by TurkeyPurge | Dec 13, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Ever wondered about Turkey’s global abduction programme and allegations of secret torture sites in the country? If yes, a team of nine media organizations from eight countries, coordinated by @correctiv_org, a non-profit investigative newsroom in Europe,...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
A report prepared by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on the occasion of the Dec.10, Human Rights Day, has revealed that at least 2,000 members of the HDP have been detained in the first 11 months of 2018, 500 of whomhave been sent to jail, the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 2,880 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in European Union countries in October, the highest monthly number so far in 2018, according to an announcement from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) on Tuesday, Deutsche Welle reported. There has been a 9...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Turkish television anchor Erkan Tan, known for his staunch pro-government stance on A Haber TV, on Tuesday called for the beheading of protesters who were involved in the countrywide anti-government Gezi protests in the summer of 2013. While arguing in a column for...
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by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk, who produced investigative reports on the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, on Tuesday was sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist organization. Öztürk was released pending appeal...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The number of investigations launched on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was 20,539 in 2017, Bilgi University Professor Yaman Akdeniz told media Tuesday. 6,033 of such investigations made it to the courts last year, Akdeniz added. The total number...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish popular historian and author Talha Uğurluel, who was appearing on TV often, has been arrested and jailed on terrorism charges due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt in...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Five aircrafts that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). Earlier, the Turkish authorities sealed the hangars and aircraft of Tarkim Air at İstanbul Atatürk...
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by TurkeyPurge | Dec 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Monday detained 22 female members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who started a hunger strike in solidarity with jailed party deputy Leyla Güven, the özgürüz.org news website reported. Police forces raided the HDP’s Diyarbakır office and...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 696 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 696 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement...
