![[VIDEO] Joy after journalist Ece Sevim Ozturk was released from prison](https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SSD.jpg)
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk, who produced investigative reports on the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, on Tuesday was sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist organization. Öztürk was released pending appeal...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 20 people were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Monday. Police carried out operations at several locations in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Diyarbakır and Bursa provinces as part of an investigation ordered...
![[VIDEO] Riot police detain 8 people over Gulen links in Turkey’s Erzurum](https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/21-1.jpg)
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 8 people were detained in an Erzurum-based operation carried out by riot police, state-run Anadolu news agency said Nov 21. Detention warrants were issued for 11 people who are accused of being “residents of the apartments, allegedly formed to resume...
![[VIDEO] Several detained after police intervention at Saturday Mothers’ sit-in](https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/223.jpg)
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Several people were detained during police intervention at a landmark, weekly gathering by Saturday Mothers. The district governor for Istanbul’s Beyoglu, earlier in the day, banned the 700th gathering of the Saturday Mothers at Galatasaray Square on Aug. 25. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Istanbul police raided the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) local office in Sancaktepe district and detained at least 18 people on Sunday. At least 18 people including two party executives were detained during the raid, media reported. Police carried out...
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