by TurkeyPurge | Feb 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Custom officers in Turkey’s Kocaeli has intercepted a container carrying personal belongings of the exiled businessman, Ahmet Nurettin Uğur, media reported Feb 20. The container, shipped from Kocaeli’s Derince port to the US, was carrying, among others, several ATM...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 21, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup crackdown only years after the events take place as Australia did for the Aborigines, the US did for the Native Americans and...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Amid visa crisis with the US over the arrest of a Turkish national working at the İstanbul Consulate General last week, media reported that Turkish authorities issued detention warrant for another US consulate staff on Sunday morning. According to a report by Hurriyet...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Two protesters who caused disturbance during a gathering in New York City at which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was giving a speech, were roughed up by some members of the audiences as well as what appears to be security details of Erdoğan, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Indictments have been issued for 19 people, including 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, for attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., during an official visit in May. The indictments, which were announced Tuesday, accuse the...