by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2016 | Anti-Kurdish, Human Rights Abuses
The shutdown of the health care system during the unrest and curfews in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern provinces of Turkey since peace efforts collapsed in July 2015 has had disastrous effects on people’s ability to access health care services – resulting in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Human Tragedies
With Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt already gone off the rails, Turkey Purge has been continuously receiving anonymous tips from victims as well as from their relatives. The wife of an arrested man in Isparta province identified only by the initials U.T. decries the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Human Tragedies
The wife of a retired teacher in Turkey’s Aydın province has become a victim of what many call a relentless government witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the Gülen movement, which stands accused of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. The government...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Fears that the Turkish government would capitalize on a state of emergency to silence critics who have nothing to do with a July 15 coup attempt have come true, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of the US-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has said. In a...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Human Tragedies
In custody for the past two-and-a-half months, a Bursa judge identified only by the initials Ö.S. fears that his cancer may reappear due to poor conditions in prison. Ö.S. was arrested on July 17, the day after the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK)...
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report