by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Abdulvahit Tunçay, a police officer who was dismissed from his job by the government after a coup attempt in 2016, died of cancer only nine days after being released from prison on bail. Posting a series of tweets on Thursday, Tunçay’s daughter said he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 17, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Kurdish journalist Lokman Sezgin has been sent to prison to serve the remainder of his prison sentences handed down by Turkish courts last year. According to Mezopotamya news portal, Sezgin was arrested by the police as he was getting a Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 16, 2021 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
Dozens of protestors gathered in front of the Prime Ministry in Bishkek on Wednesday to call on Kyrgyz authorities to figure out the whereabouts of Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Üneys Özcan Öztürk, a 63-year old Turkish man, has reportedly been put in solitary confinement in Denizli T Type Prison after “contacting” with prisoners who suffer from COVID-19 symptoms. According to Bold news portal, Öztürk is blind in one eye and...
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...
8-month pregnant woman in police custody over Gulen links
Purge-victim police officer dies of cancer 9 days after release from prison
Turkey jails Kurdish journalist on terror charges
U.S. Congressman says İnandı’s abduction “a crime against humanity, democracy”
Hundreds in Bishkek call on Kyrgyz authorities to locate missing educator
63-year-old man placed in solitary confinement due to Covid-19
Turkish journalist released on probation after five years in prison
UN Human Rights Committee calls on authorities to locate missing Kyrgyz educator
Imprisoned military cadet denied permission to attend parents’ funeral
Turkish appeals court upholds 9-year jail sentence for cancer patient