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Arrestment in Assault against Journalist Ahmet Hakan

Arrestment in Assault against Journalist Ahmet Hakan

Out of seven people consist of four men attacking Ahmet Hakan and three police officers detained over the claims of instigating, one has been arrested, others released.

Chamber of Mechanical Engineers: Independent Establishments should Control Vehicles

Chamber of Mechanical Engineers: Independent Establishments should Control Vehicles

Chamber of Mechanical Engineers stated vehicles should be controlled by independent establishments since obligatory regulation functions differently from EU.

Parliamentary Question for Police Raid against DİHA

Parliamentary Question for Police Raid against DİHA

HDP Diyarbakır deputy Sibel Yiğitalp asked the Ministry of the Interior a parliamentary question for detentions and police raid against Aram Publishing House, Azadiya Welat, Kurdi-Der and DİHA.

30 September 2015

Two Women Helping Syrian Refugees Deported

Two Women Helping Syrian Refugees Deported

Two EU citizens detained during the marches of Syrian refugees are being deported. Three detained Syrian refugees are kept waiting in Repatriation Center.

28 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Curfew in Four Quarters of Diyarbakır Lifted

Curfew in Four Quarters of Diyarbakır Lifted

The curfew in four quarters of Bismil district of Diyarbakır province was lifted last night.

28 September 2015

Two Military Caravans Attacked in Eastern Turkey

Two Military Caravans Attacked in Eastern Turkey

24 security officers were injured from a bombing attack against the military caravans on a highway between Van and Hakkari provinces in Eastern Turkey, last night.

22 September 2015

Cizre Report of Diyarbakır Bar Association: Witnesses Tell

Cizre Report of Diyarbakır Bar Association: Witnesses Tell

Diyarbakır Bar Association told the legal frame of curfew in Cizre, Şırnak and they would invite UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions to Cizre.

21 September 2015

Refugees in Edirne and İstanbul Bus Terminals

Refugees in Edirne and İstanbul Bus Terminals

Syrian refugees spend the night in bus terminals and at the waysides. The police don’t allow refugees carrying bags to enter the mosque in İstanbul Bus Terminal.

18 September 2015 Beyza Kural

Conscientious Objector Tarhan Released Facing Civil Death

Conscientious Objector Tarhan Released Facing Civil Death

Conscientious Objector Mehmet Tarhan was detained in Aydın province and then was released on probation. Tarhan commented: “Civil death started for me.”

17 September 2015 Ekin Karaca

HDP Asks Parliamentary Question about Child Abuse under Detention

HDP Asks Parliamentary Question about Child Abuse under Detention

HDP Van deputy Botan asked a parliamentary question about child abuse under detention.

15 September 2015

HDP Deputy: We are Waiting for Curfew in Sur to be Lifted

HDP Deputy: We are Waiting for Curfew in Sur to be Lifted

Nimetullah Erdoğmuş told Sur looked like a ghost city. Security units said the curfew would be lifted.

14 September 2015 Beyza Kural

Police Raid against Nokta Magazine

Police Raid against Nokta Magazine

Last night, the police raided Nokta Magazine. Today’s issue of Nokta won't be distributed.

14 September 2015

Curfew in Cizre Lifted for a Second Time

Curfew in Cizre Lifted for a Second Time

The first curfew in Cizre district was declared on September 4; another one was declared on September 13. On September 14, the curfew was lifted.

14 September 2015

300 Lawyers Take the Road for Cizre

300 Lawyers Take the Road for Cizre

Lawyers across Turkey took the road for Cizre. Diyarbakır Bar President Elçi, “Our mission is to see unlawfulness on site and to stick with Cizre people.”

11 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Netherlands Reacts to Deportation of Journalist Geerdink

Netherlands Reacts to Deportation of Journalist Geerdink

Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink has been deported upon the request of Governorship of Hakkari. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted, Netherlands Association of Journalists will protest.

10 September 2015

Deputies and Ministers from HDP March towards Cizre

Deputies and Ministers from HDP March towards Cizre

HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, ministers and about 40 deputies of HDP marched towards Cizre district. Although stopped twice on the road, HDP deputies continue to walk.

9 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Queue between Nusaybin and Cizre Extends Kilometers Away

Queue between Nusaybin and Cizre Extends Kilometers Away

Hit the road for Cizre, Women’s Freedom Assembly is waiting in Nusaybin: “We call crossroad between Nusaybin and Cizre now ‘gate’. They open it for an hour every day but they didn’t open it today.”

8 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Bombing Attack against Police Vehicle in Iğdır Province

Bombing Attack against Police Vehicle in Iğdır Province

While a police vehicle was passing, planted explosives on the road by PKK blasted in Iğdır province. 13 policemen died.

8 September 2015

Attacks against HDP in Provinces of Turkey

Attacks against HDP in Provinces of Turkey

After 16 soldiers died from a bombing assault by PKK, HDP Headquarters in many provinces were attacked.

8 September 2015

HDP Delegation: 7 People Died in Cizre District

HDP Delegation: 7 People Died in Cizre District

HDP delegation explained 7 people died in two days and some quarters had neither electricity nor water and the hospital had only one doctor, in Cizre.

7 September 2015

British Vice News Journalists Released, Iraqi Journalist is Still Under Arrest

British Vice News Journalists Released, Iraqi Journalist is Still Under Arrest

British reporter Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury from Vice News were released. Iraqi M.İ.R is still under arrest.

3 September 2015 Uğur Şahin

Explosion in Southeastern Turkey: 4 Policemen Die

Explosion in Southeastern Turkey: 4 Policemen Die

4 policemen died in Mardin province, in southeastern Turkey when a bomb planted by PKK members exploded on the road.

3 September 2015

Two Refugee Boats Sink: 11 People Die

Two Refugee Boats Sink: 11 People Die

Two boats carrying refugees from Turkey to Kos Island of Greece sank and left 11 people dead and 5 people lost.

2 September 2015

Fire Opened from Syrian Border: A Soldier Dies, Another Lost

Fire Opened from Syrian Border: A Soldier Dies, Another Lost

ISIS opened fire from Syrian border, a soldier in a border post died while another soldier got lost in Kilis province, in southern Turkey.

2 September 2015

‘The List’ of 22,342 Migrants Appears on Public Screen in Istanbul

‘The List’ of 22,342 Migrants Appears on Public Screen in Istanbul

A list that enumerates 22,342 known migrants who died on their journey to Europe from January 1, 1993 to June 14, 2015 will be on display on a public video screen on top of Istanbul’s Marmara Pera Hotel (YAMA* screen) from evenings to mornings until September 27.

2 September 2015

What Needs to be Done by Whom to Establish Peace?

What Needs to be Done by Whom to Establish Peace?

Defenders of law and peace from TİHV, TMMOB, Committee of Wise Men, Women Initiative for Peace, SFK, Lambdaistanbul, Saturday Mothers, Forum for Disability Rights, SGDF, TTB, Filmmor Women Film Festival have spoken regarding the subject.

1 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Beyza Kural

Father who Lost his Son in Soma: Nobody Takes the Blame, Did Our Children Commit Suicide then?

Father who Lost his Son in Soma: Nobody Takes the Blame, Did Our Children Commit Suicide then?

İsmail Çolak, who lost his 26 year-old son in Soma mine disaster, said: “We will continue until we find justice, [will first apply to] Constitutional Court, if that does not work out, then the European Court of Human Right. 440 orphans and 255 young widows remained behind.”

1 September 2015 Nilay Vardar

What Needs to be Done by Who to Establish Peace?

What Needs to be Done by Who to Establish Peace?

Rights defenders from İHD, DİSK, Conscientious Objection Association, Independent Art Initiative, Baran Tursun Foundation, Alewi Bektashi Federation, KAMER, Animal Rights Monitoring Committee, Antep Zeugmadi, LGBTI and LGBTI Peace Initiative have spoken regarding the subject.

31 August 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Beyza Kural

Milliyet Daily Newspaper Dismisses Two Journalists More

Milliyet Daily Newspaper Dismisses Two Journalists More

Milliyet Daily Newspaper dismissed Burcu Karakaş and Esra Alus.

Streets in İstanbul Named After Children Who Died During Clashes

Streets in İstanbul Named After Children Who Died During Clashes

Street names in Kadıköy district of İstanbul were replaced by the names of children who have died in clashes for a month.

President Erdoğan: Your Brother Shouldn’t Have Chosen to Be a Military Man

President Erdoğan: Your Brother Shouldn’t Have Chosen to Be a Military Man

A deceased specialist sergeant’s sister reacted to the President Erdoğan: “Should our children, brothers die for the sake of your votes that you lost?” Erdoğan responded: “Your brother shouldn’t have chosen to be a specialist sergeant.”

AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake

AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake

bianet compiled 13 videos from AP’s archive: the moment when Deniz Gezmiş was captured, 1980 Coup d’état, Erdoğan’s imprisonment, police violence in 1990s and others…