by TurkeyPurge | Jan 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
More than 50 former public employees committed suicide after they were removed from their offices as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, according to the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK). Over 50 people, among them...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s State Hydraulic Works (DSI), the agency responsible for national water resources has asked its employees to declare their social media accounts as well as their families’, according to Swedish media outlet Arbetet. The article, titled “Turkish Surveillance...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
İbrahim Apaydın, an engineer who was removed from his job as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown against its critics, says refugee camps abroad are filled with well-educated people hailing from Turkey. Dismissed from his job as an engineer at Istanbul...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 31 former public workers were detained during a demonstration to protest their dismissals in Malatya province, on Saturday. The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) members organized a demonstration against the government’s purge of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A group of Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions (KESK) members who were suspended under Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule, are fined TL 227 [$61] for each day of their protest to recover their jobs. Four protestors have been gathering at Yüzüncüyıl...
Turkish court bans access to Turkish editions of Deutsche Welle, VOA
Purge-victim military cadet pays visit to opposition leader days after being released from prison
Police detain 7 university students over “terrorism” accusations
Turkish court removes travel ban for former Zaman journalists
Antalya police detain YouTube journalist Arif Kocabıyık
87-year-old bedridden inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine
İstanbul Pride: At least 361 LGBT activists detained throughout Sunday’s parade
Purge-victim law professor drowns trying to save friend at an Ontario lake
Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”