by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council has called on the Turkish government to immediately release Mesut Kaçmaz and Meral Kaçmaz, a couple that was abducted from their home after midnight in Lahore on September 27, 2017 and deported...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 29, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Turkish government has pursued an aggressive policy to silence its perceived enemies in at least 46 countries across four continents, as part of its post-coup crackdown, a Foreign Affairs article noted Monday. Turkish government has been hunting its opponents abroad,...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Pakistani human rights lawyer Asma Jilani Jahangir said the Turkish-origin Kaçmaz family, who was earlier abducted by a group of unknown people in Lahore, was forced back to Turkey even without their passports. A group of people or what some media outlets say...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The pro-government Güneş daily said on Monday that Turkish teacher Mesut Kacmaz and his family were brought back home at Turkey’s request despite the family’s asylum certificates granted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In a...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As Pakistan has recently decided to expel 108 Turkish teachers from 28 international schools across the country, video footages showing tens of Pakistani students and parents protesting the deportation order in several branches across Pakistan went viral on the social...