by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Metropolitan Municipality has changed the names of streets and avenues that bear the last name of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government of mounting a botched coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to Anadolu News Agency,...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 7, 2017 | Hate Crime
A group of 15 to 20 people attacked a campaign stand of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the Hendek district of Sakarya province on Friday, CNNTürk reported. According to the report, the group beat three members of the CHP youth branch who were...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Emre İper, who works as a finance manager at the Cumhuriyet daily, has been detained over use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. İper was detained in the early hours of Friday following a police raid on his house. ByLock is considered by Turkish authorities...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of lawyers protesting against the arrest of attorneys representing the Cumhuriyet daily, one of Turkey’s oldest and secular newspaper with a critical stance. In the...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 29, 2017 | Hate Speech
A banner prepared by the Beykoz Municipality in İstanbul praises Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya as the “woman who made Europe tremble,” due to the minister’s recent involvement in a diplomatic crisis with the Netherlands. Kaya was expelled...
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Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
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