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...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Leyla Birlik, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has reportedly requested asylum in Greece after fleeing Turkey via “illegal means,” the Hürriyet daily news reported. Birlik was detained by Turkish police on Nov. 4, 2016 along with 13 other...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 3, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
A fundraising campaign has been launched for Nail Koçal, a 5-year-old kid who, along with his mother, crossed into Greece in order to escape an ongoing purge in Turkey. Nail’s parents are accused of having ties to the Gulen group, which is accused by the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Thirty-two Turkish citizens including academics, teachers and doctors have applied for asylum in Greece after being detained by Greek Maritime Security forces on an Aegean island where they arrived illegally, the Greek Kathimerini daily reported on Saturday....
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A group of people who were detained on Friday by Turkish gendarmes said they were sent back to Turkey after they crossed the river to Greece, TGRT reported on Saturday, the second such recent incident after journalist Murat Çapan, who had been sentenced to 22.5 years...
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