by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest three editors and one media worker from the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was seized by the Turkish government in late March on the grounds that it has links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities have taken control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and the printing house that publishes the daily after a police raid on Wednesday. A trustee panel was appointed to the management of the both entities, accused of links to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Haydar Ergul, an editor for the quarterly Demokratik Modernite magazine has been put in pretrial detention. Detained at Diyarbakir airport on Jan 16, Ergul was asked about the articles published at Demokratik Modernite, pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency said Tuesday. Ergul...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court handed down 6-month prison sentence to the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s managing editor Harun Epli and the online news portal’s former editor-in-chief Ersin Çaksu. The court reduced the punishment down to 5 months for each while also suspending...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Access to the opposition news portals, sendika.org, dihaber, ANF Türkçe and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi was blocked in Turkey by the government on Tuesday. The websites in question used to report mostly on the issues related to Kurdish minority and on human rights violations...
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Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
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