by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 80 women, including high school and university students, were subject to torture and other forms of ill-treatment at the hands of a group of police officers at Mersin police station, according to several twitter accounts and media outlets. The women were...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 15 people including pro-Kurdish activist Celalettin Can have been sent to prison by an İstanbul court on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, the Diken news portal reported. According to the daily, İstanbul police initially arrested at least 29...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors seek a prison sentence of from 8 to 27,5 years for two university students on the grounds that they chanted pro-Kurdish slogans and sang a pro-Kurdish guerilla anthem during a demonstration in Diyarbakır province, the Gazete Karınca reported. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish prosecutor issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), according to Turkish media reports on Tuesday. In addition to Kemalbay, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office also issued...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 30, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 623 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen group, bringing the number of people taken into custody in January to 2,426. The group is accused by the Turkish government of...
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