Human Tragedies

A 5-year-old boy from Istanbul who, along with his mother, fled the Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt to Greece has been diagnosed with leukaemia in Athens. “Nail Koçal, a 5-year-old Turkish refugee in Greece, was diagnosed with leukaemia on Thursday. His blood values are so low that he immediately started chemotherapy treatment. They need your prayers […]

Turkish journalist Ahmet Turan Alkan, in pre-trial detention for 23 months, has lost 30 kilograms during his time behind bars, his lawyer Faruk Zorba said. “Ahmet Turan Alkan has lost 30 kilograms in prison. He did not talk about it but he has medical problems,” Zorba told the court during a hearing on Friday. The Istanbul

Ibrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was put in pre-trial detention a month ago over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has reportedly committed suicide in Silivri Prison. Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a rights defender and a medical doctor himself who was dismissed as part of the post-coup purge as well, tweeted on June

An Adana-based taecher who was removed from her job as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown, has died of cancer, according to media. Hatice Ezgi Orçan was diagnosed with cancer after she was dismissed from the post with an emergency decree. The 33-year-old teacher had several surgeries to recover, ton no avail. With most

Mehmet Ali Uludağ, a Turkish refugee in Germany who lost his wife to cerebral hemorrhage last week, said that his elder brother has been detained in a midnight raid back home. “My pain has been multiplied now. I have two brothers. One is Veli Uludağ who died as a martyr for Turkey in 1996. My other

A 4-year-old girl from Turkey’s Mersin province who has been suffering from microcephaly, a rare medical condition in which the newborn’s skull is much smaller than expected, is unable to leave Turkey as her parents face travel ban due to post-coup emergency rule. In addition microcephaly, Arin Rohani has also difficulty in speaking and walking,