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HDP MP Besime Konca Arrested

HDP MP Besime Konca Arrested

Detained and released afterwards, HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca has been arrested upon prosecutor’s office’s objection. The number of arrested HDP MPs has increased to 12 with the arrest.

14 December 2016

HDP Group Deputy Chair Çağlar Demirel Arrested

HDP Group Deputy Chair Çağlar Demirel Arrested

HDP Group Deputy Chair Demirel has been arrested on charges of “Being a member of a terror organization”, “Propagandizing for terrorism”. The number of arrested HDP MPs has risen to 11 with the arrest.

14 December 2016

Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram Arrested

Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram Arrested

Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram has been arrested, which carried the number of arrested DBP co-mayors and deputy chairs to 57.

13 December 2016

Detained HDP MP Besime Konca Released

Detained HDP MP Besime Konca Released

Detained last night in Ankara, HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca has been released on probation.

13 December 2016

Alawite Federation Secretary General Odabaş Taken into Custody

Alawite Federation Secretary General Odabaş Taken into Custody

Alawite Bektashi Organization Federation Secretary General and Sultangazi Pir Sultan Abdal Djemevi President Zeynel Odabaş has been taken into custody from his home towards morning.

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Alawi Federation Secretary General Odabaş Taken into Custody

Alawi Federation Secretary General Odabaş Taken into Custody

Alawi Bektashi Organization Federation Secretary General and Sultangazi Pir Sultan Abdal Djemevi President Zeynel Odabaş has been taken into custody from his home towards morning.

13 December 2016

Artuklu Co-Mayor Emin Irmak Arrested

Artuklu Co-Mayor Emin Irmak Arrested

Released following his 21-day detention and taken into custody again upon objection by prosecutor’s office, Mardin Co-Mayor Emin Irmak has been arrested.

13 December 2016

Warrants of Bringing to Court by Force Issued for 8 HDP MPs

Warrants of Bringing to Court by Force Issued for 8 HDP MPs

Warrants of forcefully bringing eight HDP MPs, two of whom are in custody and one is under arrest, to court have been issued.

13 December 2016

HDP MPs Demirel, Konca Detained

HDP MPs Demirel, Konca Detained

HDP Group Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır MP Çağlar Demirel and Siirt MP Besime Konca have been taken into custody in Ankara.

13 December 2016

HDP Executives Detained in Simultaneous Operations

HDP Executives Detained in Simultaneous Operations

118 people from the HDP have been detained during operations launched against HDP’s provincial and district executives in İstanbul, Ankara, Adana, Manisa and Mersin.

12 December 2016

Erdoğan: Our People Must Change More Foreign Currency

Erdoğan: Our People Must Change More Foreign Currency

Noting that he is pleased with changes from foreign currencies to TL, President Erdoğan has said it is not enough and more foreign currency must be changed.

9 December 2016

Hakkari's Yüksekova Co-Mayor Arrested

Hakkari's Yüksekova Co-Mayor Arrested

Hakkari’s Yüksekova Co-Mayor Adile Kozay has been arrested, the number of arrested DBP co-mayors has risen to 55 with this arrest.

9 December 2016

Greece Rejects Extradition of 2 Soldiers to Turkey

Greece Rejects Extradition of 2 Soldiers to Turkey

A Greek court has rejected extradition of two soldiers who fled to Greece after July 15 coup attempt.

9 December 2016

Protest in Beyazıt Against State of Emergency, Statutory Decrees

Protest in Beyazıt Against State of Emergency, Statutory Decrees

In a protest staged in Beyazıt against State of Emergency and Statutory Decrees, students, academics, sub-contracted workers have demanded State of Emergency be lifted and Statutory Decrees be withdrawn.

8 December 2016

Trustees Appointed to Yenişehir, Kayapınar, Çukurca Municipalities

Trustees Appointed to Yenişehir, Kayapınar, Çukurca Municipalities

Sub-governors of Yenişehir, Kayapınar and Çukurca districts, which were governed by the DBP, have been appointed as trustees to the districts’ municipalities.

8 December 2016

Letter from Demirtaş to HDP Supporters

Letter from Demirtaş to HDP Supporters

Imprisoned since November 4, HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has stated in his letter that his morale and spirits is high despite relocation.

8 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Erzurum Karayazı Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Erzurum Karayazı Municipality

Karayazı sub-Governor Aksoy has been appointed as trustee to Erzurum’s Karayazı municipality. There are 48 DBP Co-Mayors under arrest and that 38 trustee have been appointed to DBP-governed municipalities.

7 December 2016

HDP Delegation Not Permitted to Meet Demirtaş, Zeydan

HDP Delegation Not Permitted to Meet Demirtaş, Zeydan

HDP delegation hasn’t been allowed to meet HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and Hakkari MP Zeydan, who are arrested in Edirne, for not having a permission from the Ministry of Justice despite having one from Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

7 December 2016

Greece to Extradite 3 Soldiers Fleeing Turkey

Greece to Extradite 3 Soldiers Fleeing Turkey

Greece court has ruled that three of the eight soldiers, who fled to Greece from Turkey following July 15 coup attempt, be extradited to Turkey. Another court rejected extradition of the other three soldiers on Monday.

7 December 2016

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Karayazı Co-Mayor Mehmet Sait Karabakan has been taken into custody. Two more DBP co-mayors were detained during today, one DBP co-mayor was arrested and one trustee was appointed to a DBP-governed municipality.

6 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Kızıltepe sub-Governor Ahmet Odabaş has been appointed as trustee to Kızıltepe Municipality. The number of trustee-appointed DBP municipalities has risen to 37 with this appointment.

6 December 2016

Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz Arrested

Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz Arrested

Hakkari’s Şemdinli district Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz has been arrested on charge of “[illegal] organization membership”. The number of arrested DBP co-mayors has risen to 48.

6 December 2016

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar, Yenişehir Co-Mayors Detained

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar, Yenişehir Co-Mayors Detained

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar Co-Mayor Mehmet Ali Aydın and Yenişehir Co-Mayor Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu have been taken into custody.

6 December 2016

CHP Leader Kılıçdaoğlu’s Former Chief Advisor Detained

CHP Leader Kılıçdaoğlu’s Former Chief Advisor Detained

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s former Chief Advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Gürsul has been detained over “using ByLock”. A search is being conducted at his apartment.

6 December 2016

Çukurca, Yüksekova, Şemdinli Co-Mayors Detained

Çukurca, Yüksekova, Şemdinli Co-Mayors Detained

Hakkari’s Çukurca district Co-Mayors Hilal Duman and Servet Tunç, Yüksekova Deputy Co-Mayor Adile Kozay and Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz were detained on Saturday.

5 December 2016

Unknown Object Explodes, Injures 2 Children in Diyarbakır

Unknown Object Explodes, Injures 2 Children in Diyarbakır

Playing with an object they found on the ground, M.İ. (13) and Ş.A. (11) have been injured resulting by the object exploding. M.İ. is in critical condition.

5 December 2016

Erdoğan Calls on People to Change Their Foreign Currencies to Turkish Lira or Gold

Erdoğan Calls on People to Change Their Foreign Currencies to Turkish Lira or Gold

Asking people to change their foreign currencies to Turkish Lira or gold, President Erdoğan has said there is no other way than decreasing interest rates.

2 December 2016

Janissary March to Detained Attorneys

Janissary March to Detained Attorneys

Four attorneys and one law student have been detained for “disturbing people around” as they were walking on the street where their office is located. They were beaten and forced to listen to Janissary March in custody by police.

2 December 2016

Erdoğan Claims Syrian Regime Claims Responsibility for Attack

Erdoğan Claims Syrian Regime Claims Responsibility for Attack

President Erdoğan has claimed that Syrian government is responsible for the attack launched on Turley’s soldiers in Syria on November 24. Russian FM Lavrov had said “The attack was launched by neither Russia nor Syria”.

2 December 2016

Message from Selahattin Demirtaş, Ahmet Türk

Message from Selahattin Demirtaş, Ahmet Türk

Meeting with the CHP delegation, HDP’s imprisoned Co-Chair Demirtaş has said that he didn’t go abroad despite knowing that he would be arrested, and imprisoned Mardin Co-Mayor Türk said “I am prepared for everything as long as peace is achieved in these lands”.

2 December 2016

Yıldırım, Bahçeli on Constitution Talks: It has Matured

Yıldırım, Bahçeli on Constitution Talks: It has Matured

AKP Chair Yıldırım and MHP Chair Bahçeli have met in Çankaya Mansion to discuss the new constitution. “We will bring constitutional amendment draft to parliament next week”, Yıldırım said following the meeting.

2 December 2016

Yıldırım: No Decision to Affect Economy Taken During State of Emergency

Yıldırım: No Decision to Affect Economy Taken During State of Emergency

In response to TÜSİAD Chair Symes saying “State of Emergency must be ended”, PM YIldırım has said “We have no objection to ending State of Emergency but we haven’t taken any decision that directly affects economy”.

1 December 2016