by TurkeyPurge | Nov 4, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reacted to the arrest of civil activist and businessman Osman Kavala by a Turkish court, calling it an example of the politicized and arbitrary nature of Turkey’s justice system. Kavala was arrested on Wednesday on charges of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ayşe Buğra, a history professor at Turkey’s Boğaziçi University and the wife of famed businessman Osman Kavala, has stated that the recent arrest of her husband on coup charges dashed all remaining hopes for Turkish democracy. “My husband and the chairman of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 28, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said on Thursday he was disappointed by the detention of human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala in Turkey and urged his immediate release. In a letter to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s paranoia over the Gülen movement has reached new heights with the government banning mathematics textbooks due to questions involving the initials of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. “A textbook was banned just because it features Gülen’s initials in a...