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Protest in Beşiktaş: Women’s murders no coincidence, but result of male violence
“Women’s murderers are carried out not only by ‘perverts, murderous souls, drug addicts or the psychologically impaired’” say women in statement emphasizing that women’s murders are political
23 December 2024
7 journalists among arrested following Istanbul protests
59 detained at protest in Istanbul following the killing in northern Syria of two Kurdish journalists -9 arrested.
23 December 2024
MHP speaker allows Kurdish MP to address parliament in Kurdish
Ayşegül Doğan’s Kurdish words were recorded in the parliamentary minutes as “Non-Turkish words were expressed by the speaker in this section.”
18 December 2024
Belgizar Abiri Şimşek
reports
Education inequality deepens as students crammed into tiny containers in post-quake Malatya
Thousands of students living in container cities in Malatya struggle to keep up with those living in their homes.
16 December 2024
Belgizar Abiri Şimşek
Folk musician Pınar Aydınlar detained for displaying poster of Dersim rebellion leader at concert
Aydınlar commemorated Seyid Rıza, the leader of the Dersim rebellion during the early years of the Republic, who was executed in 1937.
13 December 2024
Diyarbakır courts order confiscation of pro-Kurdish publications
The publications were seized without an order during police raids in September.
12 December 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
interview
'One in four children in Turkey goes to school hungry'
We spoke with the Sulukule Volunteers Association about their efforts to support equal opportunities in education, the positive effects of providing one free meal at schools on children, and their proposed solutions to address this issue.
5 December 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak released from prison after 30 years
“I had imagined being freed on a brighter and sunnier day, seeing the light in my loved ones’ eyes in a different atmosphere. But this is good too—I’m free at last," Çomak said upon his release.
27 November 2024
Journalist Erdoğan Alayumat strip-searched in police custody
“We will continue to show that journalism is not a crime, no matter where we are. We will persist until those in power understand this,” Alyumat said in a message conveyed through his attorneys.
27 November 2024
Detainees forced to listen to Turkish nationalist song during trustee protests, says rights group
Hundreds of people have been detained in protests against the government’s takeover of pro-Kurdish municipalities in early November.
22 November 2024
New six-month lawyer visit ban on PKK leader Öcalan
Öcalan’s lawyers plan to appeal the decision to Turkey’s Constitutional Court.
21 November 2024
Top court rules denying citizens passport unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court has annulled a provision of the law that allows the Interior Ministry to deny passports to those whose departure from the country is deemed impermissible.
21 November 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Prisoner subjected to experiments by Muazzez İlmiye Çığ’s foundation: 'It was like Mengele's work'
Memet Sönmez, who was imprisoned after the 1980 coup, shared his experiences of being subjected to questioning and experiments by the HZİ Neuropsychiatry Foundation.
18 November 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Arrested lawyer Dilek Ekmekçi begins hunger strike
Ekmekçi was remanded in custody last month. She claims that she was imprisoned because of her fight against the sexual exploitation of children in state care.
18 November 2024
Landlords in Turkey accused of trapping refugees into deportation scheme
An Iranian refugee claims that his landlord filed a complaint against him to get him deported after receiving six months’ rent in advance.
15 November 2024
Akın Bodur
reports
Nearly two years after earthquakes, eviction threat looms over residents in Hatay due to ‘reserve zone’ designation
The Environment and Urbanization Ministry has asked for the eviction of three buildings in Hatay, citing the contoversial "reserve housing zone" provision in the urban transformation law.
10 November 2024
Akın Bodur
Government removes pro-Kurdish mayors in Mardin, Batman, Urfa
The move follows the recent replacement of an İstanbul district mayor elected through CHP-DEM cooperation. The pro-Kurdish DEM has now lost three of the 11 cities it won in the March elections.
4 November 2024
Zeki Bayhan
writes
Seven windows of isolation
Life in isolation is based on infinite repetition. Every day is a copy of the one before. Imagine living the same day repeatedly for 10, 20, even 30 years. You begin to feel as though you’re suspended in time, your sense of time slowly eroding.
3 November 2024
Sinan Ok
writes
Despite widespread poverty and unemployment, Turkey's disabled community neglected in 2025 budget
The 2025 draft budget has not been prepared with the perspective of solving the education, employment, transportation and accessibility problems of persons with disabilities.
3 November 2024
Sinan Ok
Osman Kavala marks seven years in prison
“It is a source of consolation for me that Gezi Park, which introduced me to trees from the earliest memories of my life and taught me the importance of sharing public spaces with others, continues to be a park enjoyed by citizens of all ages and backgrounds,” said the philanthropist.
1 November 2024
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Brother of PKK militant involved in Ankara attack dismissed from municipal job
The measure violates the principle of individual criminal responsibility.
1 November 2024
Top court rules prisoner's solitary confinement over victory sign violated free expression
Nihat Ekmez had displayed the victory sign during a family visit, to which the visitors responded in kind. The prison administration had deemed this act “PKK propaganda.”
28 October 2024
İrem Şimşek
writes
1000 Youth for Palestine: hope, resistance, revolt
1000 Youth for Palestine showed a boldness and a different kind of activism than the silent marches with people wearing keffiyehs around their necks which I had seen during the Mavi Marmara days in my childhood.
27 October 2024
İrem Şimşek
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Lawyer Dilek Ekmekçi rearrested after brief release in terrorism case
Ekmekçi said her treatment was unacceptable as she was handcuffed in the courthouse.
24 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Ayça Söylemez
reports
bianet submits shadow report to UN Human Rights Committee
The 25-page report includes assessments regarding violations of freedom of expression and other fundamental human rights in Turkey, along with recommendations for addressing these issues.
21 October 2024
Ayça Söylemez
Two police officers sentenced for strip search during 2013 Gezi Park protests
The court found that Mücella Yapıcı, a leading figure in the protests, and her daughter were subjected to a strip search but issued a sentence for “misconduct” rather than torture, stating that the practice was not systematic.
21 October 2024
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Nearly 300 detained in two days in raids targeting Kurdish groups
The raids follow an attempted rally in Diyarbakır demanding the lifting of the confinement of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
16 October 2024
Suspicious death in Mardin prison
A 32-year-old inmate who was recently imprisoned was reportedly hospitalized after a heart attack and was returned to the prison after treatment.
14 October 2024
Culture Ministry bans Kurdish-language film ‘Rojbash’
The ministry deemed the film “unsuitable for commercial circulation,” effectively banning it from being shown in cinemas.
11 October 2024
Seventy-two hate attacks killed 5 people in Turkey in eight months
Among the attacks, 29 targeted refugees and foreign nationals, 13 were directed at Kurds, 12 at LGBTI+s, and seven at ethnic and religious minorities or people expressing religious views, according to a report from the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.
11 October 2024
Ali Dinç
reports
Turkish banking giant Yapı Kredi discriminates against visually impaired customer
The customer claims to have faced ableism during the credit card application process. A lawyer says the bank violated the discrimination ban.
10 October 2024
Ali Dinç
Murat İnceoğlu
reports
Turkey’s human rights agency ‘exists only in name'
Amid questions over its independence, the institution has fallen short of the standards set by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.
10 October 2024
Murat İnceoğlu
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