by TurkeyPurge | Apr 25, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) placed Turkey on a monitoring watchlist for its bleak record of human rights violations and pressure on dissenting voices in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, on Tuesday. Strasbourg-based PACE decided...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 22, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
A letter written on Friday to Frederica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, by a group of human rights and journalist organizations expresses concern about yet another extension...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced on Thursday that the number of new applications against Turkey skyrocketed 276 percent year-on-year in 2016 while the increase largely stemmed from the government’s human rights violations in the aftermath of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 7, 2016 | Torture
Muhammed Cihad Saatçioğlu, the son of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Hüda Kaya was hospitalized with spinal fractures after, according to many, being beaten during interrogation at a police station in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district. Saatçioğlu was...
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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Turkish intelligence abducts Gülenists from Africa, Central Asia by paying bribes, says former intel official
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Purge-victim Turkish businessman shares first picture from prison in 6 years
Karabuk court jails 5 female university students on terror charges
Turkish reporter Ayşenur Parıldak set free after spending some 6 years in prison
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