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...
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