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One journalist shot in the foot, another gets attacked by group

One journalist shot in the foot, another gets attacked by group

by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish journalist was attacked, the fourth in the last two weeks, in Adana province, according to the Bianet news website, after he said he had received threatening messages by phone. Hakan Denizli, owner of the local Egemen daily in Adana, was shot in the foot by...
Psychiatrist under investigation over therapy services to victims of Erdogan’s purge

Psychiatrist under investigation over therapy services to victims of Erdogan’s purge

by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish psychiatrist Emine Ozdemir said she was taken under investigation on charge of membership to a terrorist organization and that the prosecutor’s evidence include her professional counselling as well. I was told yesterday that a legal case was opened against me....
Teacher, 2 others detained while fleeing Turkey to Greece as asylum seekers

Teacher, 2 others detained while fleeing Turkey to Greece as asylum seekers

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

At least 3 people were detained while they were reportedly on their way to escape from Turkey to Greece as refugee claimants, media reported Apr 1. Detained near Edirne’s Yenikadın village just before they crossed the Turkey-Greece border illegally, the suspects...
Denizli man arrested for insulting Erdogan on social media

Denizli man arrested for insulting Erdogan on social media

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Suleyman Uzel, a 59-year-old businessman from Turkey’s western province of Denizli was arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Media reported Monday that Uzel was indicted with insulting Erdogan, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and...
Former Turkish NATO officer reflects on his days in Ankara prison: Inmates given electric shocks to sign forced confessions

Former Turkish NATO officer reflects on his days in Ankara prison: Inmates given electric shocks to sign forced confessions

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya, a purged and jailed Turkish naval officer who was assigned to NATO prior to a failed coup in Turkey, has told Deutsche Welle that he is coming out of the shadows to relate what he experienced “for those who can’t meet the press, who...
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