by TurkeyPurge | Feb 17, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Eyüp Öztürk, a 17-year-old boy with 99-percent disability was shot dead by his mother S.B., media said Friday. Denizli mother killed herself after shooting her son in the head who had cerebral palsy –permanent movement disorder caused by damaged brain...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 19, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Fatma Koyun, a teacher with an 82 percent physical disability who was dismissed from his job as part of a post-coup investigation, says her husband as well her brothers have been under arrest for months. In a video recording of herself that was widely shared on social...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Denizli-based teacher Raşit Uzantı has been arrested days after he was dismissed from his profession along with her wife who used to work at a state hospital in Denizli. According to Aktifhaber news portal and a Twitter account, believed to be in the know of similar...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Two disabled public workers were reported to have been dismissed in the new goverment decree Turkey announced as part of its post-coup emergency rule on Friday. Mithat Tokur, a worker with walking disability was dismissed from Turkish Employment Agency (TİK). Tokur...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2016 | Human Tragedies
The mother of two disabled children, an Uşak woman is among hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt. A woman...
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