by TurkeyPurge | Apr 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Renowned Islamic theologian and writer İhsan Eliaçık has been sentenced to six years, three months in prison on charges of disseminating the propaganda of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in his speeches. The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Tuesday...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Sunday to criticize Germany and Deniz Yücel, the arrested reporter of German daily Die Welt, saying Yücel is not a journalist but a terrorist. “Chancellor [Merkel] told me when she came here… She said, ‘You have a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Hatice Bender, a muhtar, or neighborhood head, who did not participate in meetings held for muhtars in the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested for insulting statesmen on her social media account, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Saturday. “A new...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of up to seven years, three months for journalist Hüsnü Mahalli on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Mahalli was arrested on Dec. 15. The indictment prepared by İstanbul...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu and 10 years in prison for Cumhuriyet daily’s former editor-in-chief Can Dündar and the daily’s Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül over a report on National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks. The indictment prepared by public...
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Missing purge-victim bureaucrat “found” in Ankara prison: daughter
Purge-victim woman dies of Covid-19: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim police officer dies of Covid-19 in prison
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At least 106 people died in Turkish prisons since July 2016: report
Purge-victim judge becomes watermelon vendor to make a living