by TurkeyPurge | Nov 15, 2017 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Amid reports that Turkey may have offered $15 million to a former adviser of US President Donald Trump to illegally remove Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen to Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım criticized Washington for not taking steps on Gülen’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Bügün TV — a now-closed station known to be affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen group — has reportedly been sold to Burhanettin Türkeş, a Turkish citizen who served 74 months for his role in murder of Jewish businessman Nesim Malki. Malki, who was a businessman...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The number of Turkish citizens who fled Turkey following a failed coup last year and applied for asylum in Germany reached 620 in July, over 433 in June and 498 May, the German Interior Ministry said on Thursday. According to a Deutsche Welle report on Thursday, the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police teams have detained Lt. Zabit Zengin, gendarmerie commander in the Maçka district of northeastern Trabzon province, as part of an İzmir-based investigation into the Gülen group, which is accused by Turkish authorities of masterminding a coup attempt...
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...
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