by TurkeyPurge | Nov 28, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Recep Yayla, a Turkish teacher who was fired from his job with a gov’t decree issued following a coup attempt in 2016, reportedly committed a suicide a day after appearing before judge on terror and coup accusations. According to a tweet posted by a freelance...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A photo of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz educator who has been in prison in Turkey since early July 2020, surfaced Friday, showing him with a broken arm in a plaster cast on a white background. His wife said in a tweet that he was tortured and his right arm broken in three...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 1,576,566 people have been investigated over membership in so-called “terrorist” organizations in Turkey since July 2016, according to Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a politician from the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). In a live TV interview on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 29, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Alpaslan Demir, a US-Turkish dual citizen who is the copyright owner of the encrypted communication app ByLock, has been placed in pre-trial detention in Turkey over terror accusations, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the agency, Demir...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Forty-four inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the chief public prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. Two of the inmates were taken to a hospital, while remainder have been quarantined...
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Missing purge-victim teacher presumed drowned off Greek coast
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