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...
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