by TurkeyPurge | Jan 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Deniz Naki, a German football player with Kurdish roots will not return to his Turkey-based team, Amedspor over security concerns, Der Spiegel said Saturday. Naki wants to dissolve his contract with Amedspor and stay in Germany, 28-year-old’s lawyer Stephan Kuhn told...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Deniz Naki, a German footballer of Kurdish origins said Jan 8 that his car was shot while driving on a highway in Germany’s Düren. Amedspor player told Die Welt that shots came from a black vehicle driving on his left. “I immediately ducked and then rolled right...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Diyarbakir police detained Amedspor player Deniz Naki due to the social media posts authorities find insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Tuesday. Following a police interrogation, the footballer was released once authorities concluded that the implicated...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Diyarbakir-based Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been given suspended prison sentence of 18 months and 22 days due to his social media posts that the judge in charge claimed to be a part of terrorist propaganda. Turkey’s broadened terror laws have targeted a football...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The newly appointed administration of Turkey’s largest Kurdish city, Diyarbakır dismissed 37 teachers and employees at Zarokistan kindergarten. Diyarbakır is among the tens of municipalities the government has seized as part of its crackdown against Kurdish population...
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