by TurkeyPurge | May 8, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
Thousands of prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in Turkey under conditions so harsh that some prisoners consider dying by suicide, Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday. There are no official figures on the number of prisoners in solitary confinement or how...
by TurkeyPurge | May 1, 2019 | Human Tragedies
A Turkish woman whose story inspired a blockbuster movie in 2015 has developed serious health problems during her 31 months in prison and solitary confinement, the tr724 news website reported on Thursday. According to the report Karyağdı has developed advanced-stage...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Ali Kaya was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened terror charge the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The number of investigations launched on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was 20,539 in 2017, Bilgi University Professor Yaman Akdeniz told media Tuesday. 6,033 of such investigations made it to the courts last year, Akdeniz added. The total number...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A regional appeals court in Turkey has upheld Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s four year, eight month prison sentence for disseminating terrorist propaganda, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. He was indicted by a prosecutor along with former deputy Sırrı...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze