by TurkeyPurge | Aug 12, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Fatma Yurt, a 64-year-old Turkish woman who is confined to bed, is in the 17th month of her imprisonment over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government of accused of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s leading pro-govenment dailies and journalists hang the flags out after Turkish teacher Mesut Kacmaz and his family were forcefully deported by Pakistani government to Turkey at the Turkish government’s request despite the family’s asylum...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara prosecutor has issued detention warrants for a total of 100 former police officers over alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. According to the report, 63 of 100 police officers have...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Justice Ministry Undersecretary Kenan İpek on Tuesday said more than 50 prisons are under construction for the incarceration of people linked to the Gülen group, Habertürk reported. “More than 50 prisons have been under construction for FETÖ [a derogatory term...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 5, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said that detention of women on coup charges shortly after giving birth is unacceptable, and called on Turkish authorities to stop “acting out of vengeance” in post-coup operations. Speaking...