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Leftist rights activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death after coup

Leftist rights activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death after coup

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Veli Saçılık, a sociologist and leftist human rights activist, has visited the grave of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while in police custody in the wake of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 over alleged membership in the Gülen group....
Mother of purge-victim public servant beaten by police for protesting son’s dismissal from service

Mother of purge-victim public servant beaten by police for protesting son’s dismissal from service

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Kezban Şaçılık, the septuagenarian mother of the purge-victim Turkish civil servant Veli Şaçılık, was reportedly beaten by a group of police officers for publicly protesting his son’s dismissal under post-coup emergency rule. Veli Saçılık is a former political...
Investigation launched against dismissed public worker’s 70-year-old mother

Investigation launched against dismissed public worker’s 70-year-old mother

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

An Ankara prosecutor has launched a probe against 7 people including Kezban Şaçılık, the septuagenarian mother of the dismissed civil servant Veli Şaçılık. Veli Saçılık is a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by government decree in the...
Broken bone in his shoulder: One-armed protestor detained for protesting Turkey purge

Broken bone in his shoulder: One-armed protestor detained for protesting Turkey purge

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Veli Saçılık, a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, was detained by police after he attempted to protest his dismissal under post-coup emergency rule in Ankara. Newly...
‘Police shot me with hundreds of plastic bullets’: purged public servant

‘Police shot me with hundreds of plastic bullets’: purged public servant

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police fired hundreds of plastic bullets at Veli Saçılık, a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by a government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. In the 43-second...

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