by TurkeyPurge | Sep 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Two inmates in Ankara’s Sincan prison have been forced to wear orange T-shirts along with loose trousers during meetings with their lawyer, according to media. Speaking to toplumsalhukuk.net online forum on Friday, an anonymous lawyer said his/her clients were forced...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Gökhan Güçlü, a noncommissioned officer and one of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of a failed coup last year, face up to 5 years in prison for wearing a T-shirt that bore the word ‘hero’ during a...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at least 14 months in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. A recent tip submitted to Magdur Mesajları, a Twitter account known for...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Mustafa Kaya, the district director of national education in Izmir’s Seferihisar was taken into custody over his picture taken near a ‘hero’ graffiti, on Friday. Kaya is accused of having links to the Gulen movement, which the government blames for the July 15, 2016...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Bursa man, identified only with his initials Ö.G., was briefly detained upon a complaint that he was wearing a ‘hero’ T-shirt, on Friday. Bursa police detained Ö.G. following a false tip-off which reported him to police as wearing a hero T-shirt. Police stopped Ö.G....
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