by TurkeyPurge | Apr 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of protestors who were protesting the government restrictions ahead of the International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. In the 35-second video, viewed hundreds...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 22, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Ramazan Sarıkaya, a Turkish man with one kidney who has been held in a prison for nearly a year on coup, terror charges, wrote a letter from prison in which he asked for an immediate release due to his ever-deteriorating medical conditions. In his letter Sarıkaya said...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 21, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Şükrü Eken (53), a former Turkish brigadier general, died in prison on April 19th due to COVID-19, the Sözcü daily reported. Eken was arrested after a July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and had been held in Bafra prison since then. In 2018, he was sentenced to...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 21, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish political scientist Sedat Laçiner has recently been hospitalized due to severe complications from COVID-19, Turkish media reported. Laçiner has been held in prison since July 23, 2016, and was sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison in September 2018 due...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 21, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Alparslan Güngör, a purge-victim Turkish judge, died of lung cancer on April 16, 2021, according to Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). Tanrıkulu said during an online Twitter broadcasting on Monday that the judge...
Turkey police detain 33 people in “terror” operations in İstanbul: report
Turkish police assault workers protesting gov’t restrictions ahead of International Workers’ Day
Purge-victim man with one kidney asks for release from prison due to deteriorating medical condition
Imprisoned Turkish brigadier general dies of Covid-19 in prison: report
Imprisoned Turkish academic hospitalized due to severe complications from COVID-19: report
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of lung cancer weeks after being released from prison: CHP deputy
9-year-old drowns in Maritsa River in attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson