by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s human rights organizations have said at least 404 people were subjected to torture or mistreatment in the country in 2020, the Kronos news portal reported. According to a report released by Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV), an organization is committed...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Emel Bayraktar, a 29-year-old teaching assistant at Turkey’s Bingöl University, has been sent to prison over alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement. According to a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has shared his first photo since the beginning of his prison sentence on April 3, 2021. His son, Salih Gergerlioğlu, posted the picture on his...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court has ruled to release a 32-year-old Turkish citizen and a PhD candidate at Canada’s Carleton University after 265 days in prison on accusation of “inciting terror and violence.” Cihan Erdal was sent to prison in Turkey in September 2020. According to...
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by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A purge-victim Turkish woman tweeted a short video of her family walking into a river at the Greek-Turkish border in an attempt to flee Turkey via illegal means. The family is believed to have been prosecuted by the Turkish government due to alleged membership to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
İsmet Özçelik, a 61-year-old Turkish academic wo was abducted and rendered from Malaysia to Turkey in 2017, is in the 1480th day of his imprisonment on terror charges. Özçelik was given refugee protection by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) before he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 20, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police stifled at least 56 protests across Turkey and detained 618 people in May, according to a new report released by Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). According to the report, 219 detainees were...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
At least 52 military cadets have been detained by the Turkish police over alleged terror and coup accusations, the Bold news portal reported. Police raids were conducted across 17 provinces late on Saturday night as part of an investigation based in İstanbul....
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 19, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Emma Sinclair-Webb, a senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW), has said during a live interview that the Turkish government is “brazenly boasting” about the “success” of the country’s intelligence agency in abducting and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 19, 2021 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
German authorities has urged the Kyrgyz government to figure out the whereabouts of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by the Turkish Intelligence over alleged Gulen links. Today marks the 16th day of İnandı’s...
At least 404 people subjected to torture or mistreatment in 2017: TİHV
1-month pregnant teaching assistant sent to prison over alleged Gulen links
Purge-victim Turkish MP shares first photo from prison
Turkish court releases Carleton PhD candidate after 265 days in prison
[VIDEO] “My kids will never forget this day”
UNHCR-protected Turkish academic in 1480th day of his imprisonment
Turkish police stifle 56 protests, detain 618 people throughout May
Turkish police detain 52 military cadets on terror, coup accusations
Turkish gov’t “brazenly boasting” about the “success” of the country’s intelligence agency
German authorities urge Kyrgyz gov’t to figure out whereabouts of missing educator