by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
66-year old wife of a Turkish businessman was sent to prison on Monday over alleged ties to the Gulen movement which the government accuses of masterminding a failed coup in the summer of 2016. According to Kronos news portal, Ferhan Nakıboğlu, the wife of Cahit...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 29, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
İbrahim Söylemen, a purge-victim public servant who died in September 2021, was reinstated to his job by the Turkish authorities in January 2022, journalist Sevinç Özarslan reported. Söylemez (67) was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 7, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Eight more military cadets who had been incarcerated in İstanbul’s Silivri prison for over six years on coup charges, were released late on Tuesday based on a recent ruling by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals. The ruling came a week after the same court released a...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yusuf Kurt, a purge-victim military cadet who was sentenced to life in prison after the 2016 coup attempt, died of cancer a year ago today in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri prison. Kurt was among the 259 military cadets who were detained on coup charges on July...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have so far detained at least eleven Syrian nationals for posting Tik Tok videos on social media showing them eating bananas in an effort to condemn racism and discrimination in Turkey. Syrians are accused of “inciting or humiliating the [Turkish]...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze