by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and activist who has been held in pre-trial detention since November 2017, has written an open letter from İstanbul’s Silivri prison, in which he said the ongoing state of emergency has turned extraordinary accusations and...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 6, 2018 | Human Tragedies
An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has said the teacher was hurt more by the insults than the physical...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
French journalist Loup Bureau, who was released after 52 days in detention in Turkey, arrived in Paris on Sunday, said his six days spent in police custody were “complicated,” while his father explained that Bureau was “physically and psychologically abused” under...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have detained 23 people, including the Antalya co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in five provinces, CNN Türk reported on Friday. According to the report, Antalya...