Turkey Purge

An Edirne parent has been put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists and pro Kurdish HDP deputy, as mother Hatice Saylak […]

“When I read the newspapers, I sometimes feel frustrated like they’re only trying to save Pastor Andrew Brunson, but not us.” These words reportedly uttered by Kubra Gölge, the wife of Serkan Gölge, a 37-year-old physicist and research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Mr Gölge who holds American citizenship, was jailed in February to

At least 154 people, who attempted to escape to Greece and Bulgaria, have been intercepted in Turkey’s border province of Edirne over the past two years, media said. Hurriyet said Aug 14 that Turkish military have, so far, rounded up 154 people for trying to flee Turkey to neighboring two countries through Edirne province. The

English-language teacher, identified by his initials S.B., was intercepted in a restricted military area near Turkey’s Greek border in Edirne province, media reported Monday. S.B. used to work at a private school that was closed down over its ties to the Gulen movement in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup. The teacher

The number of Turkish nationals claiming asylum in 28 EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland has increased by  2,590 or 39 percent in the first half of 2018, a recent report noted. Malta-based the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) released asylum statistics compiled from EU+ countries, which groups 28 EU members together with Norway and Switzerland. At