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[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture

Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz did not commit suicide as previously reported but rather died after he was subjected to heavy torture by police officers while...
Report: Koç University student commits suicide as father, a dismissed chemistry teacher, under arrest for months

Report: Koç University student commits suicide as father, a dismissed chemistry teacher, under arrest for months

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Ali Furkan Yabaneri, a 24-year-old electrical engineering student at Istanbul’s prestigious Koç University, died of an overdose months after his father was jailed as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown. Local media said Yabaneri committed suicide at his...
Girl, mother detained over ‘hero’ T-shirt during visit to imprisoned father

Girl, mother detained over ‘hero’ T-shirt during visit to imprisoned father

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish girl and her mother were briefly detained for the former’s ‘hero’ T-shirt during their visit to the child’s jailed father during a prison visit. According to a Twitter account who claims to be the mother’s lawyer, the two were denied entrance to the prison...
Gov’t jails another 108 children in past three months, bringing total to 668

Gov’t jails another 108 children in past three months, bringing total to 668

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The number of children, aged between 0 to 6, who are being held in Turkish prisons along with their parents rose from 560 to 668, according to government data. In a statement to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Ilgezdi’s question, the...
3-month-old with oral disease also under arrest as parents imprisoned over coup charges

3-month-old with oral disease also under arrest as parents imprisoned over coup charges

by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Under arrest along with his mother since April 27, three-month-old Betul A. has been suffering from oral thrush in prison, her grandfather told Turkish media. Betul’s mother, Melek, a former teacher at an Izmir school which was closed the government as part of an...
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