Turkish police detained 47 protesters in the capital Ankara on 23 July, for demonstrating in support of two teachers arrested for going on a hunger strike. The teachers went on hunger strike after being dismissed from work, along with around 150,000 state employees, as part of President Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown since the attempted coup last July.
PA State Rep. Margo Davidson reflects on her visit to Turkish refugees in Greece
When my constituents who are from Turkey started telling me about the plight of the Turkish people, it became more and more concerning.
And then, when I was asked by a leader of the Turkish community which I’ve known for a number of years now to come and see for myself what was going on, I was more than open to be a witness to what was happening to friends and family members of my constituents here in Upper Darby.
The stories of how they were persecuted in their country and the great lengths and the danger that they went through in order to escape–no one would put themselves through that level of danger had they not faced the level of persecution that they were facing in their country.
I had many moments where I was in tears. I guess the most emotional moment for me was the story of the young girl whose mother was drowning…
Dear Osman, dear Ahmet, dear Selahattin – speech in EP Plenary, Joint debate Turkey
The numbers are mind-boggling:
1⃣5⃣0⃣K – people fired
5⃣0⃣K – people imprisonedRemember that all these people have a face, have a family and have friends who are hoping for normalization. #Turkey 🇹🇷
— Kati Piri (@KatiPiri) February 7, 2018
The numbers are mind-boggling:
150,000 people fired
50,000 people imprisoned
Remember that all these people have a face, have a family and have friends who are hoping for normalization.
Kati Piri is Hungarian-born Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands since July 2014. Kati Piri is a member of Committee on Foreign Affairs and also serves as EU-Turkey rapporteur.
Refugees are nowhere without your understanding
Some people find it hard to accept refugees. But what if they went through the same journey?
Outside: Get out of Turkey
Is there a new refugee movement in Europe? Thousands of asylum seekers from Turkey already come from Turkey every month. The video is in Turkish and Finnish.
Amnesty Kirklees’ letter of solidarity to an imprisoned judge in Turkey
Jan Walters, a solicitor and member of @AmnestyKirklees writes a letter of solidarity to an imprisoned #judge in Turkey, #Neslihan Ekinci.
Please spread this video so that it may reach her loved ones as a #Christmas gift#WriteforRights #Amnesty #Turkey #HumanRights #FreeTaner pic.twitter.com/rpXrVqrg4I— Amnesty Kirklees (@AmnestyKirklees) December 28, 2017
Jan Walters, a solicitor and member of Amnesty Kirklees writes a letter of solidarity to an imprisoned judge in Turkey, Neslihan Ekinci.
An int’l witch-hunt? ‘Four teachers working in the Afghan-Turkish schools were detained’
One Afghan and three Turkish teachers linked to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained by Afghan intelligence officials on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
The move against Afghan Turk CAG Educational NGO (ATCE), the organization that runs the schools, appeared to be part of a witch-hunt being waged on followers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016.
The ATCE, which says it is an independent organization, runs schools in several cities including the capital, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat and has been in Afghanistan since 1995.
“Around 7 am, four of our teachers traveling in two different cars were picked up by [Afghan intelligence],” said ATCE Chairman Numan Erdoğan.
Other intelligence officials later went to the group’s girls school nearby looking for another teacher, he said.
He said the men presented themselves as members of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, according to Reuters.
668 babies under age of six live in Turkish prisons
Turkish Execution Law: Article(16/4)The execution shall be deferred for a woman who is pregnant or until the end of six months following her delivery. TR has been governed with the decree laws since the failed coup. #SetThemFree @UNICEF #StopTheViolation pic.twitter.com/2gtfliQQNT
— SetThemFree (@sethemfreetr) December 11, 2017
Turkey has been governed with decree laws since the failed coup. Turkish Execution Law, Article(16/4), indicates that executions shall be deferred for a woman who is pregnant or until the end of six months following her delivery.
300 families have fled Turkey to Greece due to post-coup crackdown
A Turkish family that was victimized by a government purge of the Gülen movement following a failed coup in July 2016 has fled to Greece in an inflatable boat, telling their children it was a “game,” Euronews reported.
Freedom for Babies
There are more than 700 babies and 17 000 women in jail in Turkey. No more moms and babies should be behind the bars in Turkey.
