by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 84 people working at ASELSAN, Turkey’s largest defense electronics company, connected to the country’s armed forces foundation, for alleged involvement in coup plotting. Police reportedly...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Education Ministry has removed the name of world-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say from the draft curriculum of the music lesson in middle school, according to Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Zeynep Altıok. Altıok has submitted a parliamentary question...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A popular Twitter user with the user name “bıbıcımsıfırladım” has been arrested by an İstanbul court for posting tweets that praise the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The Anadolu Chief Public...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Dismissed following decrees issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, many public servants, including police officers and teachers, found themselves working at unskilled jobs in the labor market. Turkey Purge managed to...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Y.E. a math teacher of ten years, now works as a construction worker in order to make his living. According to a Facebook post on March 6, Y.E. was dismissed from profession with a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15,...