by TurkeyPurge | Mar 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
CNNTurk cuts short a live interview with the opposition mayor candidate Ekrem İmamoglu without warning to broadcast a live speech by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. İmamoğlu, who was nominated by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) for mayor of İstanbul in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish adversiter Hakan Aykut Nili has been put in pre-trial detention over a comment he made on social media criticizing the results of the June 24 elections in Turkey, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Monday. “This must be the biggest fraud in political history. We...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 25, 2018 | Hate Crime
Mehmet Sıddık Durmaz, a local representative for the İYİ (Good) Party from the Karaçoban district was shot dead at a polling station in Erzurum province in a blood feud fight, his party has announced. Only a day later, his brother Savaş Durmaz was also shot dead while...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Two European parliamentarians has been barred from entering Turkey ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. The bans for the two parliamentarians from Germany and Sweden, European countries that are home to large ethnic Turkish communities, are...
by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Ahmet Maranki, a professor of complementary medicine, has said during a live TV interview that a civil war would break out in Turkey if the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) does not win upcoming elections slated for June 24. Speaking on a live program on...
Purge-victim military cadets demand justice in Toronto for jailed friends
Turkey issues detention warrants for 51 public officials, including 27 former army members
Paralyzed math teacher held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over Gulen links
Former rector gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on Gulen links: report
Leaked photos show purge-victim police officer handcuffed to hospital bed during intubation: report
Purge-victim Turkish woman held in prison cell with 2 kids since January 2021: report
Turkish court jails Eskişehir man suffering from Huntington’s disease: report
66-year-old purge victim man dies in prison: report
Pro-Kurdish HDP politician gets 7 years, 6 months in prison on “terror” charges: report
1,576,566 people investigated over “terror accusations” since July 2016: Deva Party