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16 detained during police raid on pro-Kurdish HDP office in Istanbul

16 detained during police raid on pro-Kurdish HDP office in Istanbul

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Istanbul police raided the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) local office in Sancaktepe district and detained at least 18 people on Sunday. At least 18 people including two party executives were detained during the raid, media reported. Police carried out...
Rights defender Gergerlioğlu gets 2.5 year prison sentence on terror charges

Rights defender Gergerlioğlu gets 2.5 year prison sentence on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists and former president of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder), has been handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years on charges of...
Jailed engineer to judge: You will stand trial when democracy comes to this country!

Jailed engineer to judge: You will stand trial when democracy comes to this country!

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Kocaeli engineer, identified by his initials M.K., told the judge in charge that he will stand trial for his decision to sentence the former to nearly 7 years in jail on terror charges, media said Monday. “Dear judge, I didn’t get this sentence. You sentenced...
Arti Gercek columnist under police custody for 3 days

Arti Gercek columnist under police custody for 3 days

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Writer and poet Fadıl Öztürk was detained early Friday, according to Artigercek, an online news outlet where he writes weekly columns. At least 6 plainclothes police officers raid Öztürk’s home in Izmir and detained him on charges of making propaganda on behalf of a...
81-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in jail over terror charges

81-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in jail over terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Mustafa Türk, an 81-year-old Turkish who has been under arrest over a year, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on charges of membership to a terrorist organization. Detained over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement following a police raid at his home in Manisa’s...
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