by TurkeyPurge | Mar 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 25 people, including Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the pro-Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, have been detained by Turkish police in simultaneous raids in Diyarbakır, Evrensel daily reported on Saturday. Azadiya Welt was shut down with a decree issued by the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has launched a campaign for urgent action against Turkish government’s tightening control over media outlets. Below is the statement released by the rights group on Nov. 8. “Nine journalists and board...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 2, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The United States should exert every effort to stop its NATO ally from becoming a dictatorship, Daniel Calingaert, the acting president of Freedom House said on Monday. The US-based think tank issued a written statement in the light of the Turkish government’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 25, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Prison guards have been beating Salih Elitaş, a distributor for the Azadiya Welat newspaper, which has been targeted by the government, along with other people being held under arrest at Manisa Prison, his father told the Evrensel daily. Salih Elitaş has been under...
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:
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report