Turkey Purge

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion against pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Deputy Garo Paylan over his alleged violation of the Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). Article 301 criminalizes denigration of the Turkish nation, the Turkish state, the Turkish Parliament, the government of the Republic of Turkey and the legal […]

Pınar Aydınlar, a famous folk singer and a council member of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was beaten by guards at İstanbul’s Bakırköy prison after refusing a strip search, according to the Cumhuriyet daily. Aydınlar was arrested on Tuesday due to a final judgment by the İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court, immediately upon her arrival at İstanbul Atatürk

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council member Pınar Aydınlar, also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due to a final judgment by the İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court, immediately upon her arrival at İstanbul Atatürk Airport from Germany, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. The court’s original verdict, in which Aydınlar was convicted of “disseminating terrorist

At least 46 people were detained on May 14 during simultaneous police raids across 15 provinces over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. According to the Hurriyet daily, the detentions took place as part of an investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Turkey

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has said his brother Ramazan Danış, a medical professor, was dismissed from his job only because of his family ties. “I wouldn’t want to reveal this but I had to because this period is coming to an end. My brother is a medical professor, a nephrologist.

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of former Zaman daily columnist Ali Ünal, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Ünal’s trial resumed at the Uşak 2nd High Criminal Court on Thursday, when

Architects and engineers who were removed from their jobs at public institutions with post-coup emergency decrees, has been banned from serving as building inspector until the year 3025, media reported. A recent notice, allegedly sent by the Environment and Urban Ministry to the dismissed architects and engineers, said they are not allowed to work as

Meltem Güney, a 29-year old history teacher, has been put in pre-trial detention over alleged membership to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The movement denies any involvement. According to Ferhat Tunç, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, tweeted on May 10 that Güney is 3 month-pregnant and

Professor Onur Hamzaoğlu, the spokesperson of Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) umbrella, was released from prison for a day to attend his mother’s funeral in handcuffs. Hamzaoğlu was earlier fired from his job at Kocaeli university with a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. He was