by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 28-year-old teacher who lost his job after the government closed down his private school as part of its post-coup purge, went missing in Turkey’s capital Ankara. A Twitter account, claimed to be used by Ahmet Erturk’s wife, said the other day that her husband left...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Hasan Kara, an academic who was removed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge, has been abducted by an unknown group of people in Ankara, media said. Media claimed Sunday that Kala was forced into a black transporter in Ankara’s Batikent at...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council has called on the Turkish government to immediately release Mesut Kaçmaz and Meral Kaçmaz, a couple that was abducted from their home after midnight in Lahore on September 27, 2017 and deported...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ümit Horzum, a former public servant who was earlier removed from his job at Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) in a government’s post-coup emergency decree, has been released from police custody where he spent 11 days after his 133 days of disappearance....
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Fethullah Gülen, who lives in the US, will face the same end as six Turks who were abducted in Kosovo and removed to Turkey on March 29, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Turkey’s National Intelligence...