by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yurdal Gökçe, a purge-victim police officer who died on November 29 in a construction accident in Gebze, has been reinstated to his job, the Kronos news website reported. Gökçe (41) was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 28, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Leaked photos have revealed the final minutes of Teoman Gökçe, a top judge and a former member of the Turkish Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) who passed away following a heart attack in prison in April 2018. In the photos, which were reportedly taken on April...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Tunahan Gözlügöl, a student from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), has been sentenced to 8 years and 22 days in prison for “insulting” rector Mustafa Verşan Kök in a tweet he posted last month. According to the Yol Haber news portal, Gözlügöl...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24,256 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the Gülen group since a coup attempt in July 2016, according to the Defense Ministry, the T24 news portal reported. Turkey accuses the group of...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
This Kurdish man was just released from prison after serving 30 years on so-called terror charges. This is his first picture as a free man! According to reports by the Turkish media, Hüseyin Bilge was sentenced to life in prison by the Turkey’s notorious State...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court ruled to keep renowned Turkish philanthropist and rights advocate Osman Kavala in prison at his latest court hearing, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Kavala is accused of orchestrating the Gezi Park mass protests in the summer of 2013 in a...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Two Kurdish brothers, named Seyfettin Yaşa and Metin Yaşa, were released by a Turkish court on December 18 after 30 years of imprisonment over terror charges, the Mezopotamya news portal reported. According to the report, Yaşa brothers were sentenced to life in prison...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Esra Çiçeklidağ, a former judge dismissed from her job by a government decree, entered 44th day of her arrest at a prison in Gebze, a district in Kocaeli Province. The purge victim judge is accused of alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A mother took her 4-year-old child to prison with her after being jailed over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Kurdish prisoner named Vedat Çem Erkmen took his own life on Sunday at an F Type prison in Tekirdağ province, according to Turkish authorities. Erkmen was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Purge-victim police officer reinstated to job a month after his death
Purge-victim judge’s last ever pictures revealed
ODTÜ student gets 8 months in prison over tweets criticizing rector
24,256 dismissed from Turkish army since failed 2016 coup: Defense Ministry
Kurdish man released from prison after serving 30 years on terror charges
Turkish court rules to keep businessman Kavala in prison once again
2 Kurdish brothers set free after 30 years in Turkish prison: report
Former judge enters 44th day in prison with her 6-month-old baby: report
4-year-old child joins mother in prison: report
Turkish authorities say Kurdish prisoner committed suicide in Tekirdağ prison