by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Amid visa crisis with the US over the arrest of a Turkish national working at the İstanbul Consulate General last week, media reported that Turkish authorities issued detention warrant for another US consulate staff on Sunday morning. According to a report by Hurriyet...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Seventy-six babies have been born stateless in the last three months because Turkish diplomatic missions are denying consular services to people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Ahmet Nesin has been denied service at the Turkish consulate in Geneva, in the latest of similar refusals targeting the government critics abroad. Columnist at Arti Gercek online news outlet, Nesin tweeted on Friday: “My passport has been stolen. I stopped...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The German daily Die Welt has documented the cases of harassment by Turkish consulate officials against certain opposition groups: The Gülen movement, Kurds and Alevites. “Reports of Turkish citizens who are harassed in the consulates are accumulating – not just...