by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak in absentia to two years plus one month in jail, convicting her of making propaganda on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in one of her articles. Albayrak is convicted of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Global human rights organizations as well as press freedom associations have urged the Turkish government to end its abuses against perceived critics committed under emergency rule. In a joint statement released on Oct. 19, the first day of the second state of...
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Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze