by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Gökhan Güçlü, a noncommissioned officer and one of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of a failed coup last year, face up to 5 years in prison for wearing a T-shirt that bore the word ‘hero’ during a...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, accused of leading the group that allegedly tried to capture President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during last year’s abortive coup, has said his daughter was sexually abused during a prison visit to the jailed commander. During a coup...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Adding to a series of gag orders on critical topics, Turkey on Monday issued a ban on media coverage regarding details of the investigation into the murder of the Russian ambassador to Ankara last week by a police officer. The Ankara 7th Penal Court of Peace issued...
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