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Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Sixteen Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers had to leave the town they worked in after attacks and threats.

Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya

Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya

While the prosecutor's office has given a decision of non-prosecution on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred”, lawyers Leyla Kaya, Kemal Erdem, Nurullah Öner and former Sakarya Bar Chair Kazan will appeal against the non-prosecution.

25 December 2020

‘Let’s stand up against racist attacks, build peace together’

UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY

‘Let’s stand up against racist attacks, build peace together’

In a statement about the recent racist attacks in Turkey, the Unity for Democracy (DİB) platform has called for an end to the culture of impunity: “We will wake up from this nightmare together by raising our social peace.”

21 September 2020

Speaker’s Office finds questions on Kurdish workers ‘rude and hurtful’

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION RETURNED

Speaker’s Office finds questions on Kurdish workers ‘rude and hurtful’

“Kurdish workers were subjected to rude and hurtful attacks. The questions of those who talk about this are found ‘rude’ and ‘hurtful’. The answers given to these questions go down in history as cautionary answers,” Kenanoğlu has protested.

17 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

‘Racist attacks are a result of government’s policy of impunity’

ATTACK ON KURDISH WORKERS

‘Racist attacks are a result of government’s policy of impunity’

HDP has released a statement about the armed attack on Kurdish workers in Afyon: “The antagonistic policies of the government against Kurdish people and its mindset breeding a lynch culture in society lead to this picture that we have today.”

15 September 2020

Armed attack on Kurdish workers claims one life, wounds two others

Armed attack on Kurdish workers claims one life, wounds two others

In an armed attack targeting Kurdish workers from Turkey’s eastern province of Van, worker Özkan T. has lost his life and workers Fırat T. and Emrah Ö. have been wounded in Turkey’s Aegean province of Afyon.

14 September 2020

‘It is not groundless’: Attack on Kurdish workers hits front page of humor magazine

‘It is not groundless’: Attack on Kurdish workers hits front page of humor magazine

In its front page, Turkey’s weekly humor magazine Leman has problematized some state officials’ and MPs’ attitude towards the racist attack that targeted Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey’s western province of Sakarya.

9 September 2020

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Taken into custody for attacking the Kurdish agricultural workers who went from Mardin to Sakarya to harvest hazelnuts, two suspects have been released on probation.

8 September 2020

‘The moment when they attacked us still haunts me’

14-YEAR-OLD KURDISH CHILD WORKER

‘The moment when they attacked us still haunts me’

Tuğba Demir, one of the Kurdish agricultural workers attacked by villagers and land owners in Sakarya, has spoken to bianet: “I used to want to be a teacher before, now I want to be a lawyer. No one should forget this incident.”

7 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Workers attacked in Yozgat: ‘We narrowly escaped lynch’

Workers attacked in Yozgat: ‘We narrowly escaped lynch’

Attacked by a group of people organized by village heads wanting to charge them a “head tax”, Kurdish workers from Mardin have recounted what they went through in Yozgat, where they went to work in a forest, but had to leave afterwards.

Kurdish workers attacked in Yozgat province for ‘head tax’

Kurdish workers attacked in Yozgat province for ‘head tax’

Workers from Turkey's southeastern Mardin province went to Yozgat to work in a forest. Organized by the village heads who wanted to charge them a “head tax”, a group of people attacked the workers, who then had to leave the province.