by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 139,141 copies of books were removed from 1,142 public libraries across Turkey as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, according to the Culture and Tourism Ministry data. Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said during a parliamentary meeting on Oct 11 that...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish parliament on Friday passed five of the decrees issued by the Turkish government during a state of emergency declared in the wake of a military coup attempt in July to the country’s Constitutional Court for cancellation, T24 News portal reported. While the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Opposition newspaper Sözcü’s Ankara bureau chief Saygı Öztürk has uncover the main actors in Turkey’s recent cleansing of dissenting voices from within state institutions, particularly of sympathizers of the Gülen Movement. In his Sunday column, Öztürk said presidents...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Six out of the 36 public employees who were recently detained in Alanya district of Antalya province in southern Turkey as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, were arrested on Sunday. Police detained 36 people who work at various public...
Turkey police detain 33 people in “terror” operations in İstanbul: report
Turkish police assault workers protesting gov’t restrictions ahead of International Workers’ Day
Purge-victim man with one kidney asks for release from prison due to deteriorating medical condition
Imprisoned Turkish brigadier general dies of Covid-19 in prison: report
Imprisoned Turkish academic hospitalized due to severe complications from COVID-19: report
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of lung cancer weeks after being released from prison: CHP deputy
9-year-old drowns in Maritsa River in attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson