by TurkeyPurge | Jan 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Republican Peoples’ Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday. A Şırnak deputy sentenced Birlik to one and a half year in prison, and increased the punishment by...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A 4-years-old boy, identified as Umut Ö. was wounded after a police vehicle hit him while he was playing in front of their house in Idil, Şırnak, pro-Kurdish ANF news agency said on Monday. Umut was heavily wounded after the car ran over him, and was taken to district...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Şırnak Governor’s Office has announced that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) official referendum campaign song “Bejin Na‘’ (Say No) has been banned in Şırnak for “inciting hatred and hostility among people”. According to a circular jointly...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 5, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The Ministry of Interior Affairs appointed a trustee to Şırnak municipality on Saturday after the removal of the elected mayor on alleged terror charges. The mayor Serhan Kadırhan had been recently removed as a result of terror investigation and replaced by Şırnak’s...
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