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Following China, Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists by New York-based CPJ

Following China, Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists by New York-based CPJ

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2019 | Int'l Reactions

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has listed Turkey as the second worst jailer of journalists in its annual report for the year 2019. The CPJ’s report, released on Wednesday, said this year’s census marks the first time in four years that...
Mother, father put in pre-trial detention on coup charges, kids left in care of grandparents

Mother, father put in pre-trial detention on coup charges, kids left in care of grandparents

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2019 | Human Tragedies

Emine Sivri Aşkın and Cengiz Aşkın, two Turkish citizens and the parent of two children aged 5 and 10, have been held in pre-trial detention for over three months over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a...
Turkey seeks aggravated life sentence for purge-victim Kurdish mayor

Turkey seeks aggravated life sentence for purge-victim Kurdish mayor

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish prosecutors has demanded an aggravated life sentence for the former co-mayor of Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey on charges of terrorism. Sara Kaya, a Kurdish mayor who was detained in a house raid on Jan. 13, 2017 and subsequently arrested, testified at a...
15 years jail time sought for former editor in chief of state-run TRT News

15 years jail time sought for former editor in chief of state-run TRT News

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

An indictment prepared by an Ankara prosecutor seeks 15 years years sentence for Ahmet Böken, former editor in chief of state-run TRT News, over alleged link to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish gov’t of masterminding a coup attempt in...
Woman accused of being Gülenist by ex-husband in prison for 10 months

Woman accused of being Gülenist by ex-husband in prison for 10 months

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Tuba Kaya, a 27-year-old reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, was arrested on Sept. 19 after her ex-husband lodged a complaint claiming that she was a member of Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15,...
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