Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2021 in Review

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad, from spying through diplomatic missions and pro-government diaspora organizations...

Prosecutor appeals court ruling to release Turkish comedian Demirci

The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has appealed a Thursday court decision to release on judicial probation Turkish comedian Atalay Demirci, who was arrested in...

Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request

https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Untitled-1.mp4 A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government. Malay police...

Counterterrorism police raid home of local journalist for reporting on municipal corruption

Hasan Tolga Balcılar, a local journalist in the southern city of Osmaniye, said his house was raided three times in a week after he...

Turkish diplomats spied on critics in Argentina, documents reveal

Judicial documents have confirmed that Turkish educators, representatives of local associations and businessmen living in Argentina were profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to...

Turkish gov’t detained 575 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 575 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement. The...

Two more local newspapers shut down by Turkish gov’t over alleged affiliation with Gülen...

Two more local newspapers in western Turkey were closed down by Turkish government under the autocratic rule of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the...

Jailed MP’s lawyers file third application with top court in new episode of crisis

The lawyers for a jailed opposition lawmaker have petitioned Turkey’s Constitutional Court for a third time claiming rights violations in the continued incarceration of...

Two detained for threatening opponents of ‘executive presidency’ in referendum

Two young men who shared a message on a social media account early on Thursday threatening those who vote against 'executive presidency' in a...

HDP Deputy And Spokesperson Bilgen and MP Botan detained again

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party’s spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday, has been detained...

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