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Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison

Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

A deputy police chief, who had been held in prison for over four years, was found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkey’s Gümüşhane E Type Closed Prison. The photos taken after his death revealed the poor conditions of the prison facility. According to the Bold...
Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson

Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

A reputed mob boss said in an interview on July 22 that he was asked by the Turkish government to murder Andrew Brunson, an American Pastor who spent some two years in a Turkey prison over alleged terrorism and espionage-related charges “AK Party wanted to kill...
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet

Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 17, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of one of the military cadets who were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, was sent to prison early on Friday. According to Çetinkaya’s daughter, Rüveyda, she was jailed for “praising a crime and...
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms

Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turkish parliament to pass laws that ban social media platforms, including Twitter and Netflix, due to the “recent increase of immoral acts” on these platforms. The President’s address came a day after...
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54

Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2020 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

Haluk Savaş, a psychiatry professor and a purge victim, died of cancer at the age of 54, his wife announced on Tuesday. “My angel’s gone,” she tweeted. Meleğim gitti #HalukSavaş — Doç. Dr. Esen Savaş (@DoktorEsenSavas) June 30, 2020 Savaş was a...
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak

9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2020 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown

9 international human rights groups have called on governments aroud the world, NGOs and the UN to push the Turkish government to release political prisoners and “condemn its use of the pandemic to further target human rights defenders.” The right groups...
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak

U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2020 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown

Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote a letter last week calling on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to release journalists, civil society activists, and members of the political opposition “who...
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families

Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 10, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Police teams armed with machine guns raided a house in Adana belonging to a family accused of “giving financial support” to the purge-victims who were either jailed or fired from their jobs over Gülen links. Among the detainees is a woman with a six-month old baby...
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report

3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 4, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Three lawmakers, Leyla Güven, Musa Farisoğulları from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Enis Berberoğlu from the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), were stripped of their lawmaker status on Thursday, Reuters reported. Berberoğlu was convicted for...
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report

Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2020 | Today in Crackdown

Esra Yurt, a Turkish woman who was detained as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gulen group, said in an interview that she had her feet burned with acid in police custody at the notorious Ankara Anti-Terror Branch (TEM). Speaking to Turkish journalist...
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  • Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
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  • U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
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