by TurkeyPurge | Apr 24, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
After former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu harshly criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling party, a speech to be given by his wife, medical doctor Sare Davutoğlu, at a Turkish university was canceled without explanation, the T24 news website reported...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A farmer who was publicly scolded by then-Prime Minister and current President Recep Erdoğan in the southern province of Mersin because he complained about the government’s agricultural policies has said he is put under close police scrutiny whenever Erdoğan comes to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said there is no journalist who was imprisoned in Turkey that those in prisons are only terrorists and thieves. Speaking to a business forum in US on Wednesday, Erdoğan said Turkey arrested scores of journalists not because of their...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 16, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Turkish journalists have been languishing in prison for months, Amnesty International said as part of a recent campaign to demand their release. “Turkey has earned an accolade which holds no glory,” the monitoring group stated underlining that Turkish government has...