by TurkeyPurge | Jul 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Two members of Grup Yorum, a Turkish music band targeted by the Turkish government, on Saturday said they had requested political asylum in France, Euronews reported. Selma and İnan Altın announced their decision during a visit to the grave of Yılmaz Güney, a famous...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Said Sefa, a columnist and the editor-in chief of Haberdar news portal said his father passed away but that he is not able to attend the funeral. Sefa announced in a frankly written article on Friday that his father had long been suffering from stomach cancer. “If...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 236 out of 530 military officers for whom detention warrants were issued last week across 58 provinces for their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock have been detained. The İstanbul 11th Penal Court of Peace last week issued detention warrants...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Hasan Hami Yıldırım was arrested in Turkey on Friday. Yıldırım, who was elected deputy from Burdur province in 2011, was arrested on charges of alleged membership in an “armed terrorist organization.” The...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody over their alleged or real links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the...
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