by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
A reputed mob boss said in an interview on July 22 that he was asked by the Turkish government to murder Andrew Brunson, an American Pastor who spent some two years in a Turkey prison over alleged terrorism and espionage-related charges “AK Party wanted to kill...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has told media that managements of two Turkish football clubs, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, were “threatened” by a minister and were ordered not...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey’s human rights organizations have said almost 6,000 people were subjected to torture or mistreatment in the country in 2017, the T24 news website reported on Wednesday. The Diyarbakır branches of the Human Rights Association (İHD) and Turkish Human Rights...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Aydın Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 33 more military personnel as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of orchestrating an attempted coup on July 15, 2016, TGRT reported....
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