Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
When a 9-year-old girl finally got to see her imprisoned father again, cameras were rolling, and so were the tears. According to a video footage posted by Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Bilal Konakçı, a purge-victim bomb disposal expert who was jailed on terror...
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from prison late on Thursday night after a medical report confirmed that she was not fit to stay in prison due to dementia, the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday...
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the head of Turkey’s doctors’ union, was sent to prison by a court on Thursday, according ot the Turkish media. Fincancı, 63, was initially detained at her home in İstanbul on Wednesday on allegations of spreading “terrorist propaganda” after...
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained at least 543 people in 59 provinces across Turkey for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists” over alleged links to the 2016 coup attempt. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the suspects are accused...
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
A 26-year-old university student jumped to his death from the observation deck of Galata Tower on Wednesday reportedly due to depression caused by the imprisonment of his father in a post-coup purge. The youngster, name Emre Güney, was the son of Haşim Güney, a former...
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
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 in...
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
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 only in...
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
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...
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
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...
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze
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...
Turkish police accompanied by state-run TRT cameramen detain 30 in midnight house raids
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...
Purge-victim nurse reinstated to job years after her death
Sevgi Balcı, a purge-victim nurse who committed suicide in early 2017, was reinstated to her job by the Turkish authorities more than five years after her death, according to the Kronos news portal. Balcı was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in...
73-year-old purge-victim man dies in Ünye prison
Hasan Basri Ç., a 73-year-old purge-victim man, died in a Turkish prison late on Wednesday, journalist Sevinç Özarslan tweeted. “Another death in prison. Hasan Basri Ç., who underwent prostate and heart surgery in prison, was found dead in his bed at Ünye M Type...
8-month-old baby enters Edirne prison with incarcerated parents
An eight-year-old baby of an incarcerated parents was sent to an Edirne prison with her mother on Friday, according to Turkish Journalist Sevinç Özarslan. According to the report, the baby's mother and father have been sent to prison over alleged links to the Gulen...
Exiled Turkish journalist targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Turkey's pro-government Sabah daily has published secretly taken photos and the residential location of Cevheri Güven, an exiled Turkish journalist whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world. The Sabah daily, owned by the...
Kurdish man freed after 30 years in prison
After spending more than three decades in a Turkish prison, this Kurdish man is now free. According to Mezopotamya news portal, Hanefi Eser had been convicted in 1992 over alleged terror links. After spending three decades in prison, he was released from Kayseri's...
80-year-old Kurdish woman set free after 4 months in prison
An 80-year-old Kurdish woman, named Makbule Özer, has been released after spending some four months in prison in Van province, according to Mezopotamya news portal. She was arrested by a Turkish court on May 9 over alleged links to a “terrorist” organization. Özer was...
Purge-vicitm police officer who committed suicide laid to rest
A 47-year-old purge-victim police officer who committed suicide has been laid to rest in his hometown, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The police officer, named Mehmet Ali Gündoğan, was reportedly fired from his job with a decree issued in the...