by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
A total of 1,250 academics from more than 100 organizations across 37 countries of the world have signed a petition asking for the release of 15 Boğaziçi University students in Turkey who were detained in March for holding a protest against an ongoing Turkish military...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government has been systematically and deliberately hailing women as part of a fear and intimidation campaign in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, the Sweden-based Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) said in a recent report on Apr 27. Titled “Jailing...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
With a fortnight to go until Turkey’s presidential referendum, political atmosphere has so polarized that a yes campaigner shot dead a perceived naysayer with a pump-rifle after swearing at him. According to Gazete Manifesto online news outlet, 44-year-old V.Ç....
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A group of people from the İstanbul branch of the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), a nationalist youth movement affiliated with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Friday stoned a building in İstanbul’s Bağcılar district where main opposition Republican People’s...
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges
Turkish pop singer deletes solidarity tweet for jailed women upon being criticized by pro-gov’t media
Turkish court jails 80-year-old couple on terror charges
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric once again sent to prison on “terror” charges