by TurkeyPurge | May 10, 2019 | Human Tragedies
A Turkish philosophy teacher, named Yasin, has said in a video documentary that his wife had to give birth to their 4th child at home due to an arrest warrant the government issued against them over their suspected ties to the Gulen movement. Advocates for Silenced...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul, has been diagnosed with cancer after his father was jailed in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. The father worked as a police officer for 15 years until he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Human Tragedies
In custody for the past two-and-a-half months, a Bursa judge identified only by the initials Ö.S. fears that his cancer may reappear due to poor conditions in prison. Ö.S. was arrested on July 17, the day after the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK)...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 7, 2016 | Human Tragedies
Hardly a day passes lately without a letter from those who have fled Turkey amid widespread purge that was launched following the July 15 military coup attempt. What follows is a translation of a recently-received one in which a family, sympathizer of the Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2016 | Human Tragedies
A pregnant woman who was detained along with her husband in İzmir’s Buca district has sent the following story to Turkey Purge: Eight people in plainclothes raided our apartment at 6:30 a.m. after ringing all the bells at the main entry. One of them...