by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Denmark’s intelligence agency Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) has been providing protection to several followers of the Gulen movement since it received tips-off on the would-be murder of such individuals by a criminal gang affiliated with the Turkish government...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Swedish parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt said that Turkish police threatened him with arrest in Ankara, where he attempted to monitor the trial of jailed pro-Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Thursday. The chairman of the Sweden’s Left Party said he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An investigation was launched against representatives of the Turkish state over espionage against the opposition circles including the sympathizers of the Gulen movement, according to Swedish paper, Metro on Thursday. Turkey collects information and map people living...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 8, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
German and Sweden urged the European Union (EU) Commission to act against what they said Turkey’s politically-motivated arrest warrants through Interpol. In a joint letter signed by both countries foreign ministers Simon Gabriel and Margot Wallström, the commission is...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Germany and Sweden have made a joint protest addressed to Turkey over the jailing of human rights activists, German Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Martin Schaefer said on Wednesday. Turkey arrested six human rights activists including Germany’s Peter Steudtner and...