by TurkeyPurge | Aug 2, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Bold Medya has released a video showing the negligence of police officers in the death of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a purged history teacher who died of a heart attack while under detention in 2016. [VIDEO] shows the moments history teacher Gokhan Acikkollu died of heart...
by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
A total of 51 people are being kept in a cell in Diyarbakir prison that is meant for only 12 people, Ayşe Çelik, a Kurdish teacher who was released from prison yesterday, has revealed. Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 30, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 31 people as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement followers in Ankara. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Tuesday that the suspects consist of 15 military officers and 16 teachers who used to work at schools that were...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 29, 2019 | Human Tragedies
A physics teacher at a high school in Turkey’s Bursa province until he was dismissed, Gökşin Öz died of cancer at the age of 43, several sources reported. Oz spent some time in prison as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement’s followers in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2019 | Human Tragedies
Kazım Kurnaz, a high-school geography teacher who was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, died on Feb 1 in a construction accident in Duzce province, MedyaBold reported this week. According to the...