by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 845 people in total have been detained for their critical stance against Turkey’s Afrin operation so far, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Feb 19 that a total of 85 demonstrations have been held in protest of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish prosecutor issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), according to Turkish media reports on Tuesday. In addition to Kemalbay, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office also issued...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Four people were detained after they stood out against a government-employed, local imam who had asked worshippers to pray for Turkey’s offensive in the Syrian city of Afrin during a Friday sermon. Media reported that a group of worshippers left the Friday prayer at...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for about 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in social media messages concerning a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Nurcan Baysal has been taken into police custody over her social media posts criticizing the Turkish military operation in the Afrin region of Syria. “My client was detained at around 00:10 after police broke into her home in Diyarbakir. She is being held...
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