by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Ünal, the 62-year-old journalist who used to write columns for the government-closed Zaman newspaper, faces 2 aggravated life sentences and additional 29.5 years in prison. Under arrest since Aug 16, 2016, Ünal is accused of being one of the leaders of the Gülen...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2016 | Human Tragedies
In yet another example of disproportionate punishment imposed on people targeted in Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt, an English-language teacher was put behind bars along with her 36-day-old baby in Mersin province. Emin Çölaşan, a veteran columnist from the country’s...