by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
At least 191 inmates in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison, have so far tested positive for COVID-19 , according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an opposition member of the Turkish parliament and a rights activist. Gergerlioğlu said in a tweet late on Sunday that eight...
by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Monday ruled to hold a new election in İstanbul due to claims by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of election fraud in polls held on March 31. Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu won...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has told media that managements of two Turkish football clubs, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, were “threatened” by a minister and were ordered not...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 1, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish riot police used force to disperse a group of university students who held a commemoration ceremony for a slain leftist student at İstanbul University’s Beyazıt campus on Friday. According to the artıgercek news portal, riot police intervened with...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A short video circulating on Twitter that purportedly shows private security guards from İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) beating a 16-year old for selling sesame bagel, simit in Turkish, has prompted furious reaction from hundreds of social media users. In a...
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U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
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