by TurkeyPurge | Jul 30, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Yunus Tosun, 47-year-old civil engineer, was arrested by Turkish authorities while waiting in line for an MRI scan at a state hospital on May 6, 2022, according to Journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The purge-victim man reportedly underwent a brain surgery some five months...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Garibe Gezer, a Kurdish political prisoner who allegedly committed suicide in prison on Thursday, was denied a funeral vehicle by the pro-government mayor of The Mardin Municipality, according to a tweet by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). “This picture is...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Photos recently posted by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and deputy from the Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), have revealed that a purge-victim police officer who died due to Covid-19 was handcuffed to a hospital bed during intubation. Veysel Atasoy,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal has recently been released on probation after serving a total of 4 years, 8 months in İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison on terror charges. Erdal used to work for the Zaman and Yeni Hayat dailies, both of which were closed down by the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Senate of Turkey’s Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has unanimously decided to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan Şükür over alleged ties to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by Turkish...
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