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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Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families