by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A group of protestors gathered at Toronto’s famed Nathan Phillips Square on Friday to demand the release of hundreds of military cadets, who were imprisoned by the Turkish government following a coup attempt in July 2016. The protestors consisted of several...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara prosecutor has issued detention warrants for a total of 51 former public officials, including 27 ex-military officers over alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Yavuz Selim Burgu, a math teacher who suffers from paralysis of the upper half of his body, including his right arm and hand, has been held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen group. Burgu reportedly has 54 percent disability rating. In...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Ayşegül Jale Saraç, a Turkish professor and the former rector of the Diyarbakır-based Dicle University, has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison on charges of membership in a terrorist organization due to her alleged links to the Gülen group, the Hurriyet...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Photos recently posted by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and deputy from the Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), have revealed that a purge-victim police officer who died due to Covid-19 was handcuffed to a hospital bed during intubation. Veysel Atasoy,...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
İlayda Tekgöz, a Turkish woman who is being investigated over alleged Gulen links, has been held in a prison cell with her two children since January 2021, according to journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The purge-victim woman is accused of having links to the Gulen group,...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
An Eskişehir man who suffers from the neurodegenerative Huntington’s Disease, was sent to prison on Monday after an appeals court upheld a 22-month prison sentence for a tweet he posted in 2015. According to a tweet posted by his wife Rukiye Güven, Bekir Güven was...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Kenan Özcan, a 66-year-old Turkish man, died in a Turkish prison late on Tuesday, pro Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted. “Another death in prison. Kenan Özcan. They jailed him on terror charges. He fell ill. He has been through several...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 21, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Fırat Keser, a Kurdish politician from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison over links to a “terrorist” organization, Mezopotamya news agency reported. According to the report, Keser was charged by the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 1,576,566 people have been investigated over membership in so-called “terrorist” organizations in Turkey since July 2016, according to Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a politician from the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). In a live TV interview on...
Purge-victim military cadets demand justice in Toronto for jailed friends
Turkey issues detention warrants for 51 public officials, including 27 former army members
Paralyzed math teacher held in Kayseri prison since April 2017 over Gulen links
Former rector gets 6 years, 3 months in prison on Gulen links: report
Leaked photos show purge-victim police officer handcuffed to hospital bed during intubation: report
Purge-victim Turkish woman held in prison cell with 2 kids since January 2021: report
Turkish court jails Eskişehir man suffering from Huntington’s disease: report
66-year-old purge victim man dies in prison: report
Pro-Kurdish HDP politician gets 7 years, 6 months in prison on “terror” charges: report
1,576,566 people investigated over “terror accusations” since July 2016: Deva Party