by TurkeyPurge | Mar 21, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
The deaths of 53 individuals who allegedly committed suicide either after being imprisoned, released or due to fear of being taken into custody over perceived links to the July 15 coup attempt should be considered suspicious until a thorough probe is carried out for...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A prison guard who was recently suspended from his post at an Adıyaman prison in eastern Turkey, has been found hanged in the stairwell of the building he was living, Turkish media reports said on Thursday. The 31-year-old prison guard Enver Ş. was one of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
In a joint statement released on Monday, four European judges associations urged Turkey to investigate every individual assertion of torture, especially the reported death of Seyfettin Yiğit, who was found hanged on Sept. 16. The Association of European Administrative...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
A noncommissioned officer committed suicide in the police station where he had been held in detention for alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt, the t24 news website reported on Monday. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Mersin police officer identified by the initials A.T. committed suicide in a park the day after he was suspended over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt. Turkey’s national police department on...
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