by TurkeyPurge | Dec 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey has remained the worst jailer of journalists in the world for the second consecutive year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Wednesday. Releasing its annual press freedom report, CPJ said: “Despite releasing some journalists in 2017, Turkey...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A terror investigation has been launched against the 1HaberVar online news platform, established by the journalists from the radio and TV stations that the government closed as part of its post-coup emergency measures. Media reported on Tuesday that Diyarbakir’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish prosecutor on Monday demanded aggravated life sentences for prominent journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak for allegedly supporting a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, which the government accuses the faith-based Gülen movement of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Erdoğan Alayumat and Nuri Akman, reporters for the government-closed, pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA), face 45 years in jail over espionage cases. Detained in Turkey’s eastern province of Gaziantep on July 13, 2017, Alayumat and Akman spent 13 days in custody...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Yet another three journalists were remanded in prison Turkey, pending trial behind bars, media reported on Tuesday. Journalists Mehmet Gündem, Behram Kılıç and Nuh Gönültaş were arrested following a court decision and they will remain in jail until a second ruling....
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report