by TurkeyPurge | Jan 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-government journalist Cemil Barlas tweeted on Monday that the 4 years old child of the recently-captured main suspect in deadly gun attack on Istanbul’s Reina night club should be used to get the father talk. Police rounded up Abdulkadir Masharipov, the alleged...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that an investigation had been launched into 347 social media accounts sharing posts in support of terror attacks following a shooting in a nightclub that killed 39 and wounded 69 on Sunday. Speaking to reporters...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ayşegül Başar, an intern reporter at Cumhuriyet newspaper was detained for an anti-government speech she delivered at an İstanbul teahouse, on Monday. A group of activists from the rights group Halkevleri paid a few visits to some teahouses in İstanbul’s Ok Meydanı...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) has delivered a court ruling to newspapers, television and websites in the early hours of New Year’s Day, announcing a broadcast and publication ban on reports relating to an armed attack on a popular nightclub in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2017 | Hate Crime
At least 35 people were killed and 40 injured in an armed attack on a popular nightclub in the early hours of New Year’s Day in the Ortaköy district of İstanbul. According to İstanbul Governor Vasip Şahin, “This was a terror attack, and at least 35 people were killed...
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