by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Twitter account of the German magazine Der Spiegel’s editor-in-chief was hacked by pro-Erdogan hacker team, Ayyildiz. “We would like to apologize for the bad news that we have reported and published up till now about Turkey and [President] Recep Tayyip...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered an exchange of prisoners between Turkey and Germany, in what Der Spiegel said like a plot in a mafia film. Erdogan promised to release German citizens in Turkish prisons in exchange for the Turkish citizens in Germany whom...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has initiated 11 preliminary investigations against suspected spies of the Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) in 2017, according to media. The number of such investigations totals 19 in the past 5 years. In response...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government has been spying on its own citizens in 35 countries with the help of its diplomatic outposts, according to German weekly magazine Der Spiegel. “The diplomatic cables contain information collected by Turkish diplomatic outposts in 35 countries,” said...
Turkish court bans access to Turkish editions of Deutsche Welle, VOA
Purge-victim military cadet pays visit to opposition leader days after being released from prison
Police detain 7 university students over “terrorism” accusations
Turkish court removes travel ban for former Zaman journalists
Antalya police detain YouTube journalist Arif Kocabıyık
87-year-old bedridden inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine
İstanbul Pride: At least 361 LGBT activists detained throughout Sunday’s parade
Purge-victim law professor drowns trying to save friend at an Ontario lake
Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”