by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Hasan Hüseyin Özese, a former judge dismissed from his position after a failed coup in Turkey in 2016, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday on conviction of membership in the Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. He was one of the judges...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Two graduates of Gulen-linked schools in Turkmenistan died of unknown causes last year, according to Canadian journalist Nick Ashdown. “The Diplomat has learned that two political prisoners in Turkmenistan have died of unknown causes in the last year, both of...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
M. Emin Epçim, a 46-year-old teacher who was dismissed by a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, died of heart attack at a construction site in Turkey’s Amasya district, pro-Kurdish HDP Deputy Ömer Faruk...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Selim Buğrahan, a 87-year old Kurdish man who has been senenced to 5 years in prison on terror charges, died in a prison in Turkey’s Maraş province, according to pro-Kurdish HDP Deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu. A Twitter account that claims to be a close relative...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 9, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Selçuk Türel, a Turkish academic who was fired from his job after a coup attempt in 2016, has been given a prison sentence of ten years over his links to Turkey’s Gülen group, the Bold Medya news portal reported. Türel, an assistant professor at a university in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Çağdaş Erdogan, a Turkish photojournalist, has been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison on charges of spreading the propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 6, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
The 2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize has been bestowed on prominent Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison since November 2017 on terror and coup charges. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
A group of Turkish lawyers who fled an ongoing purge in Turkey, has come together in Berlin, Germany, to mark the opening of the new judicial year, the Kronos news portal reported. According to the report, the event was held in support of some 50 bar associations in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 5, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Gianluca Costantini, a free speech activist and a cartoonist, has drawn a cartoon of Mümtaz’er Türköne, a Turkish political scientist who has been in prison in Turkey over the past three years, caling on the Turkish government to free him as soon as possible....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 4, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced that a total of 41 former mayors have been removed from office and replaced by government-appointed trustees between July 2016 and March 2019, the Diken news website reported on Tuesday. According to the report, these...
In prison for over 26 years, 80-year-old Kurdish man denied release despite severe cardiac disease
Mother of imprisoned cadet in police custody for demanding son’s release
Former prosecutor, TV pundit detained hours after release: report
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Dismissed Turkish judge put in pre-trial detention on coup charges: report
Amnesty Germany calls for action: Write a letter to Turkish officials about two missing Turkish men
Bilgi’s British academic who signed peace declaration acquitted of terror charges
Unidentified gunmen attmpts to abduct Turkish teacher in Ankara: report
Turkey detains 152 over coup, terror charges in one day
Former Zaman building to be given to Bakırköy Courthouse as additional service building