by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yurdal Gökçe, a purge-victim police officer who died on November 29 in a construction accident in Gebze, has been reinstated to his job, the Kronos news website reported. Gökçe (41) was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 28, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Leaked photos have revealed the final minutes of Teoman Gökçe, a top judge and a former member of the Turkish Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) who passed away following a heart attack in prison in April 2018. In the photos, which were reportedly taken on April...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Tunahan Gözlügöl, a student from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), has been sentenced to 8 years and 22 days in prison for “insulting” rector Mustafa Verşan Kök in a tweet he posted last month. According to the Yol Haber news portal, Gözlügöl...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24,256 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the Gülen group since a coup attempt in July 2016, according to the Defense Ministry, the T24 news portal reported. Turkey accuses the group of...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
This Kurdish man was just released from prison after serving 30 years on so-called terror charges. This is his first picture as a free man! According to reports by the Turkish media, Hüseyin Bilge was sentenced to life in prison by the Turkey’s notorious State...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court ruled to keep renowned Turkish philanthropist and rights advocate Osman Kavala in prison at his latest court hearing, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Kavala is accused of orchestrating the Gezi Park mass protests in the summer of 2013 in a...