by TurkeyPurge | Jun 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
State-run broadcaster TRT has refused to air main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) election advert which promises lift the post-coup State of Emergency. “TRT’s inspection unit did not approve our advert. They did not air the advert that we had paid for. It...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule was extended for another three months following general assembly meeting at the parliament on Wednesday. The extension is the seventh since the State of Emergency was first declared in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup....
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule will be extended for another three months, according to the Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ. The extension will be the sixth since the State of Emergency was first declared in the aftermath of the July 15,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A pro-democracy organisation called “United for Democracy — Demokrasi için Birlik” has launched a campaign for the lifting of the state of emergency in Turkey, reported by online news outlet Ahval on Saturday. It was declared in July 2016 after a failed coup attempt...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 23, 2017 | Human Tragedies
The mother of Ümit Horzum, a dismissed public servant who was reportedly abducted from his car in Ankara earlier this month, has asked for help from officials, in a video recording. “My son has been missing since Dec 6. Where did they take my son? What did my son do?...