by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish journalist was attacked, the fourth in the last two weeks, in Adana province, according to the Bianet news website, after he said he had received threatening messages by phone. Hakan Denizli, owner of the local Egemen daily in Adana, was shot in the foot by...
by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Dozens of people have reportedly attacked the booths of opposition Good Party in Istanbul’s Avcilar, injuring 5 people including the party’s Avcilar representative Gokhan Yigit, on Sunday. Media reported that the attackers first gathered alongside the pro-government...
by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An unknown group of people have attacked the booths of opposition Felicity Party (SP) as the party leader Temel Karamollaoglu announced his candidacy for the presidential election on June 24. The stand set up as part of a support campaign for Karamollaoglu in Ankara’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Sinan Narin and Eyup Yildirim, two US citizens of Turkish origin pleaded guilty to attack people protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the latter’s visit to the Turkish embassy in Washington. The US Justice Department said Thursday that the pair pleaded...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Religious Minorities, Today in Crackdown
The home of an Istanbul family with reported Alevi background was attacked with racist graffiti on its door that read: “Get out, atheist,” on Thursday night. According to Mezopotamya news agency, the walls of the apartment was also marked with crosses and “three...
Daughter of purge-victim professor dies in traffic accident: report
Turkey issues detention warrants for 29 former diplomats over Gulen links: report
Erdogan threatens to expel 10 Western ambassador over Kavala issue
Antalya police detain 72-year-old woman for protesting imprisonment of daughter with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer
Turkish gov’t to increase prison capacity by a further 500,000 beds by 2024: deputy
Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges: