Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Aysel Tuğluk, the former deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization, the Mezopotamya news agency reported. The ruling was made on Friday by...
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Serpil Can, a 33-year-old Turkish housewife who has tested positive for COVID-19, was sent to prison on Thursday in a specially designed jumpsuit, the Kronos news portal reported. Can is accused of having membership in the Gulen group, which the government accuses of...
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Detention warrants were issued on Friday for at least 113 people, including teachers, former public officers, engineers, businessmen and active duty and dismissed military officers, due to alleged links to the Gülen group, the Bold news portal reported. The Gulen...
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Mehmet Ali Uçar, a visually impaired Turkish lawyer, is in the 276th day of his imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. The disabled lawyer also suffers from...
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
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 240th day of his imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The...
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing
It has been 800 days since Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former bureaucrat, disappeared in Ankara in broad daylight, leaving no trace behind. Tunç’s car was found in a remote area 45 days after he vanished in Ankara’s GİMAT shopping mall in August 2019.Turkish authorities are...
Mazlumder says Council of Forensic Medicine needs to be shut down over “false” medical report
Kaya Kartal, the president of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder), has said that Turkey's Council of Forensic Medicine needs to be shut down immediately as its false medical reports cause death of many victims in Turkish...
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report
Bilal Danış, a one-armed Turkish man, has been in prison for almost 5 years over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. The purge-victim man was placed in a...
Opposition leader says Kavala and Demirtaş in prison over trumped-up charges: report
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and a human rights activist, and Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been...
COVID-19 outbreak reported at Antalya prisons
Antalya State Prison is facing an outbreak of at least 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases, several of which are reportedly linked to a variant of concern, according to the Bold news portal. Among the cases are two children aged 2 and 5, who stay at the prison with their...
Turkish businessman Osman Kavala to remain in prison: court
An İstanbul court ruled on Friday to keep Osman Kavala, a renowned businessman and a human rights advocate, in pre-trial detention, the Turkish media reported. Kavala has been behind bars for 1,438 days. The next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 26. The ruling was made...
Turkish man files criminal complaint against Elon Musk over alleged Gulen links
A Turkish man named Metin Can Yılmaz has filed a criminal complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk over alleged Gulen links after Musk urged his Twitter followers to use the encrypted messaging app, Signal, the Turkish media reported. “Use Signal,” the Tesla Inc. chief...
Purge-victim man dies of heart attack at refugee camp in Germany
İbrahim Kılınç, a Turkish man who fled persecution in Turkey, has died of heart attack at a refugee camp in Germany, the Bold news portal reported. According to the report, Kılınç was a revenue specialist at the Finance Ministry in Turkey. He was fired from his job...
76-year-old ex-intelligence officer kept in solitary confinement for 4 years over alleged Gulen links: report
Enver Altaylı, (76), a former member of the Turkish Intelligence agency (MIT), has been kept in solitary confinement since early 2018 over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any...
Purge in full gear: Detention warrants issued for 189 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Detention warrants were issued on Tuesday for at least 189 people, including teachers, former public officers, engineers, businessmen and active duty and dismissed military officers, due to alleged links to the Gülen group, Turkish media reported. The Gulen group is...
36-year-old pıurge-victim judge dies of Covid-19: report
Abdünnasır Aslan, a 35 yer-old Turkish judge who was sentenced to 7 years, 6 months in prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, died on Wednesday due to complications from COVID-19. According to pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Mr. Aslan was...
2-month pregnant women sent to Antalya prison over Gulen links: report
A 32-year-old Turkish woman who is two month pregnant, has reportedly been sent to prison in Antalya province over alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement. According to the Bold...
HDP deputy says whereabouts of jailed cancer patient are not known
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish HDP deputy, tweeted on Tuesday that the whereabouts of Ayşe Özdoğan, an imprisoned Turkish woman with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer, are not known. "Ayşe Özdoğan has been to three hospitals (since her arrest on Saturday). I'm...