by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A written instruction from Turkish General Staff asks Turkey’s military officials deployed abroad to spy on their former colleagues who were dismissed as part of post-coup crackdown, according to German media. The request, dated June 9, 2017, addresses all Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 4, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is collecting intelligence on Turkish dissidents and the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Germany, according to the t24 news website. Turkey is among the countries that have increased spying activities in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Prize-winning novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan, who was arrested last week for alleged links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been trying for the past 15 days to obtain permission to have a sweater in jail, but the prison administration has...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The closure of IMC TV, and other independent and minority media channels, by the Turkish government, is a grave violation of the right to freedom of expression, the UK-based human rights organization, the Minority Rights Group International (MRG) said. Releasing a...
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The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
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Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze