by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal has recently been released on probation after serving a total of 4 years, 8 months in İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison on terror charges. Erdal used to work for the Zaman and Yeni Hayat dailies, both of which were closed down by the Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2021 | Int'l Reactions
UN Human Rights Committee calls has called on the Kyrgyz authorities to take all measure to locate and guarantee the physicals and mental integrity of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
One of Turkey’s military cadets that were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, has been denied permission by Turkish authorities to attend his parents’ funeral. The parents of cadet Murat Can Güney were killed in a car crash on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 13, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A regional appeals court in Turkey has upheld a prison sentence of nine years, five months handed down to a woman with maxillary sinus cancer over alleged links to the Gulen group, the Bold news portal reported. Among the accusations are claims that she deposited 300...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 13, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Parents of one of Turkey’s military cadets that were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, were killed in a car crash on Sunday, a lawyer representing the family tweeted. “It is now my job to let the cadet know that he lost...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Reyhan İnandı, wife of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) due to his alleged links to the Gülen group, continues to calls for increasing efforts to locate and rescue...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2021 | Human Tragedies
Father of one of the military cadets who were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, died of heart attack hours after visiting his son in Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul. According to a Twitter account managed by family...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Levent Üzümcü, a Turkish actor known for his critical stance against the Erdogan government, has been interrogated by the police for posting speculative tweets with the aim of causing an increase in US dollar rates. I have been summoned [by the police] for a tweet I...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court has ruled for the continuation of the imprisonment of Nuriye Gülmen, a former teacher who was removed from her job as part of a government’s post-coup purge. Gülmen is to remain behind bars until the next hearing, scheduled for September 2021. Gülmen...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Bishkek embassy has locked its Twitter account following recent accusations of abduction of a Kyrgyz-Turkish dual citizen by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). The embassy’s move drew strong ire from many social media users as it was...
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