by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Thursday confirmed its decision to annul the election of mayors who were purged from public service by government decrees after objections from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the Artı Gerçek news website reported. In the...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has told media that managements of two Turkish football clubs, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, were “threatened” by a minister and were ordered not...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least nine people who were elected as mayors of different Turkish provinces mostly from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been denied the mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the Mesopotamia news agency reported. Turkey’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 7, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Zeyyat Ceylan, the mayor-elect of Diyarbakır’s Bağlar district, has been denied the certificate of election of mayor by the Supreme Election Board (YSK). According to the Diken news portal, the Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayoral candidate Hüseyin...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Oktay Candemir, a Turkey-based Kurdish journalist, has been taken into custody in Van province. According to the GazeteKarınca news portal, Candemir was detained by Van police during a police raid on Friday morning. In September 2017, he was given a prison sentence of...
Nationalist assailant murders 7 members of a Kurdish family in apparent hate crime: report
[VIDEO] Purge-victim military cadets, families stage sit in protests in front of ECHR headquarters in Strasbourg
Malta court arrests 2 purge-victim Turkish citizens: report
Bylock’s copyright owner sent to prison in Turkey, says state-run Anadolu agency
“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant
Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Purge-victim army veteran is in his 160th day of imprisonment on terror charges: report
Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
Turkish judge detained by police hours after releasing Gulenists pending trial: report
Turkey revokes passport of Sedat Peker’s son