by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took over the city’s subway newspaper to demand an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “brutal crackdown against anyone who opposes him.” The foundation published a full-page ad...
by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Durket Süren ile Nurcan Yalçın, two reporters for the Jinnews news agency have said they were asked, while under police custody, to work as spies for the Interior Ministry. Detained on different occasions, both Suren and Yalcin said they were offered to gather...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 30, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
US-based Human Rights Foundation has asked, in an urgent letter, to free 6 Gulenists, arrested facing deportation to Turkey at the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order. Kosovo police early arrested the Gülenists who used to work at a group of schools...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 19, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took out an advertisement in the Metro New York newspaper criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is attending the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, for his crackdown on opposition in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from Turkey’s now-closed Zaman newspaper who has been behind bars for 13 months, was named the recipient of the first Shahnoush Award by the Oslo-based Vigdis Freedom Foundation (VFF). “The Vigdis Freedom Foundation is proud to...