by TurkeyPurge | Apr 13, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners as part of the country’s ongoing struggle against the COVID-19 epidemic. Political prisoners who are convicted or being held in pre-trial detention over...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
At least 19 people have so far been detained by Turkish police on charges of “spreading false information” about the COVID-19 pandemic on social media. According to a report by the T24 news portal, police is seeking 73 others on similar charges. The number...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, was released pending trial on Thursday after spending 22 months in pre-trial detention Kuytul is still facing a 20-year prison sentence on...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Bosnian police reportedly detained a Turkish citizen over his alleged membership in the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported. Fatih Keskin, a Turkish educator and the principal of Una-Sana College, an institute operating within the Gülen-affiliated...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of high school students protesting the suspicious death of a 11-year-old Turkish girl, Rabia Naz Vatan, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. The victims were reported to be the...
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