Turkey Purge

The father of Turan Görüryılmaz, a journalist and a former host the for now-closed Bugün TV, has passed away while his son failed to show up in funerals, fearing persecution at the hands of Turkish government, which has proved to be the biggest jailer of journalists across the world. Görüryılmaz has been living in exile […]

A document recently issued by a prosecutor’s office in Trabzon stated that there is no ground to investigate a torture complaint since there is impunity under state of emergency for police officers. A few minor Turkish news portals published the document on Sunday displaying the reasoning for dropping charges against police officers who allegedly tortured

Turkey’s Education Ministry is in the process of including the concept of jihad in compulsory school curricula, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Friday. Speaking during a press conference on Friday, Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz explained the details of the new curriculum to members of the press. The new curriculum, which will be finalized in February,

One of 11 jailed deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Nursel Aydoğan, has been given a prison sentence of four years, eight months on charges of committing crimes on behalf of a terror organization despite not being a member of it. The Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court handed down the prison sentence to

A group of Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions (KESK) members who were suspended under Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule, are fined TL 227 [$61] for each day of their protest to recover their jobs. Four protestors have been gathering at Yüzüncüyıl intersection in Malatya province in order to protest their suspensions for the past seven straight

Aladdin Kaya, under arrest since Aug. 19, faces life in prison as part of a post-coup prosecution into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of organizing a coup attempt on July 15. The movement denies involvement. Kaya was the legal owner of Turkey’s biggest newspaper, Zaman until it was seized by the government as

Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 73 women as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government blames for a July 15 coup attempt. 55 of the suspects were rounded up on Friday. Turkey’s unprecedented witch-hunt had resulted in the imprisonment of 41,752 people as of Dec. 30, according

Trustees were appointed to 2 companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a botched coup on July 15, on Thursday. Ada Aygün furniture company and Aygünler textile firm were seized over coup charges. Trustees from the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) were