by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A political scientist from Turkey’s Sakarya University has allegedly been investigated by Turkish authorities over a book he wrote on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2017. According to tweets posted by the academic himself, he was also denied professor...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 4, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Under arrest for 13 months over links to the Gulen movement, Ahmet Turan Özcerit, an associate professor at Sakarya University’s Faculty of Computer and Information Science until he was dismissed, has been diagnosed with cancer in his liver and intestines. Özcerit was...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Seven academics who were earlier dismissed from Sakarya University as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement were arrested over their use of ByLock mobile application. The suspects are accused of using the ByLock smart phone application, which according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Torture
Under arrest as part of an investigation into a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, a Turkish professor has been rendered incapable of even counting right amount of money to pay for a bottle of water at the prison canteen as a result of days of harsh treatment. Merve...
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
Turkish pop singer deletes solidarity tweet for jailed women upon being criticized by pro-gov’t media
Turkish court jails 80-year-old couple on terror charges
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric once again sent to prison on “terror” charges