Human Tragedies

Policeman who fought against putchists arrested while getting treatment at hospital

Ekrem Türk, a 34-year old police officer who fought to prevent the advance of army tanks in Turkish capital on the day of failed coup bid of July 15, 2016 was rounded up while he was getting treatment at a private hospital in Ankara. Türk was sent to Cebeci police station in Ankara on the […]

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Woman looking after disabled children alone as prosecutor husband under arrest for 270 days

Hacer Çakmak is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt. She is a mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish

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Third suspicious disappearance in a week: Teacher dismissed in post-coup crackdown not seen for 14 days

Cengiz Usta, a 44-year-old teacher who was dismissed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state-institutions, has been missing since Apr 4, joining two other education professionals who are claimed to have been abducted in the same week. The mystery all three have in common in their profiles is that they

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74-year-old dies of heart attack in prison, children in handcuffs during funeral

The 74-year-old businessman Recep Erdem, under arrest as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, passed away after a heart attack while his two children, also in prison over similar charges, were allowed to attend funeral ceremony only in handcuffs. According to local media outlets, Erdem suffered a heart attack in prison early April

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Government cuts off funds for disabled child over father’s Gülen links

The Turkish government has cut off funds granted to Rafia Nur, a 12-year-old child whose father has been arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by authorities of masterminding a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. According to the Yeni Asya daily, E.A., a dismissed public servant and father

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Paralyzed by ill-treatment in Sivas prison, Turkish police officer dies at 33

Kadir Eyce, a 33-year-old police officer who was jailed due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has died several weeks after he was released from prison due to health problems. According to photos and tweets posted by family members on Twitter, Eyce had been denied food and water in jail, thereby losing 45 kilograms

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[VIDEO] Mother transferred to Gebze prison, baby left in care of lawyers

A breastfeeding mother was separated from her eight-month-old baby when she was transferred from an İstanbul prison to another one in Gebze, the pro-Kurdish DİHA news agency reported on Tuesday. According to the agency, Gülistan Akbaba was transferred from İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison for Women and Juveniles, where she had been held for over two years,

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Former warden at gov’t-closed dormitory says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison

M.E., a 34-year-old Turkish man who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement, has told the New York Times that he was subjected to sexual assault, beatings and asphyxiation in prison. In last part of State of Emergency article series, Times interviewed two followers of the Gülen movement who live “like a

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Arrested vet diagnosed with cancer, not allowed for treatment at hospital

Turkish veterinary doctor Harun Vural was diagnosed with cancer during his term under pre-trial detention however, the prosecutor in charge denies him permission to stay at hospital before an upcoming surgery. Erzurum-based veterinarian has been under arrest as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the last year’s

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