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4.5-month pregnant woman hospitalized weeks after she was jailed

4.5-month pregnant woman hospitalized weeks after she was jailed

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...
Teacher with 25 years of experience working as hotel receptionist after dismissal

Teacher with 25 years of experience working as hotel receptionist after dismissal

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,...
Deputy governor threatens local administrators: You’ll be dismissed in case of No vote in prez referendum

Deputy governor threatens local administrators: You’ll be dismissed in case of No vote in prez referendum

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...
Turkish gov’t seizes administration of 3 more pro-Kurdish municipalities

Turkish gov’t seizes administration of 3 more pro-Kurdish municipalities

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...
Turkey seizes administration of another Kurdish municipality after arrest of co-mayors

Turkey seizes administration of another Kurdish municipality after arrest of co-mayors

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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