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Man with speech, hearing impairment gets 3-year jail time for ‘chanting terror slogans’

Man with speech, hearing impairment gets 3-year jail time for ‘chanting terror slogans’

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

54-year-old Kenan Keklik has been spending his 3 years and 45 days of prison sentence for allegedly chanting slogans on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) back in 2011. Keklik who has speech and hearing impairment since birth was arrested and put in...
Under gov’t pressure, universities increasingly cancelling speeches by opposition party members, deputies

Under gov’t pressure, universities increasingly cancelling speeches by opposition party members, deputies

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Dokuz Eylül University’s Faculty of Law refused to give permission for Cem Toker, the former head of Turkey’s Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) to deliver a speech on the upcoming presidential referendum. “They did not let us talk even though we have mere 0.06 percent...
Cumhuriyet daily editor-in-chief, columnist detained by police

Cumhuriyet daily editor-in-chief, columnist detained by police

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s secularist Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and columnist Güray Öz were detained after police raided their residences on early Monday. Police raied Sabuncu and Öz’s houses along with the house of daily’s CEO Akın Atalay and columnist Hikmet...
Turkish deputy PM targets Gülen movement saying it is Turkey’s ISIL

Turkish deputy PM targets Gülen movement saying it is Turkey’s ISIL

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses

In yet another of such remarks, Turkish deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmuş targeted Gülen movement which was accused by Turkey’s government and President Tayyip Erdoğan of being behind the failed coup attempt on July 15, saying it is not different than Islamic...
Council of Europe warns against hate speech by senior state officials in Turkey

Council of Europe warns against hate speech by senior state officials in Turkey

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Int'l Reactions

The human rights body of the Council of Europe, the Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), issued a report on Wednesday raising concerns about the increasing use of hate speech, even by senior state officials, calling it “worrying.” The report said that...
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