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...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least six lawyers from the İzmir branch of Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) have been detained by police, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Sunday. According to the daily, İzmir police raided 10 locations accross the province in wee hours of Sunday morning and...
UN Human Rights Committee calls on authorities to locate missing Kyrgyz educator
Imprisoned military cadet denied permission to attend parents’ funeral
Turkish appeals court upholds 9-year jail sentence for cancer patient
Father of imprisoned military cadet dies of heart attack following visit to son in prison
Turkish police interrogates actor for causing an increase in US Dollar rates via Twitter posts
Purge-victim educator denied release from prison once again
Turkey’s Bishkek embassy locks Twitter account amid accusations of kidnapping Kyrgyz-Turkish educator
Math teacher with 60 percent disability rating sent to prison over Gulen links: report