by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Swedish parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt said that Turkish police threatened him with arrest in Ankara, where he attempted to monitor the trial of jailed pro-Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Thursday. The chairman of the Sweden’s Left Party said he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court ruled on Thursday to keep pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s co-chair (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş behind bars. During the first hearing of the case, opened on charges of leading a terrorist organization, Demirtaş failed to appear before the court as...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Turkey’s resort province of Mugla on Monday. Gendarmerie stopped a car in a rural area upon...
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