by TurkeyPurge | Oct 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Rümeysa Berin Şen, a 25-year-old medical doctor and the daughter of purge-victim Turkish professor, Murat Şen, died late on Saturday in a traffic accident in Capital Ankara. According to the Turkish media, Merve’s vehicle crashed into the back of the truck at...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 29 former diplomats due to their alleged links to the Gülen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 21, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expel the ambassadors of the United States, Germany and eight other Western countries after they condemned the imprisonment of Osman Kavala, a civil society leader, the AFP news agency reported reported. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Antalya police on Tuesday detained Fatmana Karakuzu, the mother of Ayşe Özdoğan, an imprisoned woman with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer, for protesting her daughter’s imprisonment over trumped-up charges of “participation in a terrorist organization.” Karakuzu...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government is in process of building hundreds of new prisons within the next four years to create space for as many as 500,000 people, according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Speaking to the Karar TV early on...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Aysel Tuğluk, the former deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization, the Mezopotamya news agency reported. The ruling was made on Friday by...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 16, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Serpil Can, a 33-year-old Turkish housewife who has tested positive for COVID-19, was sent to prison on Thursday in a specially designed jumpsuit, the Kronos news portal reported. Can is accused of having membership in the Gulen group, which the government accuses of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 16, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued on Friday for at least 113 people, including teachers, former public officers, engineers, businessmen and active duty and dismissed military officers, due to alleged links to the Gülen group, the Bold news portal reported. The Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Ali Uçar, a visually impaired Turkish lawyer, is in the 276th day of his imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. The disabled lawyer also suffers from...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Bilal Konakçı, a former bomb disposal expert who lost his right hand and both eyes while trying to dispose of a bomb in 2009, is in the 240th day of his imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The...
Daughter of purge-victim professor dies in traffic accident: report
Turkey issues detention warrants for 29 former diplomats over Gulen links: report
Erdogan threatens to expel 10 Western ambassador over Kavala issue
Antalya police detain 72-year-old woman for protesting imprisonment of daughter with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer
Turkish gov’t to increase prison capacity by a further 500,000 beds by 2024: deputy
Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges: