by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
People detained after the last year’s failed putsch have been subject to torture in police custody while several others were abducted outside detention facilities, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New York-based watchdog documented...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Opposition newspaper Sözcü’s Ankara bureau chief Saygı Öztürk has uncover the main actors in Turkey’s recent cleansing of dissenting voices from within state institutions, particularly of sympathizers of the Gülen Movement. In his Sunday column, Öztürk said presidents...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
An additional 53 Türk Telekom employees have been detained in a fresh operation as part of a probe over the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey on Aug. 29, Doğan News Agency has reported. As part of an investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s...
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