by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Members of the European Parliament have called on Turkey to lift an ongoing state of emergency declared after a failed coup in July 2016 that they say is now being used to silence dissent and opposition. “The state of emergency declared after the coup attempt of 16...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 30, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament, on Sunday called on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to look into the case of Uğur Toksoy, a Turkish teacher who was detained on Friday by Kosovo authorities over alleged links to the Gülen...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
A resolution calling for the freezing of European Union membership negotiations with Turkey if Ankara implements a constitutional overhaul, backed by a referendum in April, was adopted by a large majority of the vote in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey’s EU membership talks because of the Turkish government’s “disproportionate” response to a failed coup attempt that took place on July 15. A total of 479 deputies voted in favor of imposing a “temporary freeze” on...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament (EP), harshly criticized the detention of a number of Cumhuriyet daily journalists, including the paper’s editor-in-chief, on Monday, saying that the detentions are yet another red line crossed against freedom of...
Antalya police detain 72-year-old woman for protesting imprisonment of daughter with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer
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
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report