“My husband is in jail. He was the only person who took care of me. What am I supposed to do now? The cancer I have is already stage 4. I was laid off from my job with the recent gov’t decree. I have to pay rent. I have to look after our two children. […]
C.P., a Turkish journalist of 20 years, was successful in escaping his country in the light snowballing government pressure particularly against media personnel. Turkey Purge is aimed at helping them make their voices heard and encouraging colleagues from all around the world to speak out, in a new video series. C.P. is among hundreds of
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An official from Turkey’s Ministry of Family and Social Policy has said authorities are investigating foster families for suspected ties to a failed coup attempt on July 15 and may remove children from homes if their guardians are found to be supporters of the coup attempt, according to Reuters. Turkey survived a military coup attempt
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A total 19,828 academics have been dismissed, stripped of the right to teach at universities or have become unemployed due to the closure of their universities by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, BBC Turkish reported on Sunday. According to the report, 3,850 academics have been directly dismissed as part of an investigation
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A student dormitory in İstanbul’s Fatih district that belonged to the Gülen movement but has been seized by the government due to a heavy crackdown it has launched on the movement has been transferred to the Service for Youth and Education Foundation of Turkey (TÜRGEV), an organization where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal is
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A theater play of Levent Üzümcü, a thespian who is critical of the Turkish government, was cancelled by the Artvin Governor’s Office with no reason given, the T24 news website reported on Saturday. The play, titled “This Is Your Story,” was scheduled to be staged in Artvin on Dec. 3 at the Nihat Gökyiğit Center
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A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 98 people were arrested, while 152 others were detained over the past 48 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at
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At a time when the Turkish government has been waging an all-out war on the faith-based Gülen movement, the country’s prime minister, Binali Yıldırım, has accused the movement of carrying out an operation to ruin the Turkish economy. “Since it failed to make its golden shot on July 15, this vile FETÖ is now conducting
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Former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Hasan Hami Yıldırım was arrested in Turkey on Friday. Yıldırım, who was elected deputy from Burdur province in 2011, was arrested on charges of alleged membership in an “armed terrorist organization.” The government argues that the Gülen movement is a terrorist organization and holds it responsible for
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Turkish general Mehmet Yalınalp, who was sacked following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15 while he was serving as the head of NATO’s air command strategy in Germany, said the government’s purge of top commanders and pilots in the Turkish army is causing deep long-term damage in the second-biggest army in NATO.
