by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 8 people were detained in two cities while they were reportedly on their way to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece. State-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday that two military officers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over ties...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Şahabettin Erdoğan, a 45-year-old former police officer who was suspended over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has passed away following a heart attack, according to media. Erdoğan headed to Ortaca State Hospital in Mugla after he felt a strong pain in his...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least four people were detained while on way to escape a post-coup crackdown in Turkey to Greece, state-run Anadolu news agency reported Friday. Police and gendarmerie officials caught a group of people near Çetibeli neighborhood in Marmaris, a resort town in...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A theater play performed by Duygu Şahlar, a teacher who was removed from her job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, was banned in 5 districts of the western province of Mugla. District governors of Milas, Datça, Marmaris, Fethiye and Bodrum said: “…the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Architect Cenap Tezer and his son Emrah Tezer were given 1 year and 2 months in prison each for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan via their social media posts. A Bodrum court handed down 14 months of prison sentence for both Caner and Emrah Tezer with the son also given...