by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca and Zaman newspaper’s former owner Aladdin Kaya were sentenced to life in prison on Friday. The Ankara 4th High Criminal Court gave aggravated life sentences to four out of seven jailed defendants on charges of “attempted...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ece Sevim Öztürk, a Turkish investigative journalist who produced a documentary on a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and promised to shock Turkey with her forthcoming book on the subject, was detained on Friday on charges of “disseminating terrorist...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Kazım Canlan, the Ankara editor of the Cihan news agency before it was shut down, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in jail. In pre-trial detention in an Ankara prison on charges of membership to a terror group for months now, Canlan appeared before the court...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 25, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released on Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). As the world’s biggest prison for professional journalists, Turkey...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of the imprisonment of another defendant in the same trial, Cumhuriyet CEO Akın Atalay. “The days when we will...
72-year-old businessman in solitary confinement for months in Ankara Sincan prison
Turkish authorities issue detention warrants for 53 public officials on terror, coup accusations
Imprisoned cancer patient denied release from prison once again
Turkish court jails 15 former public officials for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
Turkish intelligence abducts Gülenists from Africa, Central Asia by paying bribes, says former intel official
17-week pregnant woman sent to Şanlıurfa prison over alleged Gulen links: report
Purge-victim Turkish businessman shares first picture from prison in 6 years
Karabuk court jails 5 female university students on terror charges
Turkish reporter Ayşenur Parıldak set free after spending some 6 years in prison
73-year-old Kurdish man dies of Covid-19 in prison: report