by TurkeyPurge | Jul 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Altan, a Turkish author who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s Silivri prison, has shared the first photo since the beginning of his prison sentence in September 23, 2017. The two photos, which were posted on Saturday by Altan’s daughter...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 21, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey has violated the liberty, security and freedom of expression of two journalists, Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, who face terror charges. The ECtHR ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had acted illegally in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court on Feb. 16 handed down aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists and three other defendants on charges of attempting to destroy the constitutional order even after Turkey’s highest court had ruled for the release of one of them. Ahmet...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced prominent Turkish novelist and editor-in-chief of the now-closed Taraf newspaper Ahmet Altan to an additional five years, 11 months in prison on terror-related charges. The ruling came one week after Altan was sentenced by...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Sanem Altan, the daughter of imprisoned author Ahmet Altan, has criticized the handing down of aggravated life sentences to his father and two other prominent journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak by a Turkish court last week, saying that the life sentence was nothing...