by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of four journalists affiliated with the Etkin News Agency (ETHA). The arrestees — Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp, Ferhat Harun Pehlivan, Gülsen İmre — are accused of “membership in a terrorist...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Three more journalists were put in pretrial detention over the past week, rising the total number of journalists jailed since the July 15, 2016 failed coup to 305. İsminaz Temel an editor for the pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency and Havva Cuştan, a reporter for the same...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Anıl, a reporter for the ETHA news agency, has been arrested along with three others on accusations of membership in an illegal organization. Police earlier detained seven Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) members, among them Anıl, in Adana. While the...
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