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Man with speech, hearing impairment gets 3-year jail time for ‘chanting terror slogans’

Man with speech, hearing impairment gets 3-year jail time for ‘chanting terror slogans’

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

54-year-old Kenan Keklik has been spending his 3 years and 45 days of prison sentence for allegedly chanting slogans on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) back in 2011. Keklik who has speech and hearing impairment since birth was arrested and put in...
Turkish court jails 3 more pro-Kurdish mayors, brings total to 67

Turkish court jails 3 more pro-Kurdish mayors, brings total to 67

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 21, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Three district mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the eastern province of Bitlis who were detained on Dec. 14 as part of a terrorism probe were arrested on Wednesday. With the arrest of the co-mayors, the total number of those behind bars...
UPDATED NUMBERS: Turkey jails 64 pro-Kurdish mayors, 3051 DBP members to date

UPDATED NUMBERS: Turkey jails 64 pro-Kurdish mayors, 3051 DBP members to date

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 21, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 64 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months, seized the administration of 46 municipalities, and jailed a total of 3,051 DBP members, according to the Diken news portal....
LATEST TALLY: Turkey jails 45 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 35 municipalities to date

LATEST TALLY: Turkey jails 45 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 35 municipalities to date

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 45 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of weeks and has seized the administration of 35 municipalities, replacing 38 Kurdish mayors in eastern Turkey. The pro-Kurdish DBP won...

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