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...
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze
Purge-victim nurse reinstated to job years after her death
73-year-old purge-victim man dies in Ünye prison
8-month-old baby enters Edirne prison with incarcerated parents
Exiled Turkish journalist targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily