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First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report

First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

An inmate has died from an apparent complication related to COVID-19 at Silivri Prison in istanbul, according to a statement by the İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. According to the same statement, the number of coronavirus cases in the facility has...
Turkish journalist tests positive for COVID-19 in Ankara’s Sincan prison

Turkish journalist tests positive for COVID-19 in Ankara’s Sincan prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 13, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Çetin Çiftçi, a Turkish journalist who has been sentenced to 6 years, 3 months in prison on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, has tested positive in Ankara’s Sİncan prison. According to the Jailed Journos Twitter account, Çiftçi suffers from...
COVID-19 hits Turkey’s notorious Silivri prison with at least 191 inmates test positive: report

COVID-19 hits Turkey’s notorious Silivri prison with at least 191 inmates test positive: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

At least 191 inmates in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison, have so far tested positive for COVID-19 , according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an opposition member of the Turkish parliament and a rights activist. Gergerlioğlu said in a tweet late on Sunday that eight...
Turkish journalist berifly detained for protesting Erdogan’s call to raise funds for coronavirus relief

Turkish journalist berifly detained for protesting Erdogan’s call to raise funds for coronavirus relief

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish journalist Hakan Gülseven was briefly detained on Tuesday for using a Twitter tag that translates as “not a smallest bit” in response to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to raise funds to aid victims of the coronavirus epidemic. “I...
HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19

HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 31, 2020 | Int'l Reactions

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several EP officialls have called on the Turkish government to release all political prisoners to stem COVID-19 spread. Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, and Sergey Lagodinsky and the chair of the...
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