by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2021 | Human Tragedies
A 9-year-old Turkish girl named Nurefşan Teke was killed after a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers capsized in the Maritsa River on March 4, 2021. Nurefşan and her mother Neslihan Teke reportedly wanted to reunite with the father who reportedly fled to an...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
A reputed mob boss said in an interview on July 22 that he was asked by the Turkish government to murder Andrew Brunson, an American Pastor who spent some two years in a Turkey prison over alleged terrorism and espionage-related charges “AK Party wanted to kill...
by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
At least 191 inmates in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison, have so far tested positive for COVID-19 , according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an opposition member of the Turkish parliament and a rights activist. Gergerlioğlu said in a tweet late on Sunday that eight...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2020 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Sevda Noyan, an Islamist TV commentator, said during a live TV interview that she regrets the fact that she failed to kill more people on the night of the July 15 coup attempt in 2016, adding that her family is now fully-prepared and is capable of...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2020 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
A Turkish man who has been held in prison for over 3 years for alleged links to Gulen group, was released from prison for five hours early on Friday to see his 8-year old son, Ahmet, who has been suffering from osteoid cancer for more than a year. Natali Avazyan, a...
9-year-old drowns in Maritsa River in attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families