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1,800 military members suspended over Gulen links despite remorse : minister

1,800 military members suspended over Gulen links despite remorse : minister

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

About 1,800 military members have been suspended even though they showed remorse over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, according to the Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli. “Some 1,800 people who give their statements to prosecutors as ‘confessors’ have been...
Pro-gov’t TV anchor: If Turkish military were to kill civilians, it’d start with traitors in Istanbul, opposition

Pro-gov’t TV anchor: If Turkish military were to kill civilians, it’d start with traitors in Istanbul, opposition

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Ahmet Keser, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV station, on Tuesday reacted to news stories that Turkey is killing civilians in the Afrin region of Syria, saying if they were to kill civilians they would start with people critical of the government living in...
Amedspor player sentenced to 19 months in jail over social media posts

Amedspor player sentenced to 19 months in jail over social media posts

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Diyarbakir-based Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been given suspended prison sentence of 18 months and 22 days due to his social media posts that the judge in charge claimed to be a part of terrorist propaganda. Turkey’s broadened terror laws have targeted a football...
70-year-old fined TL 227 for everyday he protested son’s killing by Turkish military

70-year-old fined TL 227 for everyday he protested son’s killing by Turkish military

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 3, 2017 | Anti-Kurdish, Human Rights Abuses

70-year-old Kemal Gun was fined TL 8,626 [ $2,400] for an ongoing hunger strike he started as part of his efforts to be given the dead body of his child who was killed during an air attack by Turkish miliary in Tunceli’s Dersim district on Nov 7, 2016. 11 individuals...
Interior minister defends torture in prison, says Kurdish man was linked to terrorist activities

Interior minister defends torture in prison, says Kurdish man was linked to terrorist activities

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2017 | Torture

Turkey’s Interior Minister’s Süleyman Soylu defended brutal treatment on Abdi Abidin, Kurdish man who was alleged to have been tortured while under prison, saying he was linked to terrorist activities. “He talks about an elderly man. He says: ‘You are torturing him!’...
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