by TurkeyPurge | Aug 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
As thousands of people imprisoned under the country’s sweeping anti-terror laws have been languishing in jail for years awaiting trial, a new decree issued on Friday extended the pre-trial detention period from five to seven years. With the release of the new...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Şırnak court arrested French journalist Loup Bureau on charges of aiding and supporting a terrorist organization, pro-Kurdish Dihaber reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Bureau was on his way to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq through the Habur...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy revealed the dimensions of an ongoing government crackdown on people affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen group, which Turkish authorities accuse of attempting a coup last summer, by sharing the story of a dismissed...
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