by TurkeyPurge | Mar 2, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
The body of Zeynel Abidin Han, a Kurdish author, poet and translator who died in Berlin on Feb. 26 and was to be buried in his hometown of Muş in southeastern Turkey, was removed from a hearse upon an order from Justice and Development Party (AKP) Muş Mayor Feyat...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Kurdish journalist Aziz Oruç was detained by Turkish police on December 11 in Ağrı province. According to Aziz’s wife, Hülya Oruç, he is still in police custody. Eşim Aziz Oruç tutuklanmadi malesef yanındaki değerli ve onurlu insanlar tutuklandı hala gözaltında...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least seven Syrian Kurds who were brought to Turkey from Syria by the Turkish army, were handed 3 life sentences each for attempting to “disrupt the unity and territorial integrity of the Turkish state,” the Mezopotamya news agency reported. 4 other...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Kurdish singer Hozan Cane has been given a suspended prison sentence of one year, five months for “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Societymail news portal reported. Insulting the president is a crime in Turkey, according to the controversial...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
İstanbul police detained two more journalists on Satuday during protests held in istanbul against the Turkish government’s recent removal of the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van over alleged terrorist links. Berfin Aslan, a reporter for the Mezopotamya news...
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