by TurkeyPurge | May 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
A report released by the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV) has claimed that some of the people who were detained last week in Halfeti in southeastern Şanlıurfa province are being exposed to further torture for revealing their ill treatment, the Artı...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Eyüp Sabri Ertekin, former president of the Sanliurfa Chamber of Commerce was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 15 days in jail over ties to the Gulen movement. Appearing before the court for his final hearing, Ertekin was convicted of membership to the Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 3 people were dead with 8 others left injured after a fight broke out between bodyguards of a ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy and shopkeepers in Turkey’s largely Kurdish province of Sanliurfa on Thursday AK Party deputy Ibrahim Halil...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD), on Monday refuted Human Rights Day remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that no massacres, oppression or torture had taken place in Turkish history, saying he was tortured during the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Sanliurfa couple, both teachers who were removed from their government jobs over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, was given 6 years, 10 months and 22 days in jail. State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Dec 4 that O.K. and his wife Y.K. was given each 6 years,...
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