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Opposition leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death

Opposition leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday hit back at a statement issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office concerning the 2016 death of teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, asking why allegations of torture had not been...
Turkey now seeks up to 15 years in prison for wife of Turkish teacher tortured to death in police custody

Turkey now seeks up to 15 years in prison for wife of Turkish teacher tortured to death in police custody

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of from 7.5 to 15 years for Minure Açıkkollu, wife of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while in police custody in the wake of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 over...
Dismissed, jailed, tortured to death, exonerated: The tragic story of Turkish teacher who died in police custody

Dismissed, jailed, tortured to death, exonerated: The tragic story of Turkish teacher who died in police custody

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 2, 2018 | Human Tragedies

Gökhan Açıkkollu was a history teacher in İstanbul. What makes him memorable is that he is one of the hunreds of thousands of people who have been victimized by an ongoing purge carried out by the Turkish government since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016....
History teacher, died of torture in police custody, reinstated to job 19 months after his death

History teacher, died of torture in police custody, reinstated to job 19 months after his death

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2018 | Human Tragedies

Gökhan Açıkkollu, a history teacher who was tortured to death while in police custody in the wake of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 over alleged membership in the Gülen group, was found innocent one-and-a-half years later and “reinstated” to his job. The...
Two Years Ago Today: Teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu died of torture on his 13th day in police custody

Two Years Ago Today: Teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu died of torture on his 13th day in police custody

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

On August 5, 2016. Gökhan Açıkkollu, a history teacher suffering from diabetes, died of torture in police custody as part of a post-coup investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15,...
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