by TurkeyPurge | Aug 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Fatma Güleç, a Turkish woman from Samsun province, has been put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. According to Ömer Faruk...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has called on Turkish government to investigate the allegations of torture and other ill-treatment happening across the country. The letter came days after the Şanlıurfa Bar Association claimed that 38 people who were detained...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 13, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Ever wondered about Turkey’s global abduction programme and allegations of secret torture sites in the country? If yes, a team of nine media organizations from eight countries, coordinated by @correctiv_org, a non-profit investigative newsroom in Europe,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey’s human rights organizations have said almost 6,000 people were subjected to torture or mistreatment in the country in 2017, the T24 news website reported on Wednesday. The Diyarbakır branches of the Human Rights Association (İHD) and Turkish Human Rights...
by TurkeyPurge | May 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pınar Aydınlar, a famous folk singer and a council member of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was beaten by guards at İstanbul’s Bakırköy prison after refusing a strip search, according to the Cumhuriyet daily. Aydınlar was arrested on Tuesday due to a final...