by TurkeyPurge | Feb 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
Sedat Gökçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former personnel of the International Antalya University, which was earlier shuttered over ties to the Gülen movement, have been subject to torture and maltreatment ever since they were detained near a shopping mall mid-last month....
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Engin Öztürk, a father of three who spent 15 months behind bars over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has been released only after his wife, Vina Öztürk passed away following a heart attack. Engin was the sole breadwinner of the Öztürk family until he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Rana Ozturk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Ozturk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, suffered a heart attack, media reported on Nov 18. Engin, a former employee of the now-defunct International Antalya...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture
Police detained an Antalya-based housewife after failing to reach her husband who has being wanted for his former employment at International Antalya University. The university has long been under investigation for its alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the...