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Jailed writer Ahmet Altan fined TL 7,000 for insulting Erdogan

Jailed writer Ahmet Altan fined TL 7,000 for insulting Erdogan

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Journalist and author Ahmet Altan, behind bars over coup charges for more than a year, was fined TL 7,000 [$2,500] for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During the 5th hearing of the insult case, the court in charge convicted Altan and fined him TL 7,000. “My...
12-year-old diagnosed with cancer amid grief for jailed father

12-year-old diagnosed with cancer amid grief for jailed father

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul, has been diagnosed with cancer after his father was jailed in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. The father worked as a police officer for 15 years until he was...

Principals told to boost attendance at Erdoğan rally with students, teachers

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

A recent circular from a district director of Turkey’s Education Ministry asked principals to bring 50 students, three teachers and one administrator from every school in İstanbul’s Büyükçekmece district to a public rally scheduled to be held by President Recep Tayyip...
Erdoğan’s chief advisor to French journalist: Dictator is your mother

Erdoğan’s chief advisor to French journalist: Dictator is your mother

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 16, 2016 | Hate Speech

One of the chief advisors of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saadet Oruç, forced the limits of civility when she responded to a Twitter message from a French journalist who called Erdoğan a dictator, saying that the dictator is the journalist’s mother. French...
The Washington Post Editorial Board: Twitter shouldn’t let itself become a tool for tyrants

The Washington Post Editorial Board: Twitter shouldn’t let itself become a tool for tyrants

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 7, 2016 | Int'l Reactions

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has announced a three-month extension of the state of emergency imposed after a failed July 15 coup attempt, giving him broad powers to rule by decree. He has launched a massive crackdown against followers of the self-exiled...
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