by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Two journalists from pro-Kurdish media organizations Mezopotamya news agency and Jinnews were briefly detained in Mardin on Wednesday. Media reported that Ahmet Kanbal from Mezopotamya and Rojda Aydin from Jinnews were taken into custody while they were in front of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 4 people were detained during a police raid at an apartment in Edirne, Turkey’s border province with Greece, on Nov 20. State-run Anadolu news agency said Edirne police acted on the information that the detainees were set to leave for Greece with illegal...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya, who was sentenced to six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, says “hope” and “longing” are the sources of life in prison. Twenty-five Turkish journalists including Kaya were sentenced to terms...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ugur Akgul, a reporter for the now-closed, pro-Kurdish DIHA news agency has been jailed, media said Wednesday. Akgul was arrested after a Turkish court upheld his conviction due to his reports on the government-imposed curfews in Turkey’s east. The journalist had...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Berzan Güneş, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya online news agency has been put in pre-trial detention due to his social media postings. Güneş was rounded up in the eastern province of Sirnak upon an earlier warrant early Monday. He appeared before the court...
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