info@turkeypurge.com
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS
Turkey Purge
  • Home Page
  • Who we are
  • Submit tip
  • Rule 39
  • Submit your case to the UN
Select Page
Another dismissed police chief detained while escaping to Greece

Another dismissed police chief detained while escaping to Greece

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

M.G., a former police chief in Van province who was dismissed as part of post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement, was detained near Turkey’s Greek border in Edirne. M.G. was rounded up by gendarmerie in Abdürrahim village in Edirne’s Enez district, on Friday. While an...
Gov’t removes name of slain Kurdish activist from park

Gov’t removes name of slain Kurdish activist from park

by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Hacı Asım Akgül, a trustee appointed by the government to Van’s Çatak Municipality, has removed the name of former Diyarbakır Bar Association head and human rights activist Tahir Elçi, who was killed in 2015, from a park in the district and named the park after a...
Police detain two journalists in eastern Turkey

Police detain two journalists in eastern Turkey

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Nismiye Guler and Zeynep Turgut, two reporters for the Diyarbakir-based multilingual online news portal, Gazete Sujin were detained on Thursday. Two reporters were on way to cover an event in Van’s Tatvan district when police rounded them up. Gazete Sujin said it has...
Van governor bans all protest activities during December  

Van governor bans all protest activities during December  

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 30, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

The Van Governor’s Office has announced that a ban has been imposed on all protest activities in the city during the month of December. A statement released by the governor’s office on Wednesday said all types of protest activities including marches, the issuing of...
HRW: Turkish gov’t making use of emergency rules to silence critical media

HRW: Turkish gov’t making use of emergency rules to silence critical media

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Int'l Reactions

Fears that the Turkish government would capitalize on a state of emergency to silence critics who have nothing to do with a July 15 coup attempt have come true, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of the US-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has said. In a...
Next Entries »

Search

Recent Posts

  • Purge-victim military cadet pays visit to opposition leader days after being released from prison
  • Police detain 7 university students over “terrorism” accusations
  • Turkish court removes travel ban for former Zaman journalists
  • Antalya police detain YouTube journalist Arif Kocabıyık
  • 87-year-old bedridden inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine
  • İstanbul Pride: At least 361 LGBT activists detained throughout Sunday’s parade
  • Purge-victim law professor drowns trying to save friend at an Ontario lake
  • Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
  • Turkish government 1,000 more police officers over alleged links to “terrorist organizations”
  • 10 including nice of Turkish cleric Gülen arrested while trying to enter Greece

About Us

Turkey Purge monitors unlawful crackdown of Turkish government in the aftermath of the failed coup, maps human rights abuses, hate crime and hate speech against political dissent in the country.
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress