by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2019 | Human Tragedies
Bekir Gürcan, a primary school teacher from the western province of Manisa who was dismissed as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died of cancer. Gürcan was diagnosed with colon cancer in December, 2018. Bold Medya reported...
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by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An Islamist pro-government presenter on Akit TV on Tuesday said the people expect Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to be executed. Mehmet Özmen targeted the main opposition leader in a story he was presenting from...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 18 teachers in Turkey’s Ankara as part of a post-coup investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. The suspects are accused of using Bylock, an encrypted mobile app that Turkish government sees as a communication tool...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Pelin Unker, a business reporter with the Istanbul-based Cumhuriyet newspaper, was included in the list of 10 journalists worldwide who face most urgent threats to the press freedom. The list prepared by One Free Press Coalition, a united front of prominent editors...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Suleyman Uzel, a 59-year-old businessman from Turkey’s western province of Denizli was arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Media reported Monday that Uzel was indicted with insulting Erdogan, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Around 42,000 social media accounts were under surveillance mostly over broadened terrorism accusations, according to state-run Anadolu news agency. Anadolu reported Monday that cyber police unit suspected 42,000 social media users of criminal activity,...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Balduz, a Turkish man from the southern province of Adana, has been given a prison sentence of 18 years, 8 months for shooting at a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. According to the Cumhuriyet daily, Balduz attacked the statue located...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
An İstanbul man who publicly protested Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu during an election rally on Sunday was detained by police, several media outlets reported. The unidentified protestor protested Soylu’s criticism of the Felicity Party (SP) at a rally in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Monday handed down life sentences to 15 defendants for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government through a corruption operation against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal Erdogan and some pro-government businessmen...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan showed semi-blurred video footage of a terrorist attack on a New Zealand mosque at a rally in Tekirdağ province on Saturday, the Arti Gerçek news website reported. “If today Erdoğan is being attacked, the reason is that our...
