by TurkeyPurge | Jun 1, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown, Torture
Two villagers from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Hakkari province have been tortured for hours by a group of soldiers while they were shepherding their sheep, according to media. Mezopotampya online news agency said Friday that Ramazan Tas and Nasır Taş, two shepherds...
by TurkeyPurge | May 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-six people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were reportedly fleeing Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt to Greece. Hurriyet newspaper said Saturday that a group of 26 rounded up were caught in six cars stopped by gendarmerie...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 58-year-old Samsun man, identified as H.A., who was being sought over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement was caught while he was doing gardening at his yard in the Güngendağ village. Gendarmerie raided H.A.’s home and detained him while he was planting out...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Three people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were on their way to escape to the Greece on Feb 2, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday. Anadolu said gendarmerie stopped a bus near the Üyüklütatar village in Edirne and rounded...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least two people were detained while they were allegedly on their way to flee Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece, media said on Dec 10. State-run Anadolu news agency gendarmerie, acting upon an earlier tipoff, found two people, identified as B.A. and A.A....
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