by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Two girls were killed Saturday, while their mother was seriously injured in a car crash while driving back home from a Kırıkkale prison where their father is being held as a post-coup prisoner. According to a tweet by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish colonel who was hailed as a hero for standing up to a failed coup attempt in 2016 was dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces under the last government decree issued under a state of emergency before it was lifted in July, Odatv columnist Müyesser Yıldız...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Zeki Güven, a former police intelligence chief who was “found dead” in his prison cell in Ankara, was laid to rest in Bilecik on July 5. Mr. Güven was dismissed from his latest position as assistant chief of police in Bolu over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 777 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, bringing the total number of people detained in first half of the year to 15,190. The Gülen group is accused of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24 former Bank Asya shareholders were remanded in prison pending trial over on accusations of membership to the Gulen movement. Last week, police detained 49 former shareholders of the now-closed Islamic lender who had authority to elect the executive board...
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Imprisoned Kurdish politician dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Turkish man with 96 percent disability dies of heart attack 10 days short of being released from prison
Wife of purge-victim Turkish businessman sent to prison in Gaziantep
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of cancer
HDP deputy reports another suspicious death in Turkish prison
Kurdish activist at risk of deportation to Turkey from Bosnia