by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court blocked access to 40 Twitter, 2 Facebook accounts along with 4 websites over their postings on alleged government fraud in the Apr 16 referendum, on Tuesday. A constitutional amendment that gives more power to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
BengüTürk TV Editor-in-Chief Murat Ide said on Mar 30 that he was fired for resisting against saying “Yes” in the upcoming presidential referendum that is expected to boost President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power. BengüTürk is a private TV channel known to...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Authoritarianism in the form of political Islam revealed its true face in Turkey during Gezi Park Protests, tested its sovereignty by unlawfully responding to operations against corruption scandals in December 17-25 period and by forming collusive alliances. After 15...