by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A regional appeals court in Turkey has upheld Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s four year, eight month prison sentence for disseminating terrorist propaganda, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. He was indicted by a prosecutor along with former deputy Sırrı...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Police carried out multiple operations early on Monday in at least seven provinces to detain 120 officials from pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) local branches. https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NzrxyPBcPcxnOjic.mp4 While dozens of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Under arrest in Kocaeli’s Gebze Women’s Prison, 26-year-old Zehra Epli set herself on fire in order to what other inmates say protest arrests of Kurdish politicians. According to T24 online news outlet which cites Evrensel newspaper as its source, Epli burnt herself...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 5, 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...
Missing purge-victim police officer presumed drowned off Greek coast
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70-year-old Kurdish man dies in solitary confinement in Van prison
Missing purge-victim teacher presumed drowned off Greek coast
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80-year-old COPD patient in İzmir prison for five years over terror, coup links: report
Turkish journalist sent to prison for “insulting” President Erdogan over a tweet
Purge-victim teacher attends son’s funeral in handcuffs and heavy police presence
Purge-victim police officer reinstated to job a month after his death
Purge-victim judge’s last ever pictures revealed