by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Torture
Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two days he was held at an unofficial detention center in Turkey’s East. Allegations of torture and other...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police raided the Diyarbakır offices of Kurdish-publishing daily newspaper, Azadiya Welat on Sunday. Police officers reportedly continue searching the office. The number of journalists jailed in Turkey went up to 106 with the recent arrests of two reporters...
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