by TurkeyPurge | Feb 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 572 lawyers have been put in pretrial arrest while 80 of them were sentenced to varying years in prison across Turkey since the summer of 2016, a recent report said. The Arrested Lawyers Initiative released its 24-page report, “The Rights to Defense and Fair...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule will be extended for another three months, according to the Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ. The extension will be the sixth since the State of Emergency was first declared in the aftermath of the July 15,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A pro-democracy organisation called “United for Democracy — Demokrasi için Birlik” has launched a campaign for the lifting of the state of emergency in Turkey, reported by online news outlet Ahval on Saturday. It was declared in July 2016 after a failed coup attempt...
by TurkeyPurge | May 31, 2017 | Human Tragedies
With only days to go before the delivery, a Kayseri woman is still held under arrest even though her baby has heart and kidney problems. Hurriyet columnist Ayse Arman interviewed Mehmet Fatih Öztürk, a lawyer representing Şule Gümüşoluk, an 8.5-months-pregnant woman...
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges
Turkish pop singer deletes solidarity tweet for jailed women upon being criticized by pro-gov’t media
Turkish court jails 80-year-old couple on terror charges
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric once again sent to prison on “terror” charges