by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Adil Demirci, a Turkish origin German ciziten, has been put in pre-rial detention in Turkey over alleged “membership in a terrorist organization.” According to the German news portal Deutsche Welle, Demirci was initially detained by the Turkish police on...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 29, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Cem Özdemir, co-leader of the German Green Party, has said the lists received from Turkey of people and companies allegedly affiliated with the Gülen group have been prepared by a police state, not by a state of law, Deutsche Welle reported on Monday. Referring to...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The number of Turkish citizens who fled Turkey following a failed coup last year and applied for asylum in Germany reached 620 in July, over 433 in June and 498 May, the German Interior Ministry said on Thursday. According to a Deutsche Welle report on Thursday, the...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
A total of 20 Turkish citizens are facing an investigation on charges of spying on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, according to a report in the German Die Welt daily on Thursday. Responding to a motion from Sevim Dağdelen, a member of the Left Party, the...