by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least 36,664 investigations were launched in Turkey for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish nation and government officials in 2018, Birgun daily reported Saturday. In 11,337 investigations, the overseeing court ordered decided non-prosecution, the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A 47-year-old local journalist in Turkey’s Aydin province, Mustafa Yayla was arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and four years. Media reported Sunday that Yayla was indicted after...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The owner of an Ankara-based printing house that had printed the placard with cartoons targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been briefly detained. An Ankara court on Wednesday sent four students from Middle East Technical University (METU) to prison for...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A university student from the Turkey’s Amasya province, identified as H.N., was put in pretrial detention for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, on Wednesday. Cumhuriyet reported that H.N., an Amasya University student and a member of Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara woman, identified as M.A., was detained after being reported to police for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a conversation with her friend on the bus. Cumhuriyet daily newspaper said Friday that M.A. was reported to police by another...
Campaign seeks donations for purge-victim Turkish asylum seekers in Greece
Turkey issues detention warrants for 33 military cadets, 7 former army members
At lease 41 prisoners dies of cancer in Turkish prisons since 2016
Woman with Thyroid Cancer sent to prison on “terror charges” in Afyonkarahisar
Purge-victim man with chronic kidney disease denied release from prison
Nationalist assailant murders 7 members of a Kurdish family in apparent hate crime: report
[VIDEO] Purge-victim military cadets, families stage sit in protests in front of ECHR headquarters in Strasbourg
Malta court arrests 2 purge-victim Turkish citizens: report
Bylock’s copyright owner sent to prison in Turkey, says state-run Anadolu agency
“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant