Turkey Purge

Monitoring human rights abuses, hate crime/hate speech against political dissent in Turkey's post-coup crackdown //

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Did you know that at least 31 Turkish citizens -- 20 children, 11 adults -- drowned in the Aegean sea in the past three years while seeking to escape the ongoing post-coup crackdown in Turkey?

Click for the new report on the drownings of Turkey's Purge || https://t.co/lk8nS178aW

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Bilal Konakçı, a disabled former bomb disposal expert, had spent some 20 months in prison on terror charges. According to the Official Gazette, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used his presidential power to pardon him last week || https://t.co/hbrwLW9R9c

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When a 9-year-old girl finally got to see her imprisoned father again, cameras were rolling, and so were the tears.

Watch emotional reunion after 20 months in Turkish prison || https://t.co/hbrwLW9R9c

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Bilal Konakçı, a disabled former bomb disposal expert, had spent some 20 months in prison on terror charges. According to the Official Gazette, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used his presidential power to pardon him last week || https://t.co/hbrwLW9R9c

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When a 9-year-old girl finally got to see her imprisoned father again, cameras were rolling, and so were the tears.

Watch emotional reunion after 20 months in Turkish prison || https://t.co/hbrwLW9R9c

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Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from prison on Thursday after a medical report confirmed that she was not fit to stay in prison due to dementia || https://t.co/dbg5u1Qx6D

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Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from prison on Thursday after a medical report confirmed that she was not fit to stay in prison due to dementia || https://t.co/dbg5u1Qx6D

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The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on "terror" accusations || https://t.co/0YBpdsf2xB

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The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on "terror" accusations || https://t.co/0YBpdsf2xB

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Turkish police have detained at least 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links in the past 24 hours. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said police are seeking some 200 others over similar accusations || https://t.co/qRu8WMM1Vq

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Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul's Galata Tower || https://t.co/vdK41ZAegy

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Turkish gov't is seeking the extradition of Germany-based journalist @cevheriguven, whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world.

He reports extensively on Erdogan's murky relations with mafia and crime groups || https://t.co/JjdIci9Uyo

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14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison || https://t.co/kJ5wwHfszC

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This Kurdish youngster, Abdülillah Sarıtaş, is in the 6th year of his imprisonment over involvement in the coup attempt in 2016. He was only in the 2nd month of his mandatory military service on the night of the failed attempt || https://t.co/K6LQea1Wee

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Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application for release filed by Kadri Sancar, a 22-year-old Kurdish youngster who has been held in İzmir prison since 2015 || https://t.co/A9NIQ38Atq

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Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application for release filed by Kadri Sancar, a 22-year-old Kurdish youngster who has been held in İzmir prison since 2015 || https://t.co/A9NIQ38Atq

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This Kurdish youngster, Abdülillah Sarıtaş, is in the 6th year of his imprisonment over involvement in the coup attempt in 2016. He was only in the 2nd month of his mandatory military service on the night of the failed attempt || https://t.co/K6LQea1Wee

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14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison || https://t.co/kJ5wwHfszC

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Turkish gov't is seeking the extradition of Germany-based journalist @cevheriguven, whose weekly Youtube videos attract hundreds of thousands viewers around the world.

He reports extensively on Erdogan's murky relations with mafia and crime groups || https://t.co/JjdIci9Uyo

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Heavily-armed Turkish police along with a group of cameramen from the state-run TRT detained at least 30 people in midnight raids, including municipal employees in the southern province of Mersin || https://t.co/qIdu90mBsL

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Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze || https://t.co/VrMPYKOgDs