by TurkeyPurge | Apr 29, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Thousands of women in Turkey, many with small children, have been jailed in an unprecedented crackdown and subjected to torture and ill-treatment in detention centers and prisons as part of the government’s systematic campaign of intimidation and persecution of...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Ahmet Nesin has been denied service at the Turkish consulate in Geneva, in the latest of similar refusals targeting the government critics abroad. Columnist at Arti Gercek online news outlet, Nesin tweeted on Friday: “My passport has been stolen. I stopped...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court has ruled to block the website of the Stockholm Center for Freedom, an advocacy organization that promotes the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms, SCF has reported. When visitors try to access to the website stockholmcf.org,...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish nationals perceived to be critical of the government are being denied consular services abroad, according to the newly-established monitoring group Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF). The group documented specific cases of service denials, keeping identities...