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[THREAD] Looking back over 2018, perhaps unsurprisingly, the things that are the easiest to see are the darkest in 
. We revisit some of the biggest, saddest and silliest stories of #Turkey's purge in 2018. Let's begin...#TurkeyPurgepic.twitter.com/e08SN1qTV7
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 30, 2018: Nevin Dağ, a purge-victim Turkish woman whose husband is currently being held in Gaziantep prison, died of cancer in Gaziantep province || https://turkeypurge.com/wife-of-purge-victim-jailed-teacher-dies-of-cancer-in-gaziantep-report …pic.twitter.com/0SnpzHchfR
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 25, 2018: Sabri Çolak, a 69-year-old engineering professor who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen group, died of a heart attack in a high-security prison in Van province || https://turkeypurge.com/jailed-in-post-coup-crackdown-69-year-old-turkish-professor-dies-in-prison …pic.twitter.com/MHJXdkwBzF
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 25, 2018: Turkey denied funeral service to Halil Dinc, a teacher who died of a heart attack in Greece where he was seeking asylum from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government || https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-denies-funeral-service-to-teacher-died-as-asylum-seeker-in-greece …pic.twitter.com/NVWsFoucN5
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 10, 2018: Former police chief Anadolu Atayun, under arrest for more than 3 years now over his links to Turkey's Gulen group, was sentenced to 40 years plus 6 months in prison || https://turkeypurge.com/former-police-chief-anadolu-atayun-in-pre-trial-detention-for-3-years-sentenced-to-40-5-years-in-jail …pic.twitter.com/f17sg2hrkW
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 9, 2018: Sıla Türköne, the daughter of jailed Turkish political scientist, Mümtazer Türköne, shared a photo with her father taken during a visit to İstanbul Silivri prison || https://turkeypurge.com/jailed-political-scientist-turkone-seen-with-wife-in-first-photo-from-turkish-prison …pic.twitter.com/18tBO5KQ3N
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 6, 2018: An Istanbul court handed down life sentences to 26 cadet non-commissioned officers over their alleged role in a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 || https://turkeypurge.com/26-more-cadet-non-commissioned-officers-given-consecutive-life-sentences-over-coup-charges-report …pic.twitter.com/yO5TkPZfbG
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - August 6, 2018: Recep Abdioğlu, one of the thousands of Turkish teachers removed from their posts by government decrees on terror and coup charges and subsequently jailed, died from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered in Trabzon prison || https://turkeypurge.com/hdp-deputy-confirms-turkish-teacher-dies-of-brain-hemorrhage-in-trabzon-prison …pic.twitter.com/eZwuPlMkwQ
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 29, 2018: 82-year-old Yusuf Topal died of heart attack while being detained by Giresun police. Police officers dragged Topal on the ground, hit him in the head after he refused to get in the police car, according to a video footage || https://turkeypurge.com/82-year-old-dies-of-heart-attack-after-being-detained-by-giresun-police …pic.twitter.com/iuhVjr9pLG
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 20, 2018: Bodies of a Turkish mother, one-year-old son found in Evros River. They were seeking to flee to Greece in order to avoid persecution by the Turkish government || https://turkeypurge.com/bodies-of-turkish-mother-one-year-old-son-found-in-evros-river-report …pic.twitter.com/893sVWojvJ
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 18, 2018: Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and activist who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s Silivri prison, shared the first photo since the beginning of his prison sentence in November 2017 || https://turkeypurge.com/turkish-businessman-kavala-shares-first-photo-from-prison-debuts-major-weight-loss …pic.twitter.com/380lUGiRSs
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 15, 2018: Turkish Intelligence abducted yet another Gülenist and forced him back to Turkey in the latest of such forced returns by the organization. Yusuf Inan who fled to Ukraine after the 2016 defeated coup attempt, was brought to the country || https://turkeypurge.com/turkish-intel-returns-another-gulen-follower-from-ukraine-to-turkey …pic.twitter.com/WUs6MFyuSk
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 12, 2018: Turkish intelligence agency (MİT) abducts 2 more Gulenists abroad, returns them to Turkey || https://turkeypurge.com/turkish-intelligence-agency-catches-2-more-gulen-followers-abroad-returns-them-to-turkey …pic.twitter.com/QtNXRyY0PQ
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 11, 2018: Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old woman who was put in pre trial detention early in May 2018 over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, died in an Ordu prison due to deprivation of the medication she took for pneumonitis || https://turkeypurge.com/30-year-old-woman-dies-of-pneumonitis-in-ordu-prison-report …pic.twitter.com/jcSf1A26Oj
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 6, 2018: Celal Afşar, an 86-year-old Turkish citizen, was put in pre-trial detention in Niğde province on terror and coup charges || https://turkeypurge.com/86-year-old-businessman-put-in-pre-trial-detention-on-terror-charges-report …pic.twitter.com/RUqMSivvhK
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - July 2, 2018: Zeki Güven, a former police intelligence chief who was fired from his job in 2015, was “found dead” in his prison cell in Sincan, Ankara || https://turkeypurge.com/former-intelligence-chief-found-dead-in-prison-cell-report …pic.twitter.com/VuR1mtm7YL
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - June 21, 2018: When these two boys finally got to see their imprisoned mother again, cameras were rolling, and so were the tears. The reunion was captured on camera and the result was, well, pretty darn emotional || https://turkeypurge.com/watch-emotional-reunion-of-mother-two-sons-after-8-months-in-turkish-prison-on-coup-charges …pic.twitter.com/eL9cbk0ajwShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
- June 17, 2018: Former police chief İsmail Ülker, 42, died of colon cancer in the 23rd month of his arrest on terror and coup charges || https://turkeypurge.com/report-former-police-chief-in-pre-trial-detention-for-23-months-dies-of-cancer …pic.twitter.com/lJ0l7cGQVC
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - June 3, 2018: Ibrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was put in pre-trial detention a month ago on terror and coup charges, committed suicide in Silivri Prison. Özyavuz was buried in Sanliurfa’s Harran district, media reported on June 5 || https://turkeypurge.com/doctor-jailed-as-part-of-turkeys-post-coup-purge-commits-suicide-in-pre-trial-detention …pic.twitter.com/v5Hjtn0JQM
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - May 28, 2018: Ahmet Özdemir, a 20-year-old Turkish citizen, was given 14 aggravated life sentences for “attempting to overthrow the Turkish gov't." He was fulfilling his mandatory military service and joined the army 5 days before the coup attempt || https://turkeypurge.com/conscript-in-5th-day-of-military-service-gets-14-life-sentences-on-coup-charges …pic.twitter.com/x0zjRSeI96
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - May 26, 2018: Memduh Çıkmaz, a Turkish businessman who was arrested in Sudan and forced back to Turkey as part of President Erdogan’s global manhunt, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on terror charges || https://turkeypurge.com/businessman-forcibly-returned-from-sudan-to-turkey-gets-10-year-prison-sentence …pic.twitter.com/IbYMLZzuNW
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