by TurkeyPurge | Mar 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 55 former employees of the now-closed publisher, Isik Yayincilik, media reported. An Istanbul prosecutor ordered detentions for 55 suspects scattered across 13 provinces, state-run Anadolu said Friday. Isik Yayincilik was known for...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
US novelist Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, The Da Vinci Code was banned in Istanbul’s Silivri prison under Turkey’s post-coup emergency measures, according to the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Baris Yarkadas. “Silivri Prison’s...
by TurkeyPurge | May 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Sunday night raided the Belge publishing house in İstanbul, searching the venue for about three hours, direnisteyiz5.org reported. The officials reportedly prevented employees from leaving, seized a total of 2170 books and briefly detained editor...
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