by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Turkish journalist Ahmet Turan Alkan, in pre-trial detention for 23 months, has lost 30 kilograms during his time behind bars, his lawyer Faruk Zorba said. “Ahmet Turan Alkan has lost 30 kilograms in prison. He did not talk about it but he has medical problems,” Zorba...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, has sent a letter from Silivri Prison, where he has been incarcerated for 22 months. In his letter Alkan, 65, explains...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Writer and poet Fadıl Öztürk was detained early Friday, according to Artigercek, an online news outlet where he writes weekly columns. At least 6 plainclothes police officers raid Öztürk’s home in Izmir and detained him on charges of making propaganda on behalf of a...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Kurdish Writer and journalist Vedat Çetin was detained in Diyarbakır on Friday as part of an investigation into the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DTK). Çetin was detained after police raided his house in Diyarbakır early on Friday. He was taken to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan has won Erich Maria Remarque peace prize in Germany, on Friday. Spent 132 days in jail over terror charges last summer, Erdogan said she is happy for winning the price, meanwhile, sad over the fact that “180 writers in Turkey are still in...
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