by TurkeyPurge | Mar 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has denied permission to a public rally scheduled to be held by a former deputy and candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Meral Akşener, ahead of an upcoming referendum on a constitutional...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A group of mukhtars, or neighborhood heads, burned US dollar bills in Adıyaman on Monday to support President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call to protect the Turkish lira, İHA reported. “The economic attacks attempting to put Turkey into difficulty are continuing. As the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 17, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
French journalist Olivier Bertrand, who was deported by Turkey on Sunday after three days in detention, has said his time in custody was nothing compared to what dissidents face in Turkey. “A big thank you to all for your mobilization. I’m writing right now the story...
Wife of purge-victim Turkish businessman sent to prison in Gaziantep
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of cancer
HDP deputy reports another suspicious death in Turkish prison
Kurdish activist at risk of deportation to Turkey from Bosnia
Imprisoned Kurdish man who has both hands amputated released from prison
Imprisoned journalist on hunger strike in protest of detention without trial
Opposition deputy says gov’t dismissed over 10,000 civil servants last week
[BREAKING] Journalist Mehmet Gündem sent to prison