by TurkeyPurge | Apr 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish couple was intercepted in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district while reportedly on way to escape the government’s post-coup crackdown to Iraq on March 23. State-run Anadolu news agency said the couple was caught near Hacıbey river and taken into police custody where...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nedim Türfent, a reporter for the now defunct pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA) was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison on Friday. The sentence was handed down on accusations of membership to a terrorist organization. Under arrest since May 2016, Türfent...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A female judge, identified with initials N.Ş.D., has been arrested in Hakkari province as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government accuse of being behind a failed...
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