by TurkeyPurge | Jul 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A book titled Kürdistan Tarihi (The History of Kurdistan) from the Avesta publishing house has been banned by a Turkish court, the Gazete Duvar news website reported on Thursday. The book, a compilation of articles in Russian translated into Turkish by the Kurdish...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, has sent a letter from Silivri Prison, where he has been incarcerated for 22 months. In his letter Alkan, 65, explains...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish courts have handed down 889 life sentences in 137 investigation cases against the 2016’s failed coup attempt so far, according to state-run Anadolu news agency. A total of 285 cases were opened against coup suspects, Anadolu said adding that 889 life...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Republican Peoples’ Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday. A Şırnak deputy sentenced Birlik to one and a half year in prison, and increased the punishment by...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) has banned access to four online news portals at the request of an earlier court decision. Access to Mezopotamya news agency (MA) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, 1HaberVar and Demokrat Haber news portals were banned. The news...
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