by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
Rumors have it that former Foreign Ministry employees are being subject to torture and sexual abuse while under custody at Ankara Police Department, opposition deputy and a human rights activist Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu said. “There are allegations of torture at Ankara...
by TurkeyPurge | May 8, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
Thousands of prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in Turkey under conditions so harsh that some prisoners consider dying by suicide, Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday. There are no official figures on the number of prisoners in solitary confinement or how...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Sedat Peker, a Turkish mafia boss who is also a supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday said, “If our government wants us to take to the streets [against the opposition], we will.” Peker previously called on people to obtain firearms because there was a...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Suleyman Uzel, a 59-year-old businessman from Turkey’s western province of Denizli was arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Media reported Monday that Uzel was indicted with insulting Erdogan, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and...
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