by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Fatma Demirel, a health worker who was fired from her job with a gov’t decree issued following a coup attempt in 2016, reportedly committed a suicide at her home in Diyarbakır province. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish deputy, confirmed the death of 48-year-old...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Kurdish prisoner named Garibe Gezer reportedly took her own life on December 9 after spending several months in solitary confinement at the Kandıra F Type prison in Kocaeli province. Late in October, Turkish media reported that she was sexually harassed by a group...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 8, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Bekir Bayram, a 72-year-old imprisoned Turkish man with heart disease, was pictured on Tuesday on the way the Isparta State Hospital for a coronary artery bypass surgery. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, a second coronary artery stent was placed in to...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 7, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A mother took her 5-year-old son to prison with her after being jailed over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Emine...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yusuf Özmen, a purge-victim cancer patient who was arrested in March 2021 to serve a sentence on a Gülen-linked conviction, has reportedly been held in a solitary confinement at an İstanbul prison ever since. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Özmen’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
İbrahim Gündüz, a purge-victim Turkish judge, and his wife died after a dinghy transporting migrants from the coast of Turkey sank on Friday near the Greek island of Kos, Greek authorities said. According to a report by Turkish Journalist Sevinç Özarslan, three others...
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