by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Abdurrahman Sakar, a former Turkish judge who was fired from his job in the aftermath of a failed coup in 2016, died of cancer at age of 42, Journalist Sevinç Özarslan reported. Sakar was fired with a decree issued following the failed coup in 2016. He was accused by...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 7, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Ataç, a 19-year-old youngster who reportedly suffered from smoke poisoning at his cell in Metris prison, died after 40 days in intensive care, according to HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu. Turkish authorities claimed he suffered from smoke poisoning following a...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 7, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A Kurdish activist named Mehmet Serif Süren who reportedly filed an asylum claim in Bosnia to avoid a persecution by the Erdogan government, is at risk of deportation to Turkey by the Bosnian authorities. According to a series of tweets posted by Süren’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
An imprisoned Kurdish man who has both hands amputated at the wrist after being electrocuted by a high voltage line in Şanlıurfa, has been released after spending some thirty days in prison, according to HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu The man, named Nejdet Erik,...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Tolga Balcılar, a Turkish journalist who has been in pre-trial detention for 15 days, is on a hunger strike in protest of his detention without charges, according to Ümit Özdağ, the leader of the far-right and anti-refugee Victory Party (ZP). Balcılar was reportedly...
Wife of purge-victim Turkish businessman sent to prison in Gaziantep
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of cancer
HDP deputy reports another suspicious death in Turkish prison
Kurdish activist at risk of deportation to Turkey from Bosnia
Imprisoned Kurdish man who has both hands amputated released from prison
Imprisoned journalist on hunger strike in protest of detention without trial
Opposition deputy says gov’t dismissed over 10,000 civil servants last week
[BREAKING] Journalist Mehmet Gündem sent to prison
Imprisoned lecturer dies of heart attack
Turkish gov’t dismisses 4,000 more public servants in latest post-coup attempt purge