Two Dead, Forty Detained in New ‘Gay Purge’ in Chechnya: Activists
A Russian LGBT rights group on Monday reported a new wave of persecution against gay people in Chechnya, in which ...
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The Jailing of a Hero: Halil Demir’s Tragic Story
Halil Demir had served his nation with distinction and honor. The Turkish government repaid him by branding him a "terrorist" ...
Authorities: Most Detained in Saudi Purge Agree to Financial Settlement
Most Saudi elites detained in a sweeping anti-corruption purge last month have agreed to a financial settlement in exchange for ...
Saudi Arabia Arrests 10 Princes, Dozens of Ex-ministers in Massive Anti-Corruption Purge
Saudi Arabia arrested 10 princes and dozens of former government ministers on Saturday, in a major purge immediately after an ...
Turkey To Free 3,000 Criminals To Make Space For Purge Victims
Turkey is preparing to release from jail hundreds of individuals convicted of petty crimes to make room for people arrested ...
This Is How My Cellmate Is Tortured In Turkey
It was 3 o’clock at night. I woke up with the loud knock on my door. I put a kiss ...
Turkey’s Enemies of State: Irony of Pacifist ‘Terrorist’
When the coup attempt happened on July 15th, 2016, it was immediately blamed on the Gulen movement in Turkey. People within the movement ...
After ECtHR, Turkey’s Top Court Rejects To Review Purge Cases
In a decision that concerns more than 150,000 public servants who were dismissed by government decrees during the state of ...
Turkey Reshuffles Top Army Brass Amid Controversy
A botched coup on July 15, 2016, sent the Turkish military, once a formidable actor with a wide-range political sway, ...
Turkey Crackdown Now Hits AKP Bigwigs
In many chaotic and tumultuous historical periods, political upheavals eventually begin to target the people close to the power center, ...
No Future For Turkey’s Purged Officials
The humanitarian and socio-economic cost of Turkey's sweeping purge steadily worsens, with dismissed officials striving to make ends meet, fight ...
For Turkey’s Top Judge, No Rights Infringed After Coup
As Turkey's Council of State marked its 149th anniversary of its foundation this week, its president delivered a speech that ...
Report: Turkey Is Preparing To Arrest 215,000 More In Crackdown
Turkey's sweeping purge is set to further expand as the pro-government media is sending signals of a larger wave with ...
I’m Turkish Journalist. I Left Everything Behind For Honest Reporting
I am a Turkish journalist and I'm coming from a country that has the highest number of imprisoned or exiled ...
Turkey Suspends 9,000 Police In Latest Purge
The Turkish government has suspended more than 9,000 police officers in the latest purge wave since abortive coup attempt last ...
Demanding Jobs Back, Turkey’s Purged Academics Are On Hunger Strike
Nuriye Gulmen has become a symbol of civil disobedience and peaceful resistance to political repression under the state of emergency. ...
Erdogan Signals To Extend State of Emergency
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made little secret of his intentions to extend the state of emergency, hinting that the Turkish ...
Turkey Fires 293 Public Workers In Latest Purge
In the latest decree published on Wednesday, the Turkish government has fired 293 public officials ahead of a referendum on ...
Turkish Police Walk Over Robes, Drag Professors on Ground
Cebeci Üniversitesi önünde akademisyenler ve öğrencileri polis işkenceyle gözaltına aldı pic.twitter.com/BTiZX5Nstf — hayritunc (@hayriituncc) February 10, 2017 A picture ...
Professor: Turkey Purged My Father in 1948, Me in 1980 and My Assistant Today
"In 1948, they dismissed my father from university, me in 1980 and purged my assistant today," a leading ...
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