by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Adil Demirci, a Turkish origin German ciziten, has been put in pre-rial detention in Turkey over alleged “membership in a terrorist organization.” According to the German news portal Deutsche Welle, Demirci was initially detained by the Turkish police on...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The German Foreign Ministry has announced that Turkish police detained two German nationals at Antalya airport over alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. According to the Foreign Ministry...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 1, 2017 | Hate Crime, Today in Crackdown
A government appointed trustee, tasked to run Van’s Edremit Municipality, has built public toilets on an Armenian cemetery in the district, the proKurdish Dİhaber news portal reported on Tuesday. The report claimed that the bones from the cemetery were scattered after...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Bekir İrtegün, a 33-year old professional footballer who plays for İstanbul Başakşehir and Turkey national team, have been detained by police over his alleged use of a mobile phone app called ByLock. Turkish authorities believe using ByLock indicates membership in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities have transferred the ownership of churches, houses of worship and cemeteries that have belonged to the Syriac community for over 1,600 years to Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) as part of a process of liquidation in Mardin...
German police visits Turkish journalists over alleged “hit list”
2 Turkish asylum seekers at risk of deportation from Germany: report
German police warns of ‘assassination threats’ against 55 Turkish journalists critical of Erdogan gov’t
Pre-trial detention over Bylock use violates applicants’ rights: ECtHR
Turkish prosecutors investigates 29,000 people for “insulting” Erdogan since 2019: report
Nationalist mob attacks agricultural workers for speaking Kurdish in public
Gulen-linked businessman denied funeral at Turkey-funded mosque in Brooklyn
Turkey seeks up to 22 years in prison for Turkish-Kyrgyz educator
Turkish appeals court upholds 27-year prison sentence for Kurdish youngster
Post-coup Turkey toll: 125K sacked, 600k investigated in five years