Gov’t-critical journalist Selim Demirağ assaulted in front of his house in Ankara
Turkish journalist and TV host Yavuz Selim Demirağ was attacked on Friday night by a group of individuals with sticks, the Diken newspaper reported. The columnist, who writes for the government-critical and ultranationalist Yeniçağ daily, was hospitalized for possible...
Video purportedly shows Turkish soldiers torturing Kurdish villager in Afrin
A graphic video that has recently emerged on social media purportedly shows a group of soldiers with uniforms bearing Turkish flag beating a Kurdish villager in Afrin, a town in northern Syria. Turkey Purge cannot authenticate the newly surfaced video, which was...
Turkey’s main opposition leader attacked at military funeral in Ankara
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been attacked by a group of people at the funeral of 26-year-old Turkish infantryman who was killed on Friday during an operation against Kurdish militants on Turkey’s border...
Turkish lawyer beaten by President Erdoğan’s bodyguards in İstanbul: report
Sertuğ Sürenoğlu, a Turkish citizen and an İstanbul-based lawyer, was beaten by the bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he objected to the president’s security detail holding up traffic, the Sözcü daily reported. Erdoğan on Sunday attended the wedding...
Video purportedly shows pro-gov’t mob attacks opposition’s Adana candidate
A video footage that has recently been released by ilerihaber.org news portal purportedly shows a pro-government mob attacking an opposition mayor candidate, Kamuran Karaca, outside of the election board building in Adana’s Yüreğir district. Karaca was nominated...
Van police officer fired from job for being gay: report
A Turkish police officer has been fired from his job and briefly put in pre-trial detention for being gay, the Deutsche Welle reported. Speaking to the DWTurkce on Wednesday, the dismissed police officer said that he was dismissed from his job in November 2018 for...
Turkish police fire water cannon at pro-Kurdish election posters: report
Turkish police have fired water cannon at election banners that promote the candidates of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the upcoming municipal election in Turkey. A video footage posted by a twitter account, shows the moment police fire water cannon...
İstanbul man abducted by armed group: HDP deputy
Another Turkish national was abducted by Turkey’s intelligence agency on February 16, according to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu Erkan Irmak, 43, was reportedly kidnapped in front of his house in İstanbul...
Sivas university to change logo due to similarity with figures on Gulen’s pillows
Sivas university has announced that the university management will soon change the university’s logo due to its similarity with figures on Fethullah Gulen’s pillows in his house in the United States. Gulen is a Turkish cleric who has been living in the US...
Antalya man has been missing for over three weeks: Turkish deputy
Gökhan Türken, a Turkish citizen, has been missing for a total of nineteen days, according to the rights activist and opposition deputy Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu. “Another missing person. No one has heard from Gökhan Türkmen since he went missing 19 days ago. He went...
İYİ Party district head, brother shot dead on election day: report
Mehmet Sıddık Durmaz, a local representative for the İYİ (Good) Party from the Karaçoban district was shot dead at a polling station in Erzurum province in a blood feud fight, his party has announced. Only a day later, his brother Savaş Durmaz was also shot dead while...
Alevi home in Istanbul marked with racist slur
The home of an Istanbul family with reported Alevi background was attacked with racist graffiti on its door that read: “Get out, atheist,” on Thursday night. According to Mezopotamya news agency, the walls of the apartment was also marked with crosses and “three...
Turkish police to use ‘German model’ in fight against Gülenists: report
The Turkish National Police Academy has published a new report that offers a comprehensive road map to fight against the members of the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt last year. According to pro-Erdoğan daily Sabah,...
Alevis worried as 13 houses marked with crosses in Turkey’s Malatya province
Members of the Alevi community in Turkey’s Malatya province have voiced concern after at least thirteen of their houses were allegedly marked with red cross by unknown people. Red crosses marked with red paint were spotted on the outside walls and doors of several...
We will root out every single Gülenist from the Balkans: Erdoğan
People affiliated with the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen will be “rooted out” from the Balkans, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 11 in a speech in the Serbian town of Novi Pazar. “We will root out this treacherous gang called FETÖ from the...
Pro-Kurdish journalists claim to have been tortured in prison: report
Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were shut down by a government decree, were allegedly tortured on Oct. 2 by some 20-30 guards at...
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[VIDEO] Police officers repeatedly beat Antalya woman with baton while she is pinned to floor
A cellphone video that shows two police officer in Antalya repeatedly striking a woman with baton has prompted investigation, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to the 45-sec. footage which was recorded by a passersby and released on Twitter, two several...
Turkish FM visits Turks jailed over attack on protesters in DC
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday visited two Turks who were arrested for an attack on protesters outside the residence of the Turkish ambassador in Washington, D.C., while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was visiting the residence. “We have...