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Turkey arrests yet another journalist over terror charges

Turkey arrests yet another journalist over terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Kemal Özer, a reporter and nature photographer for Evrensel daily newspaper, was put in pretrial detention on terror charges on Friday. Detained in Tunceli province as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Sept 4, Özer was...
Opposition leader: Gov’t stages civilian coup under state of emergency

Opposition leader: Gov’t stages civilian coup under state of emergency

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The chairman of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Sunday that a civilian coup took place in Turkey on July 20, 2016 with the declaration of state of emergency (OHAL) in the country. Talking to fellow party members in Ankara,...
CHP leader to young journalist: ‘Book yourself a place in prison’

CHP leader to young journalist: ‘Book yourself a place in prison’

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 27, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

In remarks that apparently underlined the risks of being a journalist in Turkey nowadays, Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has told a young student who wants to study journalism at university to take the risk of going to jail first....
Opposition leader: AK Party staged own coup by jailing writers, journalists, military officers

Opposition leader: AK Party staged own coup by jailing writers, journalists, military officers

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 25, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) of staging its own coup by arresting writers, journalists and military officers in a crackdown launched after a failed coup...
Turkey to pay huge compensation for post-coup rights violations, main opposition says

Turkey to pay huge compensation for post-coup rights violations, main opposition says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

The main opposition party leader has said Turkey will pay a big price and an enormous amount of compensation for gross human rights violations caused by government decrees issued during a state of emergency declared after an abortive coup. Republican People’s Party...

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