by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2019 | Human Tragedies
Kazım Kurnaz, a high-school geography teacher who was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, died on Feb 1 in a construction accident in Duzce province, MedyaBold reported this week. According to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Atanur Akat, a former police chief who was removed from his post with a post-coup emergency decree, has died of brain hemorrhage, media reported Tuesday. Akat was dismissed and he spent some time behind bars as part of a post-coup investigation over links to...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A dismissed teacher and another person, both wanted over their links to the Gulen movement, have been rounded up during an ID control by gendarmeries on a train. Hurriyet newspaper said Wednesday that the 37-year-old teacher, identified as A.K., and another person,...
by TurkeyPurge | May 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 34,000 teachers have been dismissed along with 5,882 academics and 1,372 administrative personnel at universities as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown, a recent report said. Human Rights Association’s (IHD) Istanbul branch released a...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Fethullah Gülen, who lives in the US, will face the same end as six Turks who were abducted in Kosovo and removed to Turkey on March 29, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Turkey’s National Intelligence...