by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish director Ali Avcı, who was put in pre-trial detention immediately after the release of his latest movie’s trailer, has been given 6 years and 3 months in jail. Avcı was detained by police at his house hours after the release of the trailer for Uyanış...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Avcı, the director of the soon-to-be-released “coup movie”, was detained over links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Avcı’s detention came only hours after a trailer for his new movie, titled...