by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
59-year-old businessman Sacit Çalık has died in a tragic traffic accident that claimed the lives of 4 others while he was reportedly on his way to visit his relatives imprisoned in an Elazig prison. Çalık’s car collided head-on with a minibus near Erzurum’s Cat...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The number of children, aged between 0 to 6, who are being held in Turkish prisons along with their parents rose from 560 to 668, according to government data. In a statement to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Ilgezdi’s question, the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 23, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Cengiz Zaza Akbaba, the husband of Gulistan Diken Akbaba said in a recent video that his wife and 11-month-old son have been under arrest despite the babies medical problems. “This child is only one of 560 children. Now, 560 children are not allowed to touch the soil,...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government has been systematically and deliberately hailing women as part of a fear and intimidation campaign in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, the Sweden-based Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) said in a recent report on Apr 27. Titled “Jailing...