by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 21 Kurdish journalists from southeastern Diyarbakır province are spending their 3rd day in police custody with no release in sight, Turkish media reported. The journalists were detained in police raids on their homes early on Wednesday due to “preparing...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Maarif Foundation, which was established by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in 2016, has taken over 76 schools linked to the Gülen movement in 10 countries, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. According to the report,...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 21, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to challenge the lawfulness of arrest or detention in court, said a report released by the US State Department....
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Parliament has stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Osman Baydemir and Selma Irmak of their parliamentary status, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. The decision was made due to the approval by an appeals court of sentences the two...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 3158 people were detained, with 1127 of them put in pre-trial detention in operations targeting...
Wife of purge-victim Turkish businessman sent to prison in Gaziantep
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of cancer
HDP deputy reports another suspicious death in Turkish prison
Kurdish activist at risk of deportation to Turkey from Bosnia
Imprisoned Kurdish man who has both hands amputated released from prison
Imprisoned journalist on hunger strike in protest of detention without trial
Opposition deputy says gov’t dismissed over 10,000 civil servants last week
[BREAKING] Journalist Mehmet Gündem sent to prison
Imprisoned lecturer dies of heart attack
Turkish gov’t dismisses 4,000 more public servants in latest post-coup attempt purge