by TurkeyPurge | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
At least 12 people including housewives, teachers, university personnel and some police officers were taken into custody for interrogation as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on May 18. Igdir based operation accuses the suspects of membership the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Ten-year-old autistic child of Ihsan Aslan, a Turkish businessman who was detained in Malaysia last week, has been physically harming himself to express his sadness, his mother Ainnurul Aisyah Yunos told press on May 8. Unable to talk, Rafael slaps his face repeatedly...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Kayseri physician, identified as H.H.Y., received a jail sentence of 3 years and 45 days on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt and calls it a terrorist organization. H.H.Y....
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 20, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Mysterious disappearances involving already-victimized opposition groups have become a common occurrence in Turkey in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt, with at least seven cases of alleged abduction reported so far. Those not seen for quite some time all have...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Bursa court has ruled for the continuation of the arrest for Seyfettin Yiğit, a prosecutor who was found dead in a prison bathroom in September of last year. The court was responding to a request for Yiğit’s release seven months after he died in prison, according to...
Turkish court bans access to Turkish editions of Deutsche Welle, VOA
Purge-victim military cadet pays visit to opposition leader days after being released from prison
Police detain 7 university students over “terrorism” accusations
Turkish court removes travel ban for former Zaman journalists
Antalya police detain YouTube journalist Arif Kocabıyık
87-year-old bedridden inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine
İstanbul Pride: At least 361 LGBT activists detained throughout Sunday’s parade
Purge-victim law professor drowns trying to save friend at an Ontario lake
Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”