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...
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...
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...
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...
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...