by TurkeyPurge | May 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Kadri Gürsel was sent back to prison on Wednesday on charges of “supporting terrorism,” joining six other staff of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet already behind bars. More than twenty people stood trial last year in a case related to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court ruled to release the leading Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel in the trial of Cumhuriyet newspaper meanwhile ordering that four others to remain in pretrial detention, on Monday. Gursel, who spent 11 months in jail over terror charges, was released on...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
“A prominent columnist wrote recently about how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey hates cigarettes so much that he confiscates packs from his followers, lecturing them on the evils of smoking.The columnist, Kadri Gursel, then urged his readers to protest the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on Turkish government to immediately release its board member, Turkish columnist Kadri Gürsel and other Cumhuriyet journalists detained on Monday. Amid widespread concerns over deteriorating freedom of the press in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Amid widespread concerns over deteriorating freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey on Monday detained 13 journalists from the secularist and critical Cumhuriyet daily including the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and its editorial consultant Kadri Gürsel...
Turkish woman says subjected to strip search in police custody
Purge-victim teacher commits suicide a day after getting scolded by a judge during a trial
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 5,000 euros in damages to 427 purge-victim judges, prosecutors
Turkey issues detention warrants for 112 military members over Gulen links: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim military cadet dies of cancer in prison
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in the 10th month of imprisonment on terror charges
13-month old joins mother in prison: report
U.S. Senator Wicker says Turkey among “worst abusers” of Interpol’s red notice system
Adana police detain human rights activist: report