by TurkeyPurge | Aug 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish family — mother, father and their 2-year-old daughter— has been incarcerated since February 2021 over their alleged links to ties to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup in 2016. The group denies any...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
At least fourteen university students have been held in police custody İn Ankara since June 1 over their alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, accused by the Turkish governments of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The group denies any involvement....
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...
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...
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...
Isparta man with Parkinson’s disease briefly detained over alleged Gulen links
Stage 2 cancer patient sent to prison over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim İzmir man suffers facial paralysis in solitary confinement: report
Turkish court arrests Samsun man for “insulting” Ataturk
Missing purge-victim bureaucrat “found” in Ankara prison: daughter
Purge-victim woman dies of Covid-19: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim police officer dies of Covid-19 in prison
5-year old kid with down syndrome joins mother in prison: report
At least 106 people died in Turkish prisons since July 2016: report
Purge-victim judge becomes watermelon vendor to make a living