by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Wardens at İstanbul’s Silivri prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTurk TV who has been behind bars since Dec 28, 2016, to get a haircut against his will, according to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Partty (CHP) deputy Baris...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 7, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
Bergül Varan, a Turkish woman who was briefly detained over terror charges said police tore out her hair with Ottomans military band, widely known as Mehter, playing in the background during detention. “They rooted out my hair and dance with Mehter march”...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze