by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Heval Bozay, a teaching assistant at Nevsehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University’s Archeology department until he was dismissed by a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule last year, is now earning his keep by operating a grocery store. Graduated from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A last-year econometrics student at Izmir’s Dokuz Eylul University was sentenced to 8 years in jail on accusations of membership to the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Under arrest over a year, the student, identified with his initials E.H., appeared before an Izmir court...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Dokuz Eylul University Rectorate has asked all contracted workers at the medical faculty hospital to attend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rally meeting in Izmir ahead of the presidential referendum. Erdogan is scheduled to take floor along with Prime Minister...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As part of a relentless purge carried out by the government following a failed coup on July 15, police have detained 30 academics and students at İzmir’s leading Dokuz Eylül University. Detention warrants were reportedly issued for a total of 55 faculty members and...
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