reinstated to job years after her death
73-year-old purge-victim man dies in Ünye prison
8-month-old baby enters Edirne prison with incarcerated parents
Exiled Turkish journalist targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily