by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Turkish journalist Ahmet Turan Alkan, in pre-trial detention for 23 months, has lost 30 kilograms during his time behind bars, his lawyer Faruk Zorba said. “Ahmet Turan Alkan has lost 30 kilograms in prison. He did not talk about it but he has medical problems,” Zorba...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, has sent a letter from Silivri Prison, where he has been incarcerated for 22 months. In his letter Alkan, 65, explains...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Police at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport seized the passport of Fatma Tunç, the wife of writer Aziz Tunç while she was on way to visit her husband in Germany, media said Wednesday. Briefly detained at the airport, Tunç was told by police that there are “suspected people”...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 30 people were detained by anti-terrorism police in Istanbul early Wednesday. The detainees include Veli Büyükşahin, columnist for the Artigercek online news portal and the former chairman of the now-defunct TV10 television channel, as well as the writer...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Writer and poet Fadıl Öztürk was detained early Friday, according to Artigercek, an online news outlet where he writes weekly columns. At least 6 plainclothes police officers raid Öztürk’s home in Izmir and detained him on charges of making propaganda on behalf of a...
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