by TurkeyPurge | Jul 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Safak Demir, a mother of two and a teacher who was removed from her job as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of dissident groups, has suffered a brain hemorrhage and passed away. Demir had a cerebral hemorrhage at her place in Mersin’s Silifke and was...
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 34-year-old man, identified only with his initials A.K., has been detained during a visit to his relative in prison, in pre-trial detention over ties to the Gulen movement, media said Thursday. It turns out A.K., himself, had an outstanding arrest warrant, issued by...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 54-year-old cleaning worker who was suspended over security surveillance at a government-seized municipality, has died of a heart attack. Ali Aras was suspended from his job at Mersin’s Akdeniz Municipality which was earlier seized by the mayor’s alleged ties to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish businessman Hayri Uğur has convinced his wife, Hepşen Uğur to divorce him on the grounds that their properties would be seized in case he gets arrested over ties to the Gulen movement, according to Hurriyet newspaper. Uğur, a 57-year-old businessman who also...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
43 out of 80 women, including high school and university students who were allegedly subject to torture and other forms of ill-treatment at the hands of a group of police officers at Mersin police station last week, were put in pre-trial detention on Tuesday by a...