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by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Police detained four people including a former parliamentary candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP), media reported Friday. Kenan Marasli was a deputy candidate on HDP tickets in Kayseri in June 24, 2018 elections. The group was detained on...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Sıla Türköne, the daughter of jailed Turkish journalist Mümtazer Türköne, has said her father will celebrate yet a third birthday in Silivri Prison, sharing a photo with her father taken during a prison visit. The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on July 6 sentenced...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A number Islamic books by Fethullah Gulen were seized along with some magazines, CDs and a newspaper issue were seized as evidence for organized crime in Turkey’s Balikesir. According to local media, an Edremit man, identified as A.L.K., was arrested on charges of...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 12 teachers were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Media said Thursday that an Ankara prosecutor issued warrants for 12 teachers who used to work at a school which has been closed over...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Hatay man, identified by his initials M.Y. who is wanted over links to the Gulen movement, was rounded up when he stopped by a notary public in Hatay province. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Thursday that M.Y. went to a notary public’s office to obtain a...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya, a purged and jailed Turkish naval officer who was assigned to NATO prior to a failed coup in Turkey, has told Deutsche Welle that he is coming out of the shadows to relate what he experienced “for those who can’t meet the press, who...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya, who was sentenced to six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, says “hope” and “longing” are the sources of life in prison. Twenty-five Turkish journalists including Kaya were sentenced to terms...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Nuriye Gülmen, a former teacher who is popular for the months-long hunger strike she carried out in protest of her dismissal from the post, was re-detained on Wednesday. “Our clients Nuriye Gülmen ve Mehmet Dersulu were detained in Bodrum,” a local...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court has handed down life sentences to 26 cadet non-commissioned officers over their alleged role in a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to a tweet posted by Askeri Öğr. Komitesi (Military Cadet Committee) on August 6, “even though the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Yet another 5 people were caught while they were reportedly on their way to escape from Turkey with illegal means, media said Wednesday. Gendarmerie rounded up the group in a restricted military area close to Turkey-Greece border. The group consists of 4 educators and...
