by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Mother and nephew of Murat Şen, the mayor of İdil, a town in Şırnak Province in southeastern Turkey, were reportedly beaten by a group of police officers during a police raid on their house early on Saturday. “Earlier today, they arrested my nephew in a house...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Naciye Türemiş, a 65-year-old Kurdish woman from Bitlis province, was sent to prison by a Turkish court on Saturday over alleged terror accusations, the Bitlis news portal reported. Türemiş, who has reportedly been diagnosed with advenced kidney and uterine diseases,...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Faruk Güllü, one of the owners of the leading baklava maker Güllüoğlu Baklava, was given a prison sentence of eight years, nine months over links to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Ayten Sarıkaya Kesler, a 53-year-old Turkish woman with stage 2 cancer, sent to prison on February 12 after being detained at an İstanbul airport upon her arrival from Switzerland, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. The daily said that there was an outstanding arrest...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 14, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Alican Ergun, one of the 355 military cadets who were jailed on coup charges in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, was released from prison for a day to attend his father’s funeral. Alican spent the day of his father’s funeral in handcuffs and...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 13, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
The total number of Turkish citizens who have faced investigations between 2016 and 2018 on terror and coup linked charges reached 1,056,000, according to a former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy. “Despite the destruction, declaring opponents as...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 11, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Arlet Natali Avazyan, an Armenian-origin Turkish human rights activist, was detained following a police raid on her house on Tuesday. The reason for her detention is currenlty unknown. Avazyan is known in Turkey with her tweets that are in critical of the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2020 | Human Tragedies
Hidayet Tosun, a Turkish man from Bolu province, was sent to prison days after he underwent two consecutive eye surgeries, pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted. According to Gergerlioğlu, an oedema formed on Tosun’s retina and he therefore is...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2020 | Int'l Reactions
An online petition has been launched to re-unite an eight-year-old Turkish kid who is receiving cancer treatment in Germany, with his mother, who is not allowed to leave Turkey due to a travel ban. The kid — Ahmet Burhan Ataç, — went to Germany on January...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has fired one of its pilots after he openly criticized the Turkish government on a live TV interview following a Pegasus passenger plane skidding off the runway last Wednesday. Bahadır Altan, a former military pilot who was working for the...
Police beat mother, nephew of Kurdish mayor of İdil during house raid
Turkish court jails 65-year-old Kurdish woman on terror charges: report
Turkish baklava maker Faruk Güllü gets 8 years in prison on terror, coup charges: report
Cancer patient sent to prison for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on social media
Imprisoned military cadet attends father’s funeral in handcuffs: report
1,056,000 people in Turkey investigated on coup, terror related charges to date
Turkish police detain human rights activist: report
Turkish man sent to prison days after two consecutive eye surgeries: report
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Turkish pilot fired from job after criticizing government on live TV interview