by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the city’s newly elected pro-Kurdish co-mayors, Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı and Hülya Alaökmen for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The investigation came only...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Two journalists from pro-Kurdish media organizations Mezopotamya news agency and Jinnews were briefly detained in Mardin on Wednesday. Media reported that Ahmet Kanbal from Mezopotamya and Rojda Aydin from Jinnews were taken into custody while they were in front of...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ugur Akgul, a reporter for the now-closed, pro-Kurdish DIHA news agency has been jailed, media said Wednesday. Akgul was arrested after a Turkish court upheld his conviction due to his reports on the government-imposed curfews in Turkey’s east. The journalist had...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Istanbul police raided the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) local office in Sancaktepe district and detained at least 18 people on Sunday. At least 18 people including two party executives were detained during the raid, media reported. Police carried out...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court ruled on Thursday to keep pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s co-chair (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş behind bars. During the first hearing of the case, opened on charges of leading a terrorist organization, Demirtaş failed to appear before the court as...
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