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79-year-old Kurdish woman gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on “terrorism” charges

79-year-old Kurdish woman gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on “terrorism” charges

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2022 | Today in Crackdown

Meryem Soylu, a 79-year-old Kurdish woman living in southern Turkey, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison over membership in an association for the people who have lost relatives in the continuing clashes between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkish authorities say Kurdish prisoner committed suicide in Tekirdağ prison

Turkish authorities say Kurdish prisoner committed suicide in Tekirdağ prison

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown

A Kurdish prisoner named Vedat Çem Erkmen took his own life on Sunday at an F Type prison in Tekirdağ province, according to Turkish authorities. Erkmen was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Nationalist assailant murders 7 members of a Kurdish family in apparent hate crime: report

Nationalist assailant murders 7 members of a Kurdish family in apparent hate crime: report

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 1, 2021 | Today in Crackdown

A nationalist assailant has killed at least seven members of a Kurdish family living in Turkey’s Central Anatolia region in an apparent hate crime, the Turkish media reported. Te lawyer representing the deceased family said that although the family was harassed...
Turkey jails Kurdish journalist on terror charges

Turkey jails Kurdish journalist on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 17, 2021 | Today in Crackdown

Kurdish journalist Lokman Sezgin has been sent to prison to serve the remainder of his prison sentences handed down by Turkish courts last year. According to Mezopotamya news portal, Sezgin was arrested by the police as he was getting a Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital...
Report: Halfeti detainees tortured again for exposing torture

Report: Halfeti detainees tortured again for exposing torture

by TurkeyPurge | May 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

A report released by the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV) has claimed that some of the people who were detained last week in Halfeti in southeastern Şanlıurfa province are being exposed to further torture for revealing their ill treatment, the Artı...
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