by TurkeyPurge | Nov 2, 2016 | Human Tragedies
A 46-year-old Turkish woman, identified only by her name Aynur, died after spending five in intensive care unit in Romania where she came to seek safety from an ever growing witch-hunt at her home country. A volunteer for Hizmet for 25 days and a former hospital...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 25, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police detained 59 Syrian refugees as well as three Turkish citizens as they were attempting to flee to Greece on Tuesday. Thousands of people have fled Turkey due to a massive witch-hunt launched by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government against...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of seven Turkish citizens were detained while they were attempting to flee to Romania over Bulgaria, according to Turkish media. Seven people including three police officers dismissed under post-coup emergency rules, an Osmaniye based reporter for the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 15, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Gülen movement sympathizers, who he accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, with a revocation of their citizenship and said he hopes those countries who shelter and host them will be troubled by their presence....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Police detained an associate professor along with a teacher while they were planning to cross the Evros (Meriç) River from Turkey’s northeastern province of Edirne to Greece, on Sunday. Edirne police stopped two suspects near the Evros River and detained them for...