by TurkeyPurge | Apr 11, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Prisons across Turkey are home to a total of 314,512 people as of March 2022, according to the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons and Houses of Detention (CTE). The same data also showed that there are currently 384 prisons in Turkey. 275,965 of those...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 2, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Tens of protestors gathered in nine major European cities, including Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris, and London, to demand the release of sick prisoners in Turkish prisons, including Ayşe Özdoğan, an imprisoned woman with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Antalya police on Tuesday detained Fatmana Karakuzu, the mother of Ayşe Özdoğan, an imprisoned woman with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer, for protesting her daughter’s imprisonment over trumped-up charges of “participation in a terrorist organization.” Karakuzu...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 7, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued on Tuesday for at least 189 people, including teachers, former public officers, engineers, businessmen and active duty and dismissed military officers, due to alleged links to the Gülen group, Turkish media reported. The Gulen group is...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 7, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Abdünnasır Aslan, a 35 yer-old Turkish judge who was sentenced to 7 years, 6 months in prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, died on Wednesday due to complications from COVID-19. According to pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Mr. Aslan was...