by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Haydar Ergul, an editor for the quarterly Demokratik Modernite magazine has been put in pretrial detention. Detained at Diyarbakir airport on Jan 16, Ergul was asked about the articles published at Demokratik Modernite, pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency said Tuesday. Ergul...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court ruled to keep in prison Nur Ener, an editor for the Yeni Asya daily newspaper who was jailed in March, this year over her alleged use of ByLock mobile app, on Dec 1. ByLock is a smartphone messaging application that Turkish government claims to be...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Wardens at İstanbul’s Silivri prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTurk TV who has been behind bars since Dec 28, 2016, to get a haircut against his will, according to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Partty (CHP) deputy Baris...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Three more journalists were put in pretrial detention over the past week, rising the total number of journalists jailed since the July 15, 2016 failed coup to 305. İsminaz Temel an editor for the pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency and Havva Cuştan, a reporter for the same...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ankara police detained 5 journalists following house raids on Friday. Mezopotamya news agency reporters Selman Güzelyüz and Diren Yurtsever, and Jinnews editor Sibel Yükler were rounded up along with Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren, reporters for the latter media outlet....
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