by TurkeyPurge | Sep 27, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A group of human rights activists have released a short film named “I’m innocent” in an attempt to draw attention to human rights violations in post-coup Turkey. The official description of the film that has so far been viewed over 19,000 on Youtube,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 2, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Munise Gülen, a relative of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, has been detained by the police in İzmir over links to the Gulen group, accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 22, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
An 81-year-old Turkish man, who is known as a “longtime friend of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, was detained by police in the Turkish province of İzmir on Monday due to his links to the Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Garanti BBVA, a financial services company based in Turkey, refused to open a checking account to a purge-victim medical doctor because he had been dismissed from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 failed coup. Pro-Kurdish HDP Deputy Ömer Faruk...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Edirne parent has been put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze