by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Nuriye Gülmen, a former teacher who is popular for the months-long hunger strike she carried out in protest of her dismissal from the post, was re-detained on Wednesday. “Our clients Nuriye Gülmen ve Mehmet Dersulu were detained in Bodrum,” a local...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 8 people were detained in two cities while they were reportedly on their way to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece. State-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday that two military officers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over ties...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A theater play performed by Duygu Şahlar, a teacher who was removed from her job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, was banned in 5 districts of the western province of Mugla. District governors of Milas, Datça, Marmaris, Fethiye and Bodrum said: “…the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Architect Cenap Tezer and his son Emrah Tezer were given 1 year and 2 months in prison each for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan via their social media posts. A Bodrum court handed down 14 months of prison sentence for both Caner and Emrah Tezer with the son also given...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A 30-year-old hotel receptionist in Turkey’s resort district of Bodrum, identified only by his initials Ö.C.K, was detained for wearing a “hero” T-shirt on Thursday. Police rounded up Ö.C.K and cuffed his behind back before escorting him to the Bodrum police station....