by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Thursday that a currently ongoing state of emergency will be extended for three more months and remain in effect until July 20. The state of emergency, known as OHAL, has been in force since July 20 of last year, after...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on members of the Turkish judiciary to speed up trials related to the July 15 failed coup attempt and not wait for collection of evidence against the alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, which is...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 19, 2016 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Monday called on teachers in the country not to show any tolerance to their colleagues who are sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen movement or the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and not to allow them to continue doing...
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