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20, mostly women, detained over Gulen links in new post-coup probe in Turkey’s Denizli

20, mostly women, detained over Gulen links in new post-coup probe in Turkey’s Denizli

by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

At least 20 people were detained as part of a Denizli-based investigation into the Gulen movement, media reported Monday. Police carried out raids at different locations in Denizli, Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Aydın, Van, Uşak and Bayburt provinces and detained the...
Former Supreme Court judge sentenced to 9 years in jail in post-coup trial

Former Supreme Court judge sentenced to 9 years in jail in post-coup trial

by TurkeyPurge | May 16, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Halit Kivril was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened...
German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Uncategorized

For the first time since being released from Turkish custody, German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücelspoke about the torture he experienced while being held in pretrial detention at a prison near Istanbul. Testifying before a Berlin district court on Friday, Yücel spoke...
82 asylum seekers pushed back from Greece to Turkey in past three weeks: report

82 asylum seekers pushed back from Greece to Turkey in past three weeks: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Int'l Reactions

Scores of Turkish asylum seekers have been pushed back — sometimes violently — from Greece in the last three weeks, lawyers and family members told Euronews. Witnesses claim various groups of masked men in military uniform, as well as those in plain clothes...
Biology teacher who fled Erdogan’s crackdown to Argentina dies while working to make a living as deliveryman

Biology teacher who fled Erdogan’s crackdown to Argentina dies while working to make a living as deliveryman

by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

Ebubekir Altay, a 34-year-old biology teacher from Turkey who sought refuge in Argentina in the face of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown, passed away following a traffic accident. Altay picked up ice-cream from a store in Buenos Aires with his...
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