by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
A comprehensive report, released last week by the Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) on prison conditions in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has exposed widespread human rights violations and...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2016 | Anti-Kurdish, Human Rights Abuses
The shutdown of the health care system during the unrest and curfews in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern provinces of Turkey since peace efforts collapsed in July 2015 has had disastrous effects on people’s ability to access health care services – resulting in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Human Tragedies
With Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt already gone off the rails, Turkey Purge has been continuously receiving anonymous tips from victims as well as from their relatives. The wife of an arrested man in Isparta province identified only by the initials U.T. decries the...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze