by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The owner of an Ankara-based printing house that had printed the placard with cartoons targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been briefly detained. An Ankara court on Wednesday sent four students from Middle East Technical University (METU) to prison for...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least six people were put in pre-trial detention as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Izmir, according to media. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that six people are accused of membership to the movement. Arrestees include Ali Rıza...
by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Sixteen academics from the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) were sentenced to varying lengths of prison sentence on Friday. Istanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court held the final hearing for a case targeting the alleged supporters of the Gulen movement during a 3-day...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
A total of 1,250 academics from more than 100 organizations across 37 countries of the world have signed a petition asking for the release of 15 Boğaziçi University students in Turkey who were detained in March for holding a protest against an ongoing Turkish military...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Education Ministry Undersecretary Yusuf Tekin on Sunday said they have completed a purge of Gülen movement members and institutions in his ministry, the DHA news agency reported. “The fight against Fetö [a derogatory name used by the Turkish government for the...
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report