by TurkeyPurge | Oct 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Siirt deputy Besime Konca of her parliamentary status on Tuesday. Konca was convicted of making propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization and sentenced to 2.5...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former driver Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı mistakenly revealed on Thursday that he owns a Twitter account that previously appeared to belong to an unidentified female deputy. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) lawmaker Pervin Buldan was taken to hospital after she was kicked in chest by the ruling Justice and Development Party deputy Gökçen Özdoğan Enç, during a brawl at the Parliament on Thursday. Tension was escalated at Turkish parliament...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Garo Paylan, an Armenian-origin Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy was banned from Parliament for the next three sittings after he used the word ‘genocide’ during his speech, on Friday. “We used to account for 40 percent [of the population]. Now we are barely one...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Governor’s Office has announced that a ban has been imposed on all protest activities in the city for a period of one month due to security concerns. A statement released by the governor’s office on Tuesday said intelligence had been received suggesting...
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