by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A regional appeals court in Turkey has upheld Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s four year, eight month prison sentence for disseminating terrorist propaganda, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. He was indicted by a prosecutor along with former deputy Sırrı...
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by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the court’s decision calling for the release of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş from a lengthy pre-trial detention. “ECtHR...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has questioned the Azerbaijani government over the deportation of Turkish national Taci Şentürk at the request of the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his alleged links to the Gülen movement in...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected a total of 25,000 applications submitted by Turks who are victims of an immense purge carried out by the Turkish government following a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, demanding the exhaustion of domestic remedies...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
WeltN24, the German media group that publishes Die Welt daily newspaper, has lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), over Turkey’s jailing of journalist Deniz Yücel. The veteran Die Welt reporter was first detained as part of an investigation...
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Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report