by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Emine Ay, a 4.5-months pregnant woman who was jailed last month, has been hospitalized due to risk of a potential miscarriage. “I have just talked with the chief physician at the Bitlis State Hospital. She was hospitalized because she had a risk of miscarriage. She is...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Ismet Sözen, an elementary school teacher until he was dismissed by a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule in 2016, is now earning his keep by working as a night-shift receptionist at a hotel in Bursa province. According to Cumhuriyet newspaper,...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Arif Kahraman, the deputy governor of Bitlis’s Adilcevaz distrist is reported to have threatened village headmen to vote Yes in the upcoming presidential referendum and said they would be dismissed otherwise. According to Kanal D TV channel, Kahraman told village...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 24, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Trustees were appointed to Hizan, Mutki and Yolalan municipalities in the eastern province of Bitlis, on Saturday. The mayors of the three municipalities were earlier arrested over terrorism charges. With Turkey stepped up political pressure on Kurdish politicians in...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has appointed Bitlis Governor Ahmet Çınar as a trustee to the Bitlis Municipality, whose co-mayors were recently removed by the government. Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Bitlis Co-mayors Hüseyin Olan and Nevin Daşdemir Dağkıran were...
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Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV