by TurkeyPurge | Jul 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police teams on Monday detained at least 51 individuals on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported. In Merzifon, a total of 17 public servants and lawyers were detained early on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A motion has been filed against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Demirtaş, who has been jailed since November 2016, has been accused of insulting Erdoğan and openly provoking...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mehmet Aybek, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing who shared a photo of an MP5 machine gun on Facebook, was briefly detained and then released on Thursday, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. According to the report, Aybek had posted a photo of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish soldiers forcefully seizes hundreds of sheep allegedly belonging to Kurdish villagers on the grounds that they lacked permission for animal husbandry. In the 2.20-min video, viewed and retweeted hundreds of times on...