Turkey Purge

The US suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all its diplomatic facilities in Turkey over what it called ‘recent events,’ on Sunday. “Recent events have forced the United States government to reassess the commitment of government of Turkey to the security of U.S. mission and personnel,” a statement by the US embassy in Ankara said. […]

The Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, the Venice Commission, on Friday said Turkey’s emergency decree laws, which were passed in the wake of a failed coup attempt in 2016, go beyond what is permitted by international standards and the Turkish Constitution. According to a press release from the COE,

Imprisoned pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ have been nominated for the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought given by the European Parliament (EP), the EP press service reported on Wednesday. The reason for the nomination of the imprisoned leaders was that “[t]hey are the symbols of the repression

Amnesty International’s (AI) local branch in UK’s Kirklees distict launched a photo exhibition in solidarity with whom it called Turkey’s silenced voices, on Sept 29. “The pews of the town Centre Church will be filled with photographs and information relating to those journalists who have been detained in a clampdown by the Turkish state following