by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Religious Minorities, Today in Crackdown
The home of an Istanbul family with reported Alevi background was attacked with racist graffiti on its door that read: “Get out, atheist,” on Thursday night. According to Mezopotamya news agency, the walls of the apartment was also marked with crosses and “three...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2016 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
A religious culture and moral knowledge teacher at İskenderun’s Mithat Paşa Primary School asked students about their preference between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, parents have complained. “Who likes FETÖ and who likes Recep...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2016 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A private school affiliated with the Gülen movement in Bursa province has been turned into a religious vocational school – known as imam-hatip schools – and members of the staff have placed a verse from the holy Quran at the entrance that reads: “Truth has come, and...