by TurkeyPurge | Jan 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Mardin court on Sunday ruled for the arrest of Iranian-Kurdish writer Jiyar Cihanferd and his friend Hassan Balada on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization.” According to the Diken news portal, Cihanferd and Balada, who have been kept under...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A court in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province on Thursday arrested Adile Kozay, the co-mayor of Yüksekova district and Hilal Duman, the co-mayor of Çukurca district on charges of alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Both co-mayors are from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Human Tragedies
Hacer Çakmak, the mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish judge who is under arrest, is among hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
More than 50 Nigerian students were detained on Friday in Turkey, allegedly on the orders of the government, the Thisday news website has reported. According to Thisday, a source whose relative was among the detained students stated that “upon arrival at Ataturk...
Purge-victim İzmir man suffers facial paralysis in solitary confinement: report
Turkish court arrests Samsun man for “insulting” Ataturk
Missing purge-victim bureaucrat “found” in Ankara prison: daughter
Purge-victim woman dies of Covid-19: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim police officer dies of Covid-19 in prison
5-year old kid with down syndrome joins mother in prison: report
At least 106 people died in Turkish prisons since July 2016: report
Purge-victim judge becomes watermelon vendor to make a living
Fashion designer Barbaros Şansal gets 3 years, 22 days in prison for “insulting” Turkish gov’t
Turkey issues detention warrants for 145 military cadets, 69 former army members