by TurkeyPurge | Aug 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police broke the arm of Gülsüm Elvan, the mother of Berkin Elvan, who was killed during the Gezi Park protests in 2013, while detaining her during a protest on Friday in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district in support of imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 28, 2017 | Hate Crime
An unidentified person dumped a truckload of manure near main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) “March of Justice” camp in Düzce on Tuesday that fueled anger among CHP supporters. According to HaberTürk daily website, a truck dumped the manure on a road in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twelve academics and staff from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University were detained on Thursday over their links with faith-based Gülen movement that Turkish authorities accuse of being behind a failed coup in last July. As part of an investigation by Muğla Public...