by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2019 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Today in Crackdown
A Turkish insurance company would not provide service to a customer on the basis that he/she is suspected of ties to the Gulen movement, according to social media. The Twitter account @tutsakavukatt shared the screenshot of an error message the customer reportedly...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A theater play performed by Duygu Şahlar, a teacher who was removed from her job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, was banned in 5 districts of the western province of Mugla. District governors of Milas, Datça, Marmaris, Fethiye and Bodrum said: “…the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
An adult education center in Kırıkkale province has asked job applicants to provide a document indicating that they are not affiliated with “FETÖ,” a derogatory term coined by ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) to refer to the Gülen movement, accused of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 13, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Demonizing remarks on Turkey’s Gulen group have reached a new level with government supporters resorting to obscenity in hate speech against its supporters. Turkish government accused the Gulen movement for masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while the latter...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 13, 2017 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
A woman told Çorum Governor Necmeddin Kılıç during a meeting on Thursday that her son was fired from his job and has been unemployed for months because his given name is the same as that of US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, whom Turkey’s ruling party and...
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