by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Barlas, a columnist from the pro-government Sabah daily who is known as a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, claimed in his column on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama could be an “imam” of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) joined American publishers, authors, and librarians in a letter urging U.S. President Barack Obama to protest the widespread suppression of free speech in Turkey during his September 4 meeting with Turkish President Tayyip...