by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 16,540 military members have been dismissed from duty since July 15, 2016 over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which is accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. Speaking to NTV on Friday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan, the former aide-de-camp of the Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar said his testimony was taken under torture, during his first court hearing on Tuesday. “None of my statements are genuine. I was all destroyed. They drip-fed me. They x-rayed my...