by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 5-years-old boy, identified as F.D., passed away after he was hit by a police vehicle in the Kurdish predominant province of Diyarbakir on Dec 29. The 1habervar.com online news portal reported that a minibus carrying plainclothes police officers crashed F.D. near...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 45 kindergartens and day care centers have been shut down over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, according to state-run Anadolu news agency. Anadolu said Tuesday that the 45 such institutions were found...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government, which has imprisoned 668 babies so far, has imprisoned one more mother together with her one-year-old daughter on Friday over her alleged links to the Gülen movement. Teacher Emine Toraman was sent to Yalova Prison together with her baby Saliha...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul, has been diagnosed with cancer after his father was jailed in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. The father worked as a police officer for 15 years until he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 30, 2017 | Human Tragedies
A 22-month-old child who suffers from Down Syndrome is living in jail along with his mother after both his mother and father were imprisoned in Konya over alleged links to the Gülen movement, a report said on Saturday. According to AktifHaber.com website, prison...