by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 80 women, including high school and university students, were subject to torture and other forms of ill-treatment at the hands of a group of police officers at Mersin police station, according to several twitter accounts and media outlets. The women were...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pınar Türk, İstanbul district head for the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), has been put in pre-trial detention by an İstanbul court, the Birgün daily reported on Friday. According to the report, Türk was jailed distributing leaflets lambasting a recent state...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish government has been using emergency rule to suppress the dissident groups instead of “fighting the coup plotters,” the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said. According to a report by the Hurriyet daily...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 28, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said on Thursday he was disappointed by the detention of human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala in Turkey and urged his immediate release. In a letter to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has dismissed 39 more judges and public prosecutors over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of being behind a failed coup last year. The state-run Anadolu...
Malta court arrests 2 purge-victim Turkish citizens: report
Bylock’s copyright owner sent to prison in Turkey, says state-run Anadolu agency
“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant
Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Purge-victim army veteran is in his 160th day of imprisonment on terror charges: report
Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
Turkish judge detained by police hours after releasing Gulenists pending trial: report
Turkey revokes passport of Sedat Peker’s son
783 companies across Turkey managed by Erdogan-appointed trustees: CHP deputy
From judge to farmer: The story of purge victim judge is featured in new KHK TV documentary