by TurkeyPurge | Nov 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish journalist was handed down a suspended sentence of two years, five months in prison on Thursday for insulting Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reuters reported, citing a court ruling shown to them. Hüsnü Mahalli, a prominent journalist who also...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 15, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court ruled on arrest of Syrian-Turkish columnist Hüsnü Mahalli on charges of insulting the president on TV and on his social media account. Mahalli, a Yurt daily columnist and a vocal critic of Turkey’s Syria policy, was detained on Tuesday night after...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Syrian-born Turkish journalist Hüsnü Mahalli was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government anchorman targeted him for his remarks regarding the ongoing war in Syria. Main opposition deputy Barış Yarkadaş announced Mahalli’s detention on Twitter, saying that the...