by TurkeyPurge | Jan 28, 2018 | Human Tragedies
A Nigde man who was left unemployed as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown has died following an explosion at a fireworks factory, according to media. Dogan news agency said an explosion at a fireworks plant in Nigde’s Kemerhisar neighborhood killed two...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 19, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Fatma Koyun, a teacher with an 82 percent physical disability who was dismissed from his job as part of a post-coup investigation, says her husband as well her brothers have been under arrest for months. In a video recording of herself that was widely shared on social...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 7,563 people were dismissed with a new post-coup emergency decree, released only a day before the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The government decree, numbered 692, dismissed 7,563 people including 302 academics, from their jobs....
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A teacher, identified with his/her initials M.P., was detained while on a visit to his/her relatives in Tatar village, Sivas on the very first day of the Muslim festival, Eid al-Fitr. M.P. was earlier dismissed from his/her job over ties to the Gulen movement, as part...
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