{"id":44199,"date":"2026-03-20T05:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44199\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:17:10","slug":"video-of-turkish-purge-victim-reflecting-on-years-of-hardship-goes-viral-after-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44199\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Turkish purge victim reflecting on years of hardship goes viral after death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Talha Dalk\u0131ran, a former teacher who was dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based G\u00fclen movement following a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, died<\/a> on Tuesday in Bal\u0131kesir province, with a video in which he reflected on his ordeal going viral online.<\/p>\n

According to the TR724 news website, Dalk\u0131ran lost consciousness shortly after midnight and was taken to a hospital, where efforts to revive him failed.<\/p>\n

A religious education teacher in \u0130stanbul at the time of his dismissal, Dalk\u0131ran later moved to the Edremit district of Bal\u0131kesir, where he worked as an olive harvester and construction worker.<\/p>\n

Dalk\u0131ran\u2019s death renewed grief on social media over the human toll of the post-coup purge. A video he had shared in December, in which he reflected on nearly a decade of hardship, went viral following news of his death.<\/p>\n

In the video, filmed before dawn as he left for work, Dalk\u0131ran spoke of his ordeal. \u201cThose who inflicted this persecution on us are sleeping comfortably,\u201d he said. \u201cLet them sleep. They will have to answer for it in the hereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n

EV\u0130NDE BAYGIN BULUNAN KHK’LI \u00d6\u011eRETMEN VEFAT ETT\u0130 <\/p>\n

Bal\u0131kesir Edremit’teki evinin koridorunda bayg\u0131n bulunan ve kald\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 hastanede acil ameliyata al\u0131nan Talha Dalk\u0131ran d\u00fcn gece hayat\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti. <\/p>\n

Dalk\u0131ran birka\u00e7 ay \u00f6nce so\u011fuk bir aral\u0131k sabah\u0131nda i\u015fe giderken \u00e7ekti\u011fi\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/idZ8HC4UHR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sevin\u00e7 \u00d6zarslan (@sevincozarslan) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Dalk\u0131ran was said to have consistently expressed hope of returning to teaching as no criminal case had ever been filed<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has targeted followers of the G\u00fclen movement, inspired by the late Muslim cleric Fethullah G\u00fclen, since corruption investigations in December 2013 implicated him as well as some members of his family and inner circle. He dismissed the probes as a G\u00fclenist conspiracy and later designated the movement a terrorist organization in May 2016, intensifying a sweeping crackdown after a failed coup attempt in July of the same year that he accused G\u00fclen of orchestrating. The movement denies involvement in the coup attempt or any terrorist activity.<\/p>\n

Following the coup attempt, the Turkish government declared a state of emergency that remained in effect until July 19, 2018. During this period, the government carried out a purge of state institutions under the pretext of an anti-coup fight by issuing a number of government decrees. Over 130,000 public servants, including 4,156 judges and prosecutors, as well as more than 24,000 members of the armed forces were summarily removed from their jobs for alleged membership in or relationships with \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d by emergency decree-laws subject to neither judicial nor parliamentary scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Dismissed public servants were not only fired from their jobs; they were also prohibited from working again in the public sector and getting a passport. The government also made it difficult for them to work formally in the private sector. Notes were put on the social security database about dismissed public servants to deter potential employers.<\/p>\n