by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 73-year-old dual citizen of Germany and Turkey has been held in solitary confinement in Istanbul’s Silivri prison as part of his pretrial detention over ties to the Gulen movement, according to German news agency DPA. Enver Altayli, former member of the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Jailed air force colonel Adnan Çetin suffered a cerebral bleeding in Istanbul’s Silivri prison and was taken to hospital where he was later declared dead, according to his lawyer Kemal Ucar. In a series of tweets on Feb 16, Ucar wrote that his client, under arrest...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Wardens at İstanbul’s Silivri prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTurk TV who has been behind bars since Dec 28, 2016, to get a haircut against his will, according to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Partty (CHP) deputy Baris...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist for the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, has said in a letter sent from Silivri Prison that “my health was not good when I entered Silivri, and it has gotten worse after 15 months.” Alpay, who has been...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has prohibited individuals in Silivri Prison who are currently under arrest over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement from communicating with the outside world during an ongoing state of emergency, the...
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