by TurkeyPurge | May 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 30 people detained after police intervened into a group, gathered to read a press statement in solidarity with Kemal Gün, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, three protesters who started hunger strike in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt. A group of...
by TurkeyPurge | May 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, the two educators who have been on hunger strike for 67 days to protest their dismissals under post-coup emergency rules, are being harassed with food pictures sent by supporters of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 29, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Head of the 2nd Chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) Nesibe Özer, who was arrested as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, has gone on a hunger strike to protest being confined to a cell, the Hürriyet daily reported on...
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