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Urban planner, dismissed in post-coup purge, selling honey to make ends meet

Urban planner, dismissed in post-coup purge, selling honey to make ends meet

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Cihan Vahap Elmas, a 32-year-old urban planner at the Van municipality until he was dismissed by a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule last year, is now earning his keep by selling honey to his friends and acquaintance. Graduated from the...
Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code banned in Turkish prison due to emergency rule

Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code banned in Turkish prison due to emergency rule

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

US novelist Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, The Da Vinci Code was banned in Istanbul’s Silivri prison under Turkey’s post-coup emergency measures, according to the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Baris Yarkadas. “Silivri Prison’s...
Helsinki Commission urges Erdogan to end post-coup emergency rule

Helsinki Commission urges Erdogan to end post-coup emergency rule

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

Four senior members of US’s Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which is also known as the Helsinki Commission, has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lift post-coup emergency rule, in force over a year. Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker,...
Turkish gov’t signals 3-month extension in post-coup emergency rule

Turkish gov’t signals 3-month extension in post-coup emergency rule

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentary group deputy chairperson and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş said on Friday that emergency rule will be extended in Turkey for another three months, Turkish media reported on Friday. According to the CNN Türk...
Erdogan says nobody hurt by emergency rule except for terrorists

Erdogan says nobody hurt by emergency rule except for terrorists

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Nobody has suffered from the post-coup emergency rule except for terrorist organisations and their members, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking during a ceremony held for the start of the new legislative year in Parliament, Erdogan said the...
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