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Journalist tells story of Turkey’s post-coup detainees tortured in Ankara building

Journalist tells story of Turkey’s post-coup detainees tortured in Ankara building

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 20, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Torture

Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven has claimed in a video footage that post-coup detainees are being taken to a specially-equipped building in Ankara where they are subject to torture . In a recent video recording published by the online news portal Bold Medya, Guven...
Former Turkish NATO officer reflects on his days in Ankara prison: Inmates given electric shocks to sign forced confessions

Former Turkish NATO officer reflects on his days in Ankara prison: Inmates given electric shocks to sign forced confessions

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya, a purged and jailed Turkish naval officer who was assigned to NATO prior to a failed coup in Turkey, has told Deutsche Welle that he is coming out of the shadows to relate what he experienced “for those who can’t meet the press, who...
[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture

Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz did not commit suicide as previously reported but rather died after he was subjected to heavy torture by police officers while...
Orange is the New Black’s Turkish adaptation faces censorship over terror propaganda

Orange is the New Black’s Turkish adaptation faces censorship over terror propaganda

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The US TV series Orange is the New Black’s Turkish version, Avlu [the Yard] faces censorship over some of its scenes considered making propaganda on behalf of terror organizations. Starring Turkish actress Demet Evgar as the lead character, the new TV series is set to...
Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody: report

Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody: report

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

Actor-director Emre Kılınç, detained a few days ago, has been threatened with death in police custody, according his lawyer. Lawyer Nagehan Avçil said her client Kılınç was detained in Istanbul’s Hadimkoy on March 6 and that he was charged with membership to and...
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