by TurkeyPurge | Jan 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish government has arrested at least 1,473 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt and has seized the administration of 63 municipalities. The pro-Kurdish DBP...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Eighteen people including the district mayor of Çatak Municipality in the eastern province of Van were detained on Tuesday as part of a terrorism investigation. In addition to Çatak Mayor Celalettin Bartu who is from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP),...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The deputy co-chair of Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) Aysel Tuğluk was detained in Ankara over alleged charges of terrorism on Monday. In a separate counter-terror police operation in Diyarbakır, two more Kurdish politicians, deputy co-chairs of Democratic Regions...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 24, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Trustees were appointed to Hizan, Mutki and Yolalan municipalities in the eastern province of Bitlis, on Saturday. The mayors of the three municipalities were earlier arrested over terrorism charges. With Turkey stepped up political pressure on Kurdish politicians in...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 21, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Three district mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the eastern province of Bitlis who were detained on Dec. 14 as part of a terrorism probe were arrested on Wednesday. With the arrest of the co-mayors, the total number of those behind bars...
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