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...
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Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
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