by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Murat Kılınç, a purge-victim history teacher who was fired from his job with a gov’t decree issued after a coup attempt in 2016, died on Tuesday due to complications from COVID-19. Mr. Eken was reportedly accused of having links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-eight-year-old S.A.K. was detained on Thursday while visiting her husband, under arrest over alleged links to the Gülen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15, 2016 coup attempt. According to the Kronos news portal, the woman went to the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Three more Turkish journalists have been sent to prison on charges of “disseminating terrorist propaganda” and “membership in an armed terrorist organization,” the T24 news portal reported on Friday. Ozan Kaplanoğlu, editor of the online platform @BursaMuhalif, was...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Y.E. a math teacher of ten years, now works as a construction worker in order to make his living. According to a Facebook post on March 6, Y.E. was dismissed from profession with a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15,...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Can Pınar, a former deputy governor and current advisor on legal affairs in Ağrı province, was arrested on Tuesday night for using a smart phone application named ByLock. The use of ByLock is considered evidence of links to the Gülen movement, which is...
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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
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