by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 361 LGBT activists were detained on Sunday for attempting to hold a pride march in İstanbul’s famed Taksim square to mark one of the largest organized gay festivals in Turkey. Turkish media outlets and several pro-LGBT twitter accounts reported that police...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Hakan Acar, a purge-victim lawyer and a law professor from Turkey, died on Saturday after drowning at Lake Simcoe, a lake in southern Ontario, Canada. According to local media, Acar drowned trying to help one of his friend struggling in the water. He reportedly...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2022 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
Hundreds of activists and victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown gathered in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on Friday to protest rights violations in Turkey. Protestors, joined by former leader of the UK’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Security Directorate General has announced that it has fired at least 1,000 police officers from their jobs over their alleged links to terrorist organizations, Turkish media outlets reported. The action against the police officers was based on the temporary...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities arrested at least 10 people, including the niece of cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt, while seeking to illegally enter neighboring Greece. According to pro-government Yeni Şafak daily, Gülen’s nephew,...
Purge-victim military cadet pays visit to opposition leader days after being released from prison
Police detain 7 university students over “terrorism” accusations
Turkish court removes travel ban for former Zaman journalists
Antalya police detain YouTube journalist Arif Kocabıyık
87-year-old bedridden inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine
İstanbul Pride: At least 361 LGBT activists detained throughout Sunday’s parade
Purge-victim law professor drowns trying to save friend at an Ontario lake
Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”
10 including nice of Turkish cleric Gülen arrested while trying to enter Greece