by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
A resolution calling for the freezing of European Union membership negotiations with Turkey if Ankara implements a constitutional overhaul, backed by a referendum in April, was adopted by a large majority of the vote in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-one years old university student Ali Gül, who appeared in a popular No campaign video in the run up to the April 16 presidential referendum, has received 2 years and 17 days of suspended jail term. The catchy video titled “What does a ‘No’ mean?” was quickly...
by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The administrators of 5 villages in Bitlis’s Adilcevaz distrist were dismissed from their posts after their constituency voted for No in the Apr 16 presidential referendum. In the run up to the referendum, Arif Kahraman, the district governor of Bitlis’s Adilcevaz...
by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Sekelompok anggota Partai oposisi Partai Republik Rakyat (CHP) telah diserang dengan tembakan kosong ketika mereka menggantungkan spanduk bertuliskan ‘ada’ pada sebuah gedung di distrik Beykoz Istanbul. Pembubaran ini terjadi selang beberapa menit sebelum sekelompok...
by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court blocked access to 40 Twitter, 2 Facebook accounts along with 4 websites over their postings on alleged government fraud in the Apr 16 referendum, on Tuesday. A constitutional amendment that gives more power to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was...
Turkish reporter Ayşenur Parıldak set free after spending some 6 years in prison
73-year-old Kurdish man dies of Covid-19 in prison: report
1.5-year-old child joins mother in prison: report
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges