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...
Nationalist assailant murders 7 members of a Kurdish family in apparent hate crime: report
[VIDEO] Purge-victim military cadets, families stage sit in protests in front of ECHR headquarters in Strasbourg
Malta court arrests 2 purge-victim Turkish citizens: report
Bylock’s copyright owner sent to prison in Turkey, says state-run Anadolu agency
“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant
Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Purge-victim army veteran is in his 160th day of imprisonment on terror charges: report
Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
Turkish judge detained by police hours after releasing Gulenists pending trial: report
Turkey revokes passport of Sedat Peker’s son