by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A court in the Aegean province of Muğla on Wednesday sentenced 34 suspects to four aggravated life sentences each in the trial of soldiers charged with allegedly plotting to kill Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 13, 2017 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Amid assassination concerns following the suspicious deaths of two people who allegedly fell from the balcony of their homes, a pro-Erdoğan Twitter troll named Ahmet Üstün (@ustunn_ahmet) on Friday called on the government to assassinate Gülenists in the country and...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 19, 2016 | Purge in Numbers
A middle school teacher who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement was found hanged in prison in the northwestern province of Karabük on Saturday morning. Forty-three-year-old Behçet Emdi was one of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 4, 2016 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech
https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FZveK6KT8VbdfZyp.mp4 Newly emerged video footage shows the moment a Turkish police chief orders his subordinates to use guns against HDP members who have taken to the streets in İstanbul to protest the arrest of...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 26, 2016 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
A pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) Twitter troll has called on the government to make plans for the massacre of all Gülen sympathizers who are currently behind bars in the event of a second coup attempt in the country. Responding to a claim voiced by retired...
Turkish reporter Ayşenur Parıldak set free after spending some 6 years in prison
73-year-old Kurdish man dies of Covid-19 in prison: report
1.5-year-old child joins mother in prison: report
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges