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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report