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Turkish purge victim, rights activist loses battle against cancer

June 30, 2020

Haluk Savaş, 54, a leading human rights activist and a victim of a large-scale post-coup purge in Turkey, lost his battle against cancer on...

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Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance

June 25, 2020

Yasin Ugan, who had been missing for six months before suddenly reappearing in police custody, has revealed in court that he was tortured by...

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Museum opening in Belgian city of Hasselt exposes extent of purge in Turkey

November 4, 2019

The Purge Museum, an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to individuals who survived Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, has opened in the Belgian...

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Turkish court acquits purged teacher 3 months after he dies at construction site in work-related accident

April 30, 2019

A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday acquitted a purge victim teacher who died three months ago while working at a construction site, the tr724 news website...

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Opposition deputy says inmates in Turkish prison deliberately deprived of water

February 24, 2019

Human rights activist and deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on web TV on Saturday that water is deliberately...

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