by TurkeyPurge | Oct 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have so far detained at least eleven Syrian nationals for posting Tik Tok videos on social media showing them eating bananas in an effort to condemn racism and discrimination in Turkey. Syrians are accused of “inciting or humiliating the [Turkish]...
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...