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Turkish author Eliaçık gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on terror charges

Turkish author Eliaçık gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on terror charges

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...
President Erdoğan: Die Welt’s Deniz Yücel a terrorist, not a journalist

President Erdoğan: Die Welt’s Deniz Yücel a terrorist, not a journalist

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...
Muhtar protesting palace meetings arrested for insulting statesmen

Muhtar protesting palace meetings arrested for insulting statesmen

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...
7-year jail sentence sought for Syrian journalist for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

7-year jail sentence sought for Syrian journalist for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

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...
Prosecutor seeks life for CHP MP, 10 years for Cumhuriyet editors

Prosecutor seeks life for CHP MP, 10 years for Cumhuriyet editors

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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