by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The number of Turkish nationals claiming asylum in 28 EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland has increased by 2,590 or 39 percent in the first half of 2018, a recent report noted. Malta-based the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) released asylum statistics...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 4, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The arrest and subsequent deportation of six Turkish nationals legally residing in Kosovo raise questions about the respect of the due process of law,” said Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the European Commission told Kosovo-based Gazeta Express on Tuesday. “The...
by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
European Union leaders should consider economic pressure against Turkey to end post-coup human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a written statement on May 23. “A meeting planned for May 25, 2017, between European Union leaders and President Recep Tayyip...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Lawyer Ömer Turanlı has called on human rights organizations and the relevant commissions of the EU to immediately monitor incidents taking place in Turkey’s prisons while expressing grave concerns about the safety of his clients due to claims of a staged riot. In a...
Turkish gov’t to increase prison capacity by a further 500,000 beds by 2024: deputy
Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing
Mazlumder says Council of Forensic Medicine needs to be shut down over “false” medical report
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report
Opposition leader says Kavala and Demirtaş in prison over trumped-up charges: report