by TurkeyPurge | Apr 9, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Türk and Figen Altındağ, who were elected as co-mayors of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin last Sunday from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been denied the mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the Mesopotamia news...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Celal Uzunkaya, the head of Turkey’s Security General Directorate, has said 33,372 members of the police force of various ranks have been dismissed since a 2016 failed coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Police departments have approximately 300,000...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An investigation has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul Mayor over “an undue assumption of authority.” According to unofficial results, The joint mayoral candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the İYİ...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 20 gendarmes as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, while 17 of the suspects were on active duty, three had...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ünzüle Araz, the mother of a 21-year-old Turkish university student, Mahir Mete Kul who went missing trying to flee to Greece via the Maritsa River, has started a sit-in at a park near Athens, Greece. Araz told the Kronos news portal that she will continue her vigil...