by TurkeyPurge | Jul 4, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turan Deniz, a police officer who was fired from his job in the aftermath of a coup attempt in 2016, died of brain hemorrhage on Sunday. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the man will be laid to rest...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 7 university students have been detained by police in Çorum province over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement. According to the Bold news portal, nine others were...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court has reportedly removed a travel ban for four former Zaman journalists, Mümtaz’er Türköne, Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç and Ahmet Turan Alkan. The Zaman daily, which was Turkey’s best-selling newspaper, was closed down along with dozens of other media...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Hakan Acar, a purge-victim lawyer and a law professor from Turkey, died on Saturday after drowning at Lake Simcoe, a lake in southern Ontario, Canada. According to local media, Acar drowned trying to help one of his friend struggling in the water. He reportedly...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for a total of 98 people, including former and active duty military officers as well as academics, according to the Turkish media. The warrants were issued as part of three separate...