by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Sıddık Güler, a Kurdish man who has been held in a prison in Turkey since 1994, is being denied release by Turkish courts despite severe cardiac disease, according to the Jiyan Haber news portal. Güler was reportedly jailed in 1994 on terror charges and had stayed in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Melek Çetinkaya, mother of Furkan Çetinkaya, one of the military cadets who were jailed on coup charges in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, was detained Saturday for protesting his son’s imprisonment. Çetinkaya’s protest was stifled by...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Gültekin Avcı, a former Turkish prosecutor and TV pundit who was released pending trial on Friday, was detained again on early on Saturday morning, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Avcı was initially detained on Sept. 18, 2015 as part of an investigation...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Kemal Bilici, an Turkish teacher who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Wednesday morning. According to the Bold Medya news portal, Bilici had been held in prison for over three years and he did not have any serious health issue...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Nalan Can, a Turkish judge who was fired from his job after a coup attempt in July 2016, was put in pre trial detention over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group. According to CNN Turk news portal, Can was caught by the Turkish police in Denizli and sent to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty Germany has issued another urgent action document, calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing since...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday ruled to acquit British academic Chris Stephenson, who was tried for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda due to his signature on a petition that called for a peaceful resolution to the country’s Kurdish conflict,...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Three unidentified men attempted to abduct a Turkish teacher in Ankara as he was about to get into his car. The gunmen fled after the victim started shouting and managed to attract a small crowd, according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights activist and...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of at least 152 people in a massive post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, the Turkish Minute news portal reported. Turkey accuses the movement of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt, although...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
The building that once served as the headquarters of the government-seized Zaman daily, will soon be transferred to Istanbul’s Bakırköy Courthouse as an additional service building. According to an e-mail sent out to the courthouse’s employees last week,...
In prison for over 26 years, 80-year-old Kurdish man denied release despite severe cardiac disease
Mother of imprisoned cadet in police custody for demanding son’s release
Former prosecutor, TV pundit detained hours after release: report
Jailed in post-coup crackdown, Turkish teacher dies in Manisa prison
Dismissed Turkish judge put in pre-trial detention on coup charges: report
Amnesty Germany calls for action: Write a letter to Turkish officials about two missing Turkish men
Bilgi’s British academic who signed peace declaration acquitted of terror charges
Unidentified gunmen attmpts to abduct Turkish teacher in Ankara: report
Turkey detains 152 over coup, terror charges in one day
Former Zaman building to be given to Bakırköy Courthouse as additional service building