by TurkeyPurge | Nov 28, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Recep Yayla, a Turkish teacher who was fired from his job with a gov’t decree issued following a coup attempt in 2016, reportedly committed a suicide a day after appearing before judge on terror and coup accusations. According to a tweet posted by a freelance...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled the Turkish government had unlawfully arrested a total of 427 judges and prosecutors after a failed coup attempt in July 15, 2016. Responding to a complaint brought by 427 members of the Turkish judiciary who...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown, Uncategorized
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 112 military member, including 65 military cadets, over their alleged links to the Gülen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yusuf Kurt, a purge-victim military cadet who was sentenced to life in prison after the 2016 coup attempt, died of cancer a year ago today in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri prison. Kurt was among the 259 military cadets who were detained on coup charges on July...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Bilal Konakçı, a former bomb disposal expert who lost his right hand and both eyes while trying to dispose of a bomb in 2009, is in the 10th month of his imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A 13-month-old kid, whose parents have been jailed over alleged Gulen links, has joined his mother in prison, according Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. “16-month old baby Muaz was jailed with his mother and father yesterday, Özarslan tweeted. It is believed...