by TurkeyPurge | May 28, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Uğur Uçar, a purge-victim police commissioner, died of heart attack four years ago today at a furniture factory in Istanbul where he worked to make a living. Uçar, a high-ranking police commissioner, was fired from his job with a gov’t decree and subsequently...
by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A 51-year-old imprisoned man with advanced brain cancer has once again been denied release from prison on probation, despite health reports attesting to his poor health. According to the Bold news portal, the purge-victim man, named Abdullah Aslan, has been in prison...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court has ruled to release 10 military cadets from prison after five years of imprisonment over involvement in the coup attempt in July 16, 2016. The reunion between the purge-victim cadets and their families was captured on camera and the result was,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24,253 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the Gülen group since a coup attempt in July 2016, according to public relations officer Maj. Pınar Kara. Kara also said at a press conference in Tuesday...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A purge-victim Turkish woman tweeted a short video of her family walking into a river at the Greek-Turkish border in an attempt to flee Turkey via illegal means. The family is believed to have been prosecuted by the Turkish government due to alleged membership to the...