A Turkish woman who was arrested when she was eight months pregnant has recently been released after giving birth while incarcerated. Turkeypurge.com reached out to the victim, who spoke about her experiences under arrest. She preferred not to reveal her identity due to concerns over Turkey’s socio-political environment.
Female teacher with 36-day-old baby arrested over Gülen links
In yet another example of collective punishment imposed on people targeted in Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt, an English-language teacher was put behind bars along with her 36-day-old baby in Mersin province.
Housewife left to take care of disabled children alone after husband arrested, Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation. But I was denied support by the foundation who told me that they would not help families who are tried on terrorism charges.
The mother of two disabled children, an Uşak woman is among hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt.
Turkish gov’t seizes money granted for arrested Judge’s disabled children
Hacer Çakmak, the mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish judge who is currently under arrest, sent a short letter to Turkey Purge, saying that Turkish government seized money granted for her disabled children by Turkey’s Social Security Institution.
6-months pregnant woman with 13-month-old child held in 33-person cell
Buket Büyükçelebi, a six-months-pregnant academic with a 13-month-old child has been kept in a 33-person holding cell in a Gaziantep prison for three months, the Haberdar news portal reported on Friday.