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Medical professor dismissed over family ties to pro-Kurdish deputy

Medical professor dismissed over family ties to pro-Kurdish deputy

by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has said his brother Ramazan Danış, a medical professor, was dismissed from his job only because of his family ties. “I wouldn’t want to reveal this but I had to because this period is coming to an...
Imprisoned pro-Kurdish MP says being held under tight isolation

Imprisoned pro-Kurdish MP says being held under tight isolation

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Adana deputy Meral Danış Beştaş said she is being kept under tight isolation in the prison. As part of a parliamentary question she submitted from Silivri prison, Beştaş said she has been kept under solitary confinement for...
Turkey jails pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Meral Danış Beştaş

Turkey jails pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Meral Danış Beştaş

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş was arrested by an Adana court on Monday as part of a terror investigation targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Beştaş was detained in Adana on Jan. 28 on charges of alleged links to a...
Police detain pro-Kurdish HDP deputies Hüda Kaya, Meral Danış Beştaş

Police detain pro-Kurdish HDP deputies Hüda Kaya, Meral Danış Beştaş

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Hüda Kaya and Meral Danış Beştaş were detained early on Saturday as part of the crackdown against Turkey’s Kurdish political movement. According to a tweet posted by HDP Adana deputy Beştaş, a group of police...

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