by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish composer Erdal Guney was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a 2014 single. Guney was given 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting the President in his song, titled Babacigim [Daddy], Birgun daily...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The wife and one of the sons of former police chief Anadolu Atayun, who has already been under arrest for some 3 years, was detained in Mugla’s coastal district of Fethiye while they were trying to illegally escape to Greece in a boat. Following a 34-hour chase...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Derya Gökten, the wife of an arrestee in Bursa prison was detained along with her 5-month-old son after visiting her husband in jail. According to a Twitter message seeking help from the Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the woman visited her...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Put in pre-trial arrest after he was dismissed from his job, Mugla-based police officer, identified as A., was not allowed to attend his son’s funeral, according to a recent tip submitted to magduriyet.com. Magduriyetler.com is an online blog page that publishes tips...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 15, 2016 | Human Tragedies
Emin Çölaşan, a veteran columnist from the country’s left-wing Kemalist daily, Sözcü, has shared a letter from the mother of a disabled man who was arrested as part of a government crackdown against the Gülen movement, in a bid to raise awareness about the victims of...
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Kurdish man released from prison after serving 30 years on terror charges
Turkish court rules to keep businessman Kavala in prison once again
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