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...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 31, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Hasan Aksoy, a Turkish man whose wife, Sena Aksoy, is among those were killed after a boat carrying Turkish asylum seekers capsized in the Aegean Sea on Sunday, has been sent to prison over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, an opposition deputy...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 30, 2017 | Hate Crime
A graphic video circulating on social media that purportedly shows Turkish soldiers beating a group of young Syrian refugees who were caught trying to enter Turkey, has prompted an investigation by the Turkish military and prosecutors. In a video footage, posted on...
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