by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The human rights body of the Council of Europe, the Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), issued a report on Wednesday raising concerns about the increasing use of hate speech, even by senior state officials, calling it “worrying.” The report said that...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 13, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime
With threats against followers of the Gülen movement — also called Hizmet — becoming common practice among supporters, particularly in Europe, of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, some European expatriate communities now preventing Hizmet members from...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
“The allegation about the gun attack is true. We did our part regarding the issue,” a Kırıkkale businessman proudly confessed that he carried out the attack on a store owned by an alleged follower of the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A crackdown that has followed a failed coup in Turkey has completely gone off the tracks, with the state-run TRT Spor even failing to air encounters in the country’s first division football league due to a lack of personnel. It has already been two weeks since the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2016 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A private school affiliated with the Gülen movement in Bursa province has been turned into a religious vocational school – known as imam-hatip schools – and members of the staff have placed a verse from the holy Quran at the entrance that reads: “Truth has come, and...
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Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
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