by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish journalist was attacked, the fourth in the last two weeks, in Adana province, according to the Bianet news website, after he said he had received threatening messages by phone. Hakan Denizli, owner of the local Egemen daily in Adana, was shot in the foot by...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) has banned access to two online news outlets, The Region and the JinNews over security concerns. “On the 22nd of January 2018, the Information Technologies and Communications Authority of Turkey officially blocked local...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The government-closed Zaman newspaper’s reporter in the northwestern province of Eskişehir was sentenced to 6 years plus 3 months in prison on charges of membership to a terrorist organization on Tuesday. Mehmet Kuru, a father of one and a long-time Zaman reporter...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Two out of four local journalists in Turkey’s Gaziantep province who were earlier detained for releasing an interview with jailed businessman Ahmet Selim Ener, were put in pre-trial arrest, on Wednesday. Ener was previously imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Properties belonging to eight of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) on June 22. In a statement on Thursday, TMSF listed properties...
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“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant
Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
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Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
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