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Woman put in pre-trial detention for attending pro-Gulen protest in 2015: report

Woman put in pre-trial detention for attending pro-Gulen protest in 2015: report

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 3, 2019 | Human Tragedies

Deniz Arslan, a Turkish woman and a mother of two children aged 2,5 and 5, has been sent to prison for attending a pro-Gulen protest in 2015. According to a twitter account, Arslan is scheduled to stand her first tiral on September 11, 2019. Her two kids, Yavuz and...
Turkish gov’t withholds body of Kurdish man over terror accusations: report

Turkish gov’t withholds body of Kurdish man over terror accusations: report

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

The body of Mücahit Yılmaz, a Kurdish man who was killled allegedly in clashes with the Turkish army in Diyarbakır on July 21, has not yet been returned to the family on the grounds that he had ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The body has been held in a...
Gov’t-backed trustee dissolves elected city council in Van: report

Gov’t-backed trustee dissolves elected city council in Van: report

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Mehmet Emin Bilmez, appointed by Turkey’s Interior Ministry as a trustee in place of the mayor of Van, who was removed by the government from office, ordered the dissolution of the city council on Wednesday, the Diken news website reported. The Kurdish Peoples’...
Turkish gov’t removes 2 more elected pro-Kurdish mayors on terror charges, bringing total to 8

Turkish gov’t removes 2 more elected pro-Kurdish mayors on terror charges, bringing total to 8

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish government has suspended pro-Kurdish mayors for Turkey’s Çaldıran and Edremit districts over the weekend, bringing the tally of suspended HDP officials elected in March to eight mayors and 56 municipal assembly members. Medeni Özer, the co-mayor of...
Gov’t-critical journalist Selim Demirağ assaulted in front of his house in Ankara

Gov’t-critical journalist Selim Demirağ assaulted in front of his house in Ankara

by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2019 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses

Turkish journalist and TV host Yavuz Selim Demirağ was attacked on Friday night by a group of individuals with sticks, the Diken newspaper reported. The columnist, who writes for the government-critical and ultranationalist Yeniçağ daily, was hospitalized for possible...
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