by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Gokhan Ozbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup abuses, was detained for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sept 14. “I am being detained on accusations of insulting the Presidency, in Istanbul… Goodbye…”...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The number of complaints filed over post-coup dismissals has hit 57,340 in August, according to Turkish media. More than 146,000 people have lost their jobs since last summer as part of the government’s crackdown in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup,...
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