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17-year-old disabled boy shot dead by mother as father under arrest in post-coup crackdown

17-year-old disabled boy shot dead by mother as father under arrest in post-coup crackdown

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...
Disabled teacher, husband removed from job as brothers under arrest

Disabled teacher, husband removed from job as brothers under arrest

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...
Turkey jails disabled teacher after dismissing him, wife from profession

Turkey jails disabled teacher after dismissing him, wife from profession

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...
Turkey dismisses disabled civil servant, lawyer in post-coup decree

Turkey dismisses disabled civil servant, lawyer in post-coup decree

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...
Housewife left to take care of disabled children alone after husband arrested

Housewife left to take care of disabled children alone after husband arrested

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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