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87 people with outstanding arrest warrants detained while casting votes in Turkey’s elections

87 people with outstanding arrest warrants detained while casting votes in Turkey’s elections

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...
Woman who miscarried twins during pretrial detention sentenced to 7.5 years in jail

Woman who miscarried twins during pretrial detention sentenced to 7.5 years in jail

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...
Boğaziçi University physics professor says wrote 3 research papers during 440 days in prison

Boğaziçi University physics professor says wrote 3 research papers during 440 days in prison

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...
623 people detained over Gülen links in past week: ministry

623 people detained over Gülen links in past week: ministry

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...
Erdogan wins CPJ’s press oppressor awards in several categories

Erdogan wins CPJ’s press oppressor awards in several categories

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...
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