by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish psychiatrist Emine Ozdemir said she was taken under investigation on charge of membership to a terrorist organization and that the prosecutor’s evidence include her professional counselling as well. I was told yesterday that a legal case was opened against me....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish pop singer Mabel Matiz has been subjec to a post-coup investigation for using 1-dollar bills in a 2017 video clip, pro-government Sabah newspaper reported Tuesday. Having danced with 1-dollar bills in his jacket’s pockets in the video, shot for his track “Ya...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s interior ministry on Monday said that it was taking necessary legal measures on social media accounts regarding the dollar exchange rate that create a negative perception of the economy, Reuters reported. The statement said 346 social media accounts that...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish composer Erdal Guney was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a 2014 single. Guney was given 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting the President in his song, titled Babacigim [Daddy], Birgun daily...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 28, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Belgian police have found out that part of the threats targeting Turkish journalists in 2016 were made on computers at the Turkish embassy in Brussels. A recent police investigation has shown that at least one of the threatening social media messages received by...
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report