by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 87 people were detained at polling stations where they stopped to cast their votes in the elections on Sunday. Turkey held presidential and parliamentary polls on June 24, 2018. With the official voting results were yet to be disclosed by the Supreme Election...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Nurhayat Yildiz, a 29-year-old Sinop woman who miscarried her twins while in pretrial detention has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. According to journalist Cevheri Guven on Feb 12, Yildiz was given 7 years plus 6 months of prison sentence on charges of...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Kaya, a physics professor at Turkey’s Boğaziçi University has said he used science to stay sane during his 440-days under pretrial detention. Kaya was jailed in October 2016 over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement and had his final hearing only on late...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 623 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 623 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 10, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has named Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the winner of several categories in their recognition of world leaders who have gone out of their way to attack the press and undermine the norms that support freedom of the...
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing
Mazlumder says Council of Forensic Medicine needs to be shut down over “false” medical report
One-armed man held in İzmir prison for 5 years over Gulen links: report
Opposition leader says Kavala and Demirtaş in prison over trumped-up charges: report
COVID-19 outbreak reported at Antalya prisons
Turkish businessman Osman Kavala to remain in prison: court