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Turkish cartoonist gets one-year jail sentence for insulting Moses in drawings: report

Turkish cartoonist gets one-year jail sentence for insulting Moses in drawings: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

An İstanbul court has sentenced cartoonist Seyfi Şahin to one year, 15 days in prison for “insulting sacred values” in a cartoon featuring the biblical prophet Moses. The ruling was made by the Küçükçekmece 2nd Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday. In...

Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 21, 2017 | Hate Crime

A person jailed over his alleged links to the failed coup in last July in Turkey said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may never be a father because of the torture in jail. According to a story in Torture in Turkey website, 48 people, who were imprisoned...
Turkish cleric demands fatwa to amputate hands, feet of Gülen followers

Turkish cleric demands fatwa to amputate hands, feet of Gülen followers

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2016 | Hate Speech

Turkish cleric Nurettin Yıldız demanded a fatwa from Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) suggesting that supporters of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government and Erdoğan of masterminding a failed coup in...
Turkey’s Religious Directorate says profiled expats via mosques in 38 countries

Turkey’s Religious Directorate says profiled expats via mosques in 38 countries

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 8, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of Gülen movement, according to Hürriyet Daily News. In its briefing to the parliamentary coup commission, Diyanet said...
ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re concerned about the fate of people in Turkish prisons

ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re concerned about the fate of people in Turkish prisons

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 7, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey is going through its darkest and gloomiest days in terms of rule of law, the right to a fair trial and even the most fundamental rights and liberties, which are major benchmarks for democracy. Intellectuals, journalists, critical politicians, businesspeople,...
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