by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A passenger sitting behind main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on a plane asked in a tweet whether he should kill the CHP deputy by strangling him. Tanrıkulu, who shared the message on his Twitter account, wrote: “Look what the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentary group deputy chairman and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş warned party members in Kayseri on Thursday not to greet followers of the Gülen movement during the Eid al-Adha festival on Friday and advised members...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment two police officers battered two İzmir women who asked for help from them about a harassment incident late on Friday. Claiming that they were sexually harassed by two youngsters with motorbikes, women, identified with...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 8, 2017 | Hate Crime, Hate Speech
Hüseyin Adalan, a columnist for pro-government Milat and Yenisöz dailies, has tweeted that killing people affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen movement is “a religious obligation for Turkish state,” the Haberdar daily reported. “Honorable Turkish state needs to reveal its...