by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Ebubekir Altay, a 34-year-old biology teacher from Turkey who sought refuge in Argentina in the face of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown, passed away following a traffic accident. Altay picked up ice-cream from a store in Buenos Aires with his...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A group of Turkish political asylum seekers claims that, following their attempt to cross the Turkish border via Evros River in the northeast of Greece on Friday evening, they were pushed back after being beaten by masked men with batons. Tugba Ozkan, a journalist in...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An Edirne man, identified as Fikret A., was arrested for helping his son-in-law escape from Turkey to Greece as an asylum seeker. State-run Anadolu news agency said Apr 13 that gendarme detained Fikret A due his allegedly suspicious behavior near Turkey-Greece border....
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish man with an outstanding arrest warrant over Gulen links, identified as H.K., was detained while he was allegedly on his way to escape Turkey to France. State-run Anadolu news agency said Nov 29 that coastal guard caught H.K. in a cargo vessel docked at a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
With 4 Turkish asylum seekers still missing after their boat capsized in Evros river, Turkey has reportedly detained one of their relatives. A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to an...
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 5,000 euros in damages to 427 purge-victim judges, prosecutors
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U.S. Senator Wicker says Turkey among “worst abusers” of Interpol’s red notice system
Adana police detain human rights activist: report
Purge-victim history teacher dies of Covid-19
Pro-Erdogan teaching assistant suggests prisoners in Turkey should be poisoned
16-year-old with autism denied disability pension due to father’s dismissal