by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Although an İstanbul court on Wednesday decided to release jailed author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay based on charges of disrupting the unity of the state, the same court ruled for the continuation of their arrest on charges of membership in a terrorist...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment concerning the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem has demanded a sentence of aggravated life in prison for author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay on charges of allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda and disrupting the unity of the...