by TurkeyPurge | Aug 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Malaysian police have detained a Turkish teacher and his family working at a group of schools affiliated with the Gülen group, which is accused by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of masterminding a failed coup attempt in 2016. According to an e-mail sent to...
by TurkeyPurge | May 10, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International has launched an “urgent action” for three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia, asking people to call on Malaysian officials to avoid extradition. “Three Turkish nationals have been arrested and detained in Malaysia under...
by TurkeyPurge | May 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
İsmet Özçelik, a Turkish academic with a UNHCR refugee card, was detained again on Thursday in Malaysia amid news that two other Turkish citizens who were believed to have been kidnapped were in fact detained by the authorities. “Today my father was detained again in...