by TurkeyPurge | Aug 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Hatay 2nd High Criminal court has sentenced Muhammed Mahmud Derviş, 22, a Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militant who was captured by Turkish forces during an offensive in the northern Syrian town Afrin in March, to aggravated life in prison on...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Cem Kucuk, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called on the government to close down the critical TV channel, KRT. “[Foreigners] in YPG ranks in Afrin fire their guns against Turkish troops. And then, this KRT TV channel host...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for tweets critical of Turkish military operations in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 9, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Torture
A video that has recently emerged on social media purportedly shows a group of Turkish-speaking soldiers posing with beheaded people or allegedly outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants. Turkey Purge cannot authenticate the details regarding the newly...