by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish family — mother, father and their 2-year-old son — has been in a prison for months over their alleged links to ties to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup in 2016, according to an...
by TurkeyPurge | May 26, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Burcu Çelik, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been behind bars since April 19, has applied to the administration of Sincan Prison in Ankara to keep her 3-year-old daughter with her in prison, Turkish media reports said on...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A crowd attacked a building belonging to Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), party officials said Wednesday. Pictures from the scene appeared to show the HDP building in Denizli vandalized and racist, sexist graffiti drawn on walls. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Police teams on Monday were conducting simultaneous operations in a number of Turkish provinces in order to detain 80 people for whom detention warrants were issued by an İstanbul prosecutor due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The detention...
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Purge-victim man with one kidney asks for release from prison due to deteriorating medical condition
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Imprisoned Turkish academic hospitalized due to severe complications from COVID-19: report
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of lung cancer weeks after being released from prison: CHP deputy
9-year-old drowns in Maritsa River in attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish parliament expels pro-Kurdish MP Gergerlioğlu over “terror” charges
Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
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