by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency reporter Lezgin Akdeniz was sentenced to one year and 3 months in jail on charge of terrorist propaganda. Media reported that Akdeniz was convicted of the above-mentioned charge and was given 15 months of sentence. The court, later,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Bengi Kömürcü and Duygu Ciniviz, two reporters for JINHA, pro-Kurdish news agency that the government closed down under post-coup emergency rule, have been detained in Istanbul. Journalists gathered at Kadıköy ferry port in order to report on a press meeting by some...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 5, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Nine journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet daily, including its Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu are arrested by the İstanbul 9th Penal Court of Peace on Saturday. Kadri Gürsel, Musa Kart, Güray Öz, Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Turhan Günay, Bülent Utku, Önder Çelik...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Sakarya Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 36 people who attended local protests against detainment of journalists Ekrem Dumanlı and Hidayet Karaca in 2014, as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement. According to an article Turkish TV...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) joined American publishers, authors, and librarians in a letter urging U.S. President Barack Obama to protest the widespread suppression of free speech in Turkey during his September 4 meeting with Turkish President Tayyip...
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