by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Savaş Uyar, a 41-year-old public accountant in Turkey’s Giresun province who lost 52 kilograms during months-long pre-trial detention has been given 8 years of prison sentence. “They did not believe me when I said my husband is extremely sick with tumors along...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 4,167 in 110 countries are being investigated in Turkey over their links to the Gulen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) said Thursday. AA said that an arrest request issued by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office for the three Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ufuk Sen health workers’ union’s local representative in Kirsehir was sentenced to 12 years in prison, state-run Anadolu news agency said Monday. Ufuk Sen was earlier closed down over its links to the Gulen movement. A medical worker and the union’s local...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Ümit Horzum, a former public servant who was removed from his job at Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) in a government’s post-coup emergency decree, has been missing for 111 days while his wife has found his car abandoned with a deflated tire in Ankara. “WITH MY...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24 people, under custody since March 7, have been jailed pending trial over their money deposits to the now-defunct Bank Asya. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Monday that 24 out of 41 former employees of the Isik Yayincilik publishing firm who were...
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