by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentences of up to 11 years for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul provincial chairperson, Canan Kaftancıoğlu, for “inciting hatred and hostility” with tweets she had posted over the past two months. She is also...
by TurkeyPurge | May 23, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Mesut Kundakçı, a former judge at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who in 2014 upheld sentences given to the defendants in a match-fixing trial has been given 12 years in prison due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement. The Turkish government accuses the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
At least 2,000 visually-impaired people are among those who were dismissed from their jobs at public institutions, according to Amnesty International. Beril Eski, a press coordinator at Amnesty International Turkey, told journalist Caglar Dilara on Tuesday that the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Zeynep Sipçik, former co-mayor of Mardin’s Dargeçit district, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail. Under arrest since March, 2016, Dipcik was convicted of membership to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), media reported Tuesday. Dipcik was the...
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by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Eight people were detained during a police raid on a student apartment in Turkey’s Kayseri, Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday. Detainees include university students as well as people wanted over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, Anadolu said. Turkey...
by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Bahar A. and Vahit A., two Turkish citizens and the parent of four children, have been held in pre-trial detention for months over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016. According...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 214 people as part of two separate investigations on Tuesday, Anadolu news agency reported. An Ankara-based investigation implicated 129 military officers with suspected links to the Gulen movement along with 11 individuals who are...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences to Eren Keskin, a leading Turkish human rights defender, and six former employees of the now-closed Özgür Gündem daily for disseminating terrorist propaganda, the Diken news website...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Akarsu was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened terror...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Özcan Keleş, a Turkish origin British barrister, was briefly detained on Monday and is facing possible extradition to Turkey on terrorism charges due to his links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt...
