by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Al Deek, a Syrian wedding singer, has been investigated for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a local concert in Hatay province. According to the Bold news portal, Deek was accused of criticizing Erdogan while praising Syrian President Bashar...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least seven Syrian Kurds who were brought to Turkey from Syria by the Turkish army, were handed 3 life sentences each for attempting to “disrupt the unity and territorial integrity of the Turkish state,” the Mezopotamya news agency reported. 4 other...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria and are facing absurd criminal charges as the government intensifies its crackdown on critical voices, said Amnesty International in a...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Semire Nergiz and Ferhat Kut, co-mayors of a Kurdish-majority town Nusaybin, have been put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court on terror accusations, the Etha reported. Turkey has launched a crackdown against dissent in its Kurdish-majority areas following its...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Çelebi Bozbıyık, a serving military personnel, was reportedly killed in a military operation launched last week in the northeast of Syria, the Birgün daily reported. Bozbıyık was reportedly being investigated over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is...
Purge-victim military cadets demand justice in Toronto for jailed friends
Turkey issues detention warrants for 51 public officials, including 27 former army members
Paralyzed math teacher held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over Gulen links
Former rector gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on Gulen links: report
Leaked photos show purge-victim police officer handcuffed to hospital bed during intubation: report
Purge-victim Turkish woman held in prison cell with 2 kids since January 2021: report
Turkish court jails Eskişehir man suffering from Huntington’s disease: report
66-year-old purge victim man dies in prison: report
Pro-Kurdish HDP politician gets 7 years, 6 months in prison on “terror” charges: report
1,576,566 people investigated over “terror accusations” since July 2016: Deva Party