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Turkish gov’t dismisses 4 more elected Kurdish mayors, bringing total to 44

Turkish gov’t dismisses 4 more elected Kurdish mayors, bringing total to 44

by TurkeyPurge | May 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s interior ministry announced on Friday that 4 mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were removed from their posts on “terror-related charges.” The ousted HDP mayors are as follows: Siirt Mayor Berivan Helen Işık, Iğdır Mayor Yaşar...
4 previously missing purge-victims sent to prison after 12 days in police custody: report

4 previously missing purge-victims sent to prison after 12 days in police custody: report

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Four purge-victims who turned up in police custody after being missing since February 2019 have been sent to prison on terror charges after spending twelve days in police custody, the DW Türkçe reported. Families of the arrestees told the news agency that the lawyers...
Turkish academic gets 2 years in prison for signing peace declaration: report

Turkish academic gets 2 years in prison for signing peace declaration: report

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Çare Olgun Çalışkan, a Turkish academic  on Thursday was handed down a suspended sentence of one year, three months for signing a declaration in 2016 that demanded a halt to the Turkish army’s operations in predominantly Kurdish cities. The Evrensel daily reported the...

Mongolian FM: Any attempt to abduct Turkish nationals is violation of sovereignty

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2018 | Int'l Reactions

The Mongolian Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a statement on the abduction of a Turkish national in the country earlier the same day, underlining such an unacceptable act would be “a violation of Mongolia’s sovereignty and independence” and that Mongolia would...
Turkey hands down prison sentences to 205 alleged coup plotters in Ankara: report

Turkey hands down prison sentences to 205 alleged coup plotters in Ankara: report

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Various sentences including aggravated life and life in prison have been handed down to alleged coup plotters in trials taking place in Ankara. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people and wounded more than a thousand others....
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