by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a prison sentence of 4 years, 11 months and 14 days for Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the head of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). The charges related mostly to tweets...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 24, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Kemal Bülbül, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been prevented from leaving Turkey due to a travel ban in place despite his parliamentary immunity, the Kronos news website reported on Friday. Bülbül was planning to attend a series of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by an Ankara prosecutor is seeking up to 15 years in prison for the former rector of Ankara’s Gazi University, Süleyman Büyükberber, due to their alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup in...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have detained at least 22 women in İzmir province over their alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, which the government accuses o masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies involvement. According to a reported by journalist Sevinç...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu, two reporters for the Mezopotamya news agency, have been arrested on terrorism charges, the agency reported. The journalists were detained on Nov. 29 shortly after they left their office in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul. They were...
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