by TurkeyPurge | Apr 9, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Türk and Figen Altındağ, who were elected as co-mayors of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin last Sunday from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been denied the mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the Mesopotamia news...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least 20 peoplehave been detained on Monday over their alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen movement, the Diken news website reported. Ali Demir, the former head of Turkey’s Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), was among suspects detained by police as...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 7, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Zeyyat Ceylan, the mayor-elect of Diyarbakır’s Bağlar district, has been denied the certificate of election of mayor by the Supreme Election Board (YSK). According to the Diken news portal, the Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayoral candidate Hüseyin...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Celal Uzunkaya, the head of Turkey’s Security General Directorate, has said 33,372 members of the police force of various ranks have been dismissed since a 2016 failed coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Police departments have approximately 300,000...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An investigation has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul Mayor over “an undue assumption of authority.” According to unofficial results, The joint mayoral candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the İYİ...
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