by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Celal Afşar, a 86-year-old businessman who has been in pre-trial detention over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement since July, has his wife, a long-term bed patient, passed away. Media reported on Saturday that Feride Afsar died very recently. Mr Afşar was first...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Ali Ünlü, a 42-year-old former police officer who was earlier dismissed from his job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, died of heart attack in a refugee camp in Stuttgart, according to media and people with knowledge of the incident. Ünlü, one of over...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 28, 2018 | Human Tragedies
A Nigde man who was left unemployed as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown has died following an explosion at a fireworks factory, according to media. Dogan news agency said an explosion at a fireworks plant in Nigde’s Kemerhisar neighborhood killed two...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The half of Turkey’s population are not governed by the elected politicians, main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said on Saturday. “Can you imagine? The mayors are either being dismissed or forced to resign. The half of the...
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges
Turkish pop singer deletes solidarity tweet for jailed women upon being criticized by pro-gov’t media
Turkish court jails 80-year-old couple on terror charges
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric once again sent to prison on “terror” charges