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 | Apr 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A groom named Rahat Akbaba was detained for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on henna night, a customary celebration before a wedding, in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, causing the wedding ceremony to be held with just the bride, the Mezopotamya...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Parliament on Thursday stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana of her parliamentary status, several Turkish media outlets reported. Zana’s status was removed due to “inadequate attendance at parliamentary...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Supreme Court member Mustafa Erdoğan died in critical care on Tuesday morning after being released from prison, Samanyolu haber reported. The medical reports showing the seriousness of his situation were ignored and the appeals for his release were rejected. His...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nine Turkish journalists detained for using ByLock last week, have officialy been arrested and sent to prison while two others were released pending trial, P24 news portal reported on Thırsday. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Aug. 10 issued detention...
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Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”