by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Police at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport seized the passport of Fatma Tunç, the wife of writer Aziz Tunç while she was on way to visit her husband in Germany, media said Wednesday. Briefly detained at the airport, Tunç was told by police that there are “suspected people”...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Former speechwriter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Aydın Ünal on Monday threatened Turkish journalists in exile with extrajudicial killings, in his column published in the pro-Erdoğan Yeni...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 1, 2016 | Turkey’s Exiled Journalists Speak Out
A.Z., a Turkish journalist of 22 years, is among few journalists who have managed to flee Turkey in the light ever-growing government pressure particularly against media personnel. Turkey Purge is aimed at helping exiled journalist be heard and encouraging colleagues...