by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule will be extended for another three months, according to the Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ. The extension will be the sixth since the State of Emergency was first declared in the aftermath of the July 15,...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced on Wednesday that a total of 1,094 cases have been launched as a result of investigations into members of the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup attempt on July 15. Speaking to the TVNET channel, Bozdağ said the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said in a written statement that as of Oct. 12, 2016, there were 194,973 inmates in 372 Turkish prisons. In response to a question submitted to Parliament by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Minister Bozdağ...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 17, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
In the wake of a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 13 soldiers in the central province of Kayseri on Saturday, Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ urged Turkish citizens not to hesitate to become martyrs in protecting “their country, religion and the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
It is not possible to “determine” the number of journalists in Turkish prisons, said Turkey’s justice minister in response to a parliamentary question on Saturday. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ responded to a parliamentary question submitted by Peoples’ Democratic...
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