by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 3 people were dead with 8 others left injured after a fight broke out between bodyguards of a ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy and shopkeepers in Turkey’s largely Kurdish province of Sanliurfa on Thursday AK Party deputy Ibrahim Halil...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Slain history teacher Gökhan Açıkkolu was known for his links to the Gulen movement before he passed away, a senior Education Ministry bureaucrat tweeted Wednesday. Yusuf Tekin, the Undersecretary to Turkey’s Education Ministry said in a series of tweets over the past...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least three people died and four others were missing after a boat carrying a group of eight capsized on Tuesday in the Maritsa River while seeking to escape a post-coup crackdown in Turkey. According to Turkish media reports, the dead were identified as Ayşe...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A 50-year-old man who was arrested following a failed coup on July 15 on charges of alleged involvement in the attempt was found dead on Tuesday in a prison in Turkey’s Kırıkkale province, the pro-gov’t daily Yeni Şafak reported. The man, whose name has not yet been...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
A 47-year-old public prosecutor who was recently put behind bars in the western province of Bursa as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement was found hanging in the prison bathroom on Friday morning. The body of the prosecutor, identified as...
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