by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An Eskisehir man who works as a motorcycle courier was remanded in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and four years, media reported Monday. Detained at his home and subsequently put in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara man has reported his daughter to police for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan only to be informed on over the exact same accusation. “My daughter, A.T.C., sent the attached email to me on Oct 10, 2018, around 13.05 pm. My daughter A.T.C. insulted our...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Three students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara were detained on Saturday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying a placard bearing a famous caricature of him, called “Tayyipler Âlemi” (The World of Tayyips), during the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An arrest warrant has been issued for renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan Şükür for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his son on his Twitter account, the Evrensel daily reported on Tuesday. An İstanbul court decided to issue an arrest...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint against Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former Pentagon official, allegedly for “insulting” him and “committing crimes in the name of the Gülen...
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