by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Dozens of people have reportedly attacked the booths of opposition Good Party in Istanbul’s Avcilar, injuring 5 people including the party’s Avcilar representative Gokhan Yigit, on Sunday. Media reported that the attackers first gathered alongside the pro-government...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
BengüTürk TV Editor-in-Chief Murat Ide said on Mar 30 that he was fired for resisting against saying “Yes” in the upcoming presidential referendum that is expected to boost President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power. BengüTürk is a private TV channel known to...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nuri Polat, a lawyer representing Meral Akşener, a former deputy and candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has been detained by police over alleged links to the Gülen movement. The Turkish government accuses the movement of...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Olcay Kılavuz, president of the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) youth wing the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don’t want tension in Turkey but that they can take up arms and fight the country’s local and external enemies if necessary....
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nationalist politicians Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu were attacked while they were set to deliver speeches as part of a campaign for a “no” vote in an upcoming referendum, at Bahçeşehir University on Wednesday. Two are known for their critical stance against the the...
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