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...
Purge-victim military cadets demand justice in Toronto for jailed friends
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Paralyzed math teacher held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over Gulen links
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Leaked photos show purge-victim police officer handcuffed to hospital bed during intubation: report
Purge-victim Turkish woman held in prison cell with 2 kids since January 2021: report
Turkish court jails Eskişehir man suffering from Huntington’s disease: report
66-year-old purge victim man dies in prison: report
Pro-Kurdish HDP politician gets 7 years, 6 months in prison on “terror” charges: report
1,576,566 people investigated over “terror accusations” since July 2016: Deva Party