by TurkeyPurge | May 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Uğur Kömeçoğlu, an assistant professor at the sociology department of the government-closed Suleyman Sah University, has joined the ranks of intellectuals imprisoned in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Political scientist Umut Özkırımlı announced on...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A group of 30 people attacked a Women’s Day event at Bilgi University with witnesses reporting that some of the attackers were carrying knives on their hands. The group broke into the the university’s Santral Istanbul campus and headed to the tents established as part...
9-year-old drowns in Maritsa River in attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families