by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Turkish police teams used force to enter the Diyarbakır offices of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the early hours of Saturday and detained seven party officials on a hunger strike, the Mesopotamia news agency reported. There were 10 people inside...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Four people were detained after they stood out against a government-employed, local imam who had asked worshippers to pray for Turkey’s offensive in the Syrian city of Afrin during a Friday sermon. Media reported that a group of worshippers left the Friday prayer at...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Vuran, a former public worker who was dismissed from the Diyarbakir Municipality, said his cows were seized by the government. Voice of America’s Turkish edition reported Sunday that Vuran started doing farming and husbandry after he was removed from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Deniz Naki, a German footballer of Kurdish origins said Jan 8 that his car was shot while driving on a highway in Germany’s Düren. Amedspor player told Die Welt that shots came from a black vehicle driving on his left. “I immediately ducked and then rolled right...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 5-years-old boy, identified as F.D., passed away after he was hit by a police vehicle in the Kurdish predominant province of Diyarbakir on Dec 29. The 1habervar.com online news portal reported that a minibus carrying plainclothes police officers crashed F.D. near...
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