by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turkish parliament to pass laws that ban social media platforms, including Twitter and Netflix, due to the “recent increase of immoral acts” on these platforms. The President’s address came a day after...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Melek Çetinkaya, mother of Furkan Çetinkaya, one of the military cadets who were jailed on coup charges in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, was detained Saturday for protesting her son’s imprisonment. Çetinkaya’s protest was stifled by...
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court arrested Rozerin Zeri, a human rights activist of Armenian origin, due to her social media posts deemed to be “propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization.” According to a tweet posted by Acun Karadağ, a history teacher who was fired...
Turkish woman says subjected to strip search in police custody
Purge-victim teacher commits suicide a day after getting scolded by a judge during a trial
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 5,000 euros in damages to 427 purge-victim judges, prosecutors
Turkey issues detention warrants for 112 military members over Gulen links: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim military cadet dies of cancer in prison
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in the 10th month of imprisonment on terror charges
13-month old joins mother in prison: report
U.S. Senator Wicker says Turkey among “worst abusers” of Interpol’s red notice system
Adana police detain human rights activist: report