by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A Syrian woman, named Reyhan Abdi, was sent to prison on August 30 over alleged links to a “terrorist organization,” the Bold news portal reported. Abdi was reportedly detained by İstanbul police early on August 26. After spending some three days in police...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Remains of a Kurdish man who died in Sur district of southeastern province of Diyarbakır during the clashes between the Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were given to his family on Monday in a white plastic bag. The body of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 361 LGBT activists were detained on Sunday for attempting to hold a pride march in İstanbul’s famed Taksim square to mark one of the largest organized gay festivals in Turkey. Turkish media outlets and several pro-LGBT twitter accounts reported that police...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities arrested at least 10 people, including the niece of cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt, while seeking to illegally enter neighboring Greece. According to pro-government Yeni Şafak daily, Gülen’s nephew,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 67 military cadets who had been incarcerated in İstanbul’s Silivri prison for over six years on coup charges, were released late on Tuesday based on a recent ruling by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals. Among the released cadets are the son of Melek...
Purge-victim nurse reinstated to job years after her death
73-year-old purge-victim man dies in Ünye prison
8-month-old baby enters Edirne prison with incarcerated parents
Exiled Turkish journalist targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Kurdish man freed after 30 years in prison
80-year-old Kurdish woman set free after 4 months in prison
Purge-vicitm police officer who committed suicide laid to rest
Purge-victim police commissioner dies of heart attack
Syrian woman sent to prison with 2-month-old baby over “terror” charges
2 years ago today: Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison