by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
People detained after the last year’s failed putsch have been subject to torture in police custody while several others were abducted outside detention facilities, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New York-based watchdog documented...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Properties belonging to four of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). According to media on Tuesday, TMSF listed properties belonging to...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of media members including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak, who are being held as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Greek police continue illegally handing over Turkish asylum seekers back to Turkey, a policy that results in “lambs to the slaughter,” Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR) said in a statement on June 6. HLHR is the Greek branch of the worldwide monitoring group,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Seven people including partners, executives and workers of a dialysis center in the central province of Aksaray were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on Friday. Police carried out operations in Aksaray, Mersin and Niğde provinces to the...