Boston Celtics center Kanter thanks Trudeau for “letting him play basketball in Canada”
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter thanked Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau and his government in a tweet on Wednesday for issuing him a visa to enter Canada to play in the NBA’s first Christmas game in Toronto. Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep...
Bosnian authorities set Gülenist educator free after 12 days in detention
A Bosnian court has ruled for the release of Fatih Keskin, the principal of Una-Sana College, part of the Gülen-affiliated Richmond Park Schools Group, who was detained by the Bosnian police on Dec. 4, Bold Medya reported. Keskin was requested to appear at a police...
Following China, Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists by New York-based CPJ
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has listed Turkey as the second worst jailer of journalists in its annual report for the year 2019. The CPJ’s report, released on Wednesday, said this year’s census marks the first time in four years that...
Turkish activists debut exhibit featuring remainings of Turkey’s purge victims
Purge Museum, “Tenkil Müzesi” in Turkish, an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to the victims of Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, opened for a ten-day run in Brussels on Friday evening. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Amnesty reports: Turkey detains hundreds in crackdown on criticism of Syria incursion
Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria and are facing absurd criminal charges as the government intensifies its crackdown on critical voices, said Amnesty International in a...
NTV Canada interviews purge-victim Turkish academic
Canada-based NTV news has interviewed Mehmet Efe Caman, a Turkish political science professor, about an ongoing government purge in Turkey and how it impacted his life over the past several years. "A Turkish political science professor at Memorial University is...
Journalists in exile hold protest in Germany in support of jailed colleagues in Turkey
Journalists who fled a government crackdown in Turkey and took shelter in Germany held a protest over the weekend on the sidelines of a book fair in Frankfurt in support of their jailed colleagues in Turkey, Bold Medya reported. The exiled journalists met in Frankfurt...
Turkish news portal interviews parents who lost 2 kids in boat accident in Aegean Sea
The parents of two children who died in a boat accident in the Aegean Sea while trying to flee Turkey to avoid an ongoing purge by the Erdogan government, were interviewed by a Turkish news portal. They said that they they waited for ten hours at sea to be rescued...
Amnesty Germany calls for action: Write a letter to Turkish officials about two missing Turkish men
Amnesty Germany has issued another urgent action document, calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing since...
2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize goes to imprisoned Turkish businessman
The 2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize has been bestowed on prominent Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison since November 2017 on terror and coup charges. According to...
Exiled Turkish lawyers hold “alternative” judicial ceremony in Berlin
A group of Turkish lawyers who fled an ongoing purge in Turkey, has come together in Berlin, Germany, to mark the opening of the new judicial year, the Kronos news portal reported. According to the report, the event was held in support of some 50 bar associations in...
Italian cartoonist portrays purge-victim political scientist Mümtaz’er Türköne
Gianluca Costantini, a free speech activist and a cartoonist, has drawn a cartoon of Mümtaz'er Türköne, a Turkish political scientist who has been in prison in Turkey over the past three years, caling on the Turkish government to free him as soon as possible. The...
Turkey rests on zero rule of law, writes Carnegie Europe professor
Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, has argued in an Op-Ed article that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has managed to fully concolidate his long-desired one-man-rule regime in Turkey, which now knows "no limits despite its economic cost." Mr...
Kurdish Canadians protest removal of Kurdish mayors in Turkey: report
Tens of Kurds living in Canada has marched in protest against the Turkish government’s recent removal of the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van over alleged terrorist links. According to Mutlu Civiroglu, a Kurdish affairs analyst, Kurds marched late on Saturday...
Canada grants asylum to eight Gulenists under UN protection in Mongolia
Eight Turkish citizens whose passports were revoked by the Turkish government and legal residence in Mongolia ended at the end of July travelled to Canada on August 11 just after Canada decided to grant asylum, Bold Medya reported on Thursday. The people are accused...
Campaign seeks donations for disabled purge-victim
A fundraising campaign has been launched for Fatma Gormez, a purge-victim teacher who is disabled, had a kidney transplant, 2 heart surgeries, and recently lost her hearing ability completely. Fatma and her husband Bekir are accused of having ties to the Gulen group,...
Amnesty calls on activists to investigate whereabouts of two missing men: Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz
Amnesty International on Tuesday issued an urgent action document calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing...
Turkey’s 4 main political parties sign joint statement calling on U.S. to extradite Fethullah Gülen
Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The...