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Teacher goes missing in Ankara as abduction allegations mount

Teacher goes missing in Ankara as abduction allegations mount

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A 28-year-old teacher who lost his job after the government closed down his private school as part of its post-coup purge, went missing in Turkey’s capital Ankara. A Twitter account, claimed to be used by Ahmet Erturk’s wife, said the other day that her husband left...
Medical professor dismissed over family ties to pro-Kurdish deputy

Medical professor dismissed over family ties to pro-Kurdish deputy

by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has said his brother Ramazan Danış, a medical professor, was dismissed from his job only because of his family ties. “I wouldn’t want to reveal this but I had to because this period is coming to an...
Two pro-Kurdish MPs stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdogan, social media posts

Two pro-Kurdish MPs stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdogan, social media posts

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Parliament stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ahmet Yıldırım and İbrahim Ayhan of their parliamentary status on Tuesday. The move came after their convictions were upheld by appeal courts. Yıldırım was earlier sentenced to 14...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy gets 21 months in jail for insulting Erdogan

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy gets 21 months in jail for insulting Erdogan

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...
Pro-Kurdish deputy, already in jail, gets 1.5 years more in prison

Pro-Kurdish deputy, already in jail, gets 1.5 years more in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentarian Aysel Tuğluk, already in jail on terror charges, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. A Kocaeli court sentenced Tuğluk to 18 months in jail for “violation of law on meetings.” Turkish government has stepped up...
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