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Armenian graves damaged by bulldozers in Van

Armenian graves damaged by bulldozers in Van

HDP deputy Murat Sarısaç has submitted a parliamentary question about the incident.

NGOs launch an aid campaign for flood-hit Van: ‘The damage is enormous’

NGOs launch an aid campaign for flood-hit Van: ‘The damage is enormous’

The Van Labor and Democracy Platform has launched an aid campaign for Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, which has been hit by heavy rainfall and floods, leading to the death of 900 animals and collapse of dozens of houses.

5 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Lightning strike claims one child’s life in eastern province of Van

Lightning strike claims one child’s life in eastern province of Van

Hit by lightning in the Neighborhood of Yumruklu, 15-year-old shepherd Arda Omaç has lost his life in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, which has been struck by heavy rainfall and floods since July 28.

Floods continue in eastern Turkey

Floods continue in eastern Turkey

Buildings in a housing estate built by TOKİ have been flooded in İpekyolu, Van in eastern Turkey.

HDP in flood-hit Van province: Başkale must be declared a disaster area

HDP in flood-hit Van province: Başkale must be declared a disaster area

While the HDP politicians and MPs were talking to citizens, another flood happened in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van. Citizens complained that “the efforts were insufficient and another flood happened for this reason.”

Flood in Van province: 2 shepherds missing

Flood in Van province: 2 shepherds missing

Heavy rainfall in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has led to a flood. While two shepherds are missing, dozens of people have been stranded in the flood-hit region.

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

VAN GOVERNOR

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

Van Governor Bilmez has announced that a wall will be built along the 295-kilometer Turkey-Iran border. He has also noted that a 160-kilometer ditch will be dug and 500 village guards will be employed to work on the border by the end of the year.

Demonstration ban in Van extended for another 15 days

Demonstration ban in Van extended for another 15 days

In effect since November 21, 2016, the ban on protests and demonstrations in eastern Van province has been extended by the governor’s office one more time.

Flood in Rize: Search efforts underway for two missing people

‘76 PEOPLE DIED IN 20 YEARS’

Flood in Rize: Search efforts underway for two missing people

Two of the six people who lost their lives in the Rize flood in the Black Sea region of Turkey have been laid to rest. While one citizen has been wounded in a lightning strike in Van, floods in eastern Kars and Ağrı provinces have caused material damage.

Minibus with refugees on board rolls over: 12 people lose their lives

Minibus with refugees on board rolls over: 12 people lose their lives

A minibus carrying refugees rolled over in Turkey’s eastern province of Van. While at least 12 people have lost their lives, 20 people have been injured.

Mass grave in Van: 'All they want is their children's bones'

Mass grave in Van: 'All they want is their children's bones'

After the families of killed PKK members were charged 40,000 lira for the delivery of their bones, they have filed an application with the Court of Cassation.

30 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Drought in Lake Van basin: Water sources disappearing

Drought in Lake Van basin: Water sources disappearing

The drought caused by climate change and the decrease in precipitation have negatively affected the basin of Lake Van and the water sources in its surrounding area as well as agriculture and animal husbandry in the region.

Families demanding bones found in a mass grave billed 40 thousand lira

Families demanding bones found in a mass grave billed 40 thousand lira

Waging a legal struggle to take the bones found in a mass grave in Van’s Çatak for 10 years, the families filed a court case. The case has been dismissed, the bones will now given to the Sub-Governor’s Office because the “evidence advance” was not paid.

25 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

58 BAR ASSOCIATIONS

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

The chairs of 58 bar associations have made a joint statement about the intervention against the villagers resisting the marble quarry attempted to be built in Van’s Gürpınar district: “Give up the project, apologize to villagers.”

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that protest marches and public protest meetings have been banned in the province for 15 days.

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”

5-year demonstration ban in Van extended again

5-year demonstration ban in Van extended again

The Governor’s Office of Turkey’s eastern province of Van has once again banned public protest meetings and marches for another 15 days.

Court rejects appeal against release of journalists reporting on torture

Court rejects appeal against release of journalists reporting on torture

Arrested after reporting on two citizens thrown from a helicopter in Van, four journalists were released last week. The Van 6th Heavy Penal Court has rejected the prosecutor’s objection to the release of the journalists.

Investigation against 5 HDP MPs

Investigation against 5 HDP MPs

Ağrı MP Berdan Öztürk is investigated over a speech while Van MPs Sezai Temelli, Muazzez Orhan Işık, Tayip Temel and Murat Sarısaç face an investigation over their social media messages.

24 February 2021

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists covering torture

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists covering torture

Arrested shortly after they reported it with documents that Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban had been thrown from a helicopter following their detention by soldiers in Van, four journalists have been indicted after serving 130 days in pre-trial detention.

16 February 2021 Hikmet Adal

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

JUSTICE MINISTRY

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

The Constitutional Court requested the Justice Ministry’s opinion on the arrest of journalist Cemil Uğur, who reported on the two citizens thrown from a helicopter in Van. The Ministry has said, “He is not a press member.”

15 February 2021

Ban on demonstrations, events in Van extended, again

IN EFFECT FOR 1,519 DAYS

Ban on demonstrations, events in Van extended, again

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that the ban on events and demonstrations, which has been in effect in Turkey's eastern province for 1,519 days, will remain in force for another 15 days as of January 19.

19 January 2021

Arrested for reporting on torture, journalists behind bars for 101 days

Arrested for reporting on torture, journalists behind bars for 101 days

Arrested for having reported on Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were thrown from a helicopter and tortured by soldiers in Van, Adnan Bilen, Cemil Uğur, Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala have been behind bars for 101 days, with no indictment.

18 January 2021

Osman Şiban released from detention

Osman Şiban released from detention

Still in treatment after being tortured, Osman Şiban was detained in the morning hours today (January 11). As it was documented with a medical report that he was not in a state to go from Mersin to Van, he has been released.

12 January 2021

Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van

Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van

Two people were found to be in intensive care two days after being detained by gendarmerie officials. While one has recovered, the other has lost his life.

9 December 2020

Raid on HDP Van Organization: ‘As-salamu alaykum*, we are here’

Raid on HDP Van Organization: ‘As-salamu alaykum*, we are here’

Police raided the Van Organization of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) at night, changing the locks of the building’s exterior door, entrance door and the fourth floor door and leaving the new keys on the locks.

27 November 2020

'Osman Şiban' statement from Interior Minister Soylu

'Osman Şiban' statement from Interior Minister Soylu

Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has spoken about the incident where two citizens were reportedly dropped from a helicopter after being detained by soldiers in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van.

27 November 2020

Journalist Dindar Karataş detained in Van province

Journalist Dindar Karataş detained in Van province

Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Dindar Karataş has been detained in a house raid in İpekyolu district in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van.

24 November 2020

Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison

Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison

Subjected to torture at a police station, three children aged between 13 and 17 now face a lawsuit while there has been no progress in the investigation launched against the police officers who allegedly tortured the children.

23 November 2020

Woman sexually assaulted in Van Removal Center

MALE VIOLENCE

Woman sexually assaulted in Van Removal Center

Three security guards reportedly raped a woman named Z.M. from Iran in Van Removal Center on July 22. Identified by the woman at the gendarmerie station, two security guards have been arrested on charge of “aggravated sexual assault.”

16 November 2020

Midibus overturns in Van, claiming the lives of 2 refugees

Midibus overturns in Van, claiming the lives of 2 refugees

A midibus with refugees on board overturned in Turkey’s eastern province of Van. Two people have lost their lives and 31 people have been wounded.

13 November 2020

‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’

‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’

The Van Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD): “In an open border breach, the soldiers of Iran massacred Şefik Bağa and committed an international crime.”

11 November 2020

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