by TurkeyPurge | Feb 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Two women were detained by police while they were protesting torture and maltreatment against their relatives in prison, in Istanbul’s Taksim square. Evrensel daily said C.T. and S.A., two Association of Families of Convicts and Detainees (TAYAD) members, were...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A new state of emergency decree that stipulates all convicts and suspects under arrest for alleged crimes against the constitutional order in Turkey wear jumpsuits identifying their supposed crime will cover about 60,000 people in prisons, the pro-government Yeni...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
People who were imprisoned over “offenses against Constitutional order” are now required to wear dusty orange and gray jumpsuits, according to the government’s latest post-coup decree, issued early Sunday. “Those behind bars who were convicted of offences against the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 17, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said people detained over coup charges should wear a single outfit, like in Guantanamo. “When they appear in court, let’s make them appear in one-type uniform like in Guantanamo,” Erdogan said during an Istanbul rally to mark the first...