by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, held under pre-trial trial detention since July 23, 2016, has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison. A Turkish court convicted, on Tuesday, the former rector of the Canakkale Onsekiz...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took over the city’s subway newspaper to demand an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “brutal crackdown against anyone who opposes him.” The foundation published a full-page ad...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A journalist who covered the story of a 45-year-old father’s suicide in Kocaeli due to his inability to buy a pair of trousers for his son’s school uniform was taken into police custody on Monday, the T24 news website reported. He was released on judicial control...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A court in the Turkish capital of Ankara ruled on Friday to arrest Austrian journalist Max Zirngast, who was detained by police on Sept. 11, for alleged membership in the leftist TKP/Kıvılcım terrorist organization, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. According to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Sunday detained at least 14 Migros employees for protesting the delays in compensation payments, the Evrensel daily reported. According to the report, the protest broke out in a Migros food store in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district early on Sunday...
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by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A recent on-the-street interview by a Turkish Youtube channel has shed lights on the extend of fear that even ordinary people have been having for some time. In an interview with Gonca Ukşul from Acik Ekran Youtube channel on Thursday, a middle-aged, gray-colored...
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by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government will continue its global manhunt against the followers of the Gulen movement stating that the operation could take place in the US as well....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-four workers who were detained along with hundreds of others on Saturday for protesting labor conditions at İstanbul’s new airport were put in pre-trial detention by a court on Wednesday, Reuters reported. According to the report, 19 other workers were released...
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by TurkeyPurge | Sep 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least six people were put in pre-trial detention after being detained during police raids in Istanbul last week. Police raided several locations in Istanbul between Sept 6-7 to round up the suspects. Accused of having ties to the Gulen movement, the arrestees...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Hürriyet daily, one of the leading newspapers in Turkey, has parted ways with renowned columnist Taha Akyol. According to a recent tweet posted by Mr. Akyol’s son, Mustafa Akyol, everyone knows why his father was laid off. “Today, Turkey’s largest...
