Human Tragedies

The mother of Ümit Horzum, a dismissed public servant who was reportedly abducted from his car in Ankara earlier this month, has asked for help from officials, in a video recording. “My son has been missing since Dec 6. Where did they take my son? What did my son do? Did he kill somebody? I […]

Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul who was jailed in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup, is not responding to cancer treatment, according to his mother. “The illness relapses two times during chemotherapy. The doctor calls you to his room to give you the

Heval Bozay, a teaching assistant at Nevsehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University’s Archeology department until he was dismissed by a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule last year, is now earning his keep by operating a grocery store. Graduated from the Istanbul University’s archeology department, Bozay also holds a master degree from the same faculty.

Engin Öztürk, a father of three who spent 15 months behind bars over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has been released only after his wife, Vina Öztürk passed away following a heart attack. Engin was the sole breadwinner of the Öztürk family until he was jailed in an Antalya prison 15 months ago.

Fatma Türkmen, who gave birth to a baby in Ankara on Monday, was reportedly detained on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the Twitter account @Odak2014, police came to the hospital several hours after Türkmen gave

A Turkish family of five has reportedly drowned after a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, off the western coast of Turkey, according to several Turkish media outlets. The victims have reportedly been sought by the Turkish government over their links to the Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding a coup attempt in July 15, 2016.

A group of public servants who were fired from their jobs with decrees issued by the Turkish gov’t in the aftermath of last year’s coup attempt, has opened a restaurant in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. According to the Haberdar news portal, the 22 purge-victim public servants who were fired several days after the coup attempt

Rana Ozturk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Ozturk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, suffered a heart attack, media reported on Nov 18. Engin, a former employee of the now-defunct International Antalya University, was the sole breadwinner of the Ozturk family