by TurkeyPurge | Sep 28, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Heavily-armed Turkish police along with a group of cameramen from the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have detained at least 30 people, including municipal employees in the southern province of Mersin where a police officer was killed in an attack on...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Sevgi Balcı, a purge-victim nurse who committed suicide in early 2017, was reinstated to her job by the Turkish authorities more than five years after her death, according to the Kronos news portal. Balcı was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Hasan Basri Ç., a 73-year-old purge-victim man, died in a Turkish prison late on Wednesday, journalist Sevinç Özarslan tweeted. “Another death in prison. Hasan Basri Ç., who underwent prostate and heart surgery in prison, was found dead in his bed at Ünye M Type...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
An eight-year-old baby of an incarcerated parents was sent to an Edirne prison with her mother on Friday, according to Turkish Journalist Sevinç Özarslan. According to the report, the baby’s mother and father have been sent to prison over alleged links to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s pro-government Sabah daily has published secretly taken photos and the residential location of Cevheri Güven, an exiled Turkish journalist whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world. The Sabah daily, owned by the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
After spending more than three decades in a Turkish prison, this Kurdish man is now free. According to Mezopotamya news portal, Hanefi Eser had been convicted in 1992 over alleged terror links. After spending three decades in prison, he was released from...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 8, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
An 80-year-old Kurdish woman, named Makbule Özer, has been released after spending some four months in prison in Van province, according to Mezopotamya news portal. She was arrested by a Turkish court on May 9 over alleged links to a “terrorist” organization. Özer was...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A 47-year-old purge-victim police officer who committed suicide has been laid to rest in his hometown, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The police officer, named Mehmet Ali Gündoğan, was reportedly fired from his job with a decree issued in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
Bekir Akarsu, 57-year-old purge-victim police commissioner, died of heart attack on September 3, according to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan. Akarsu was fired from his job with a decree issued by the government in the aftermath of the coup attempt in 2016. He was...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
A Syrian woman, named Reyhan Abdi, was sent to prison on August 30 over alleged links to a “terrorist organization,” the Bold news portal reported. Abdi was reportedly detained by İstanbul police early on August 26. After spending some three days in police...
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Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze