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Ill Prisoner Karatay Loses His Life

Ill Prisoner Karatay Loses His Life

67-year-old ill prisoner Burhan Karatay, who was suffering from a heart disease and has been arrested for 3 years and 10 months, has lost his life. His deceased body will be put to rest in the district of Doğubayazıt in Ağrı.

7 November 2018

Request for Recusation by Attorney Eyüboğlu

Request for Recusation by Attorney Eyüboğlu

At the hearing at 28th Heavy Penal Court, attorney Eyüboğlu has requested recusation on the grounds that the court has already announced its verdict in the previous trials of academics and her client has been subjected to subjective practices, unlike other trials.

6 November 2018 Tansu Pişkin

‘If My Family Comes to Visit Me, They are Financially Affected; If Not, Emotionally’

‘If My Family Comes to Visit Me, They are Financially Affected; If Not, Emotionally’

Being arrested in Rize, which is located 911 kilometers away from his family, Gökhan Saygı has said, “My family is having difficulties in coming to visit me. These are also financial difficulties, which leave behind an emotional impact as well.”

6 November 2018

1 Academic Has Second Hearing

1 Academic Has Second Hearing

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations and demanded that research assistant C.E. from İstanbul Bilgi University be penalized on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.”

6 November 2018

‘Transfer Problem in Prisons’ on Parliamentary Agenda

‘Transfer Problem in Prisons’ on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the transfer of inmates to prisons far away from their families. He has stated, “The reason why a prisoner, whose family lives in Van, is sent to Edirne cannot be explained with reason.”

5 November 2018

Impunity in Turkey: Publication Bans, Interest of the State, Prescription

Impunity in Turkey: Publication Bans, Interest of the State, Prescription

Initiative Against Crimes of Thought, on this international day releases a statement shedding light on how criminals are treated with impunity in Turkey: Impunity legitimized, suspects protected, evidence concealed.

2 November 2018

‘Hessian Peace Prize’ Awarded to Şebnem Korur Fincancı

‘Hessian Peace Prize’ Awarded to Şebnem Korur Fincancı

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Chair and rights advocate Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.

2 November 2018

Presiding Judge: Sitting Across Bosphorus and Drinking Scotch Would Not Do

Presiding Judge: Sitting Across Bosphorus and Drinking Scotch Would Not Do

At the hearing of academic Saysel, Presiding Judge has stated that he has no knowledge of the resolution process and was on duty in Kars at the time. He has added, “You should collect money and send to people there, writing a declaration is not enough.”

2 November 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Curfew in Diyarbakır Lifted

Curfew in Diyarbakır Lifted

Governorship of Diyarbakır has announced that the operation launched in the province has ended and the curfews previously declared in 77 villages and hamlets in Hazro, Lice and Kocaköy have been lifted. It has been the 191th curfew lifted in Diyarbakır.

1 November 2018

1 Academic Faces up to 7 Years, 6 Months in Prison

1 Academic Faces up to 7 Years, 6 Months in Prison

13 academics have had their hearings at two courts. The Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that academic Esra Arsan be penalized as per the Article no. 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law. Arsan has not requested that the announcement of the verdict be suspended.

1 November 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul for Khashoggi Investigation

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul for Khashoggi Investigation

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Mojeb, who has been in İstanbul as part of the investigation launched into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has visited the İstanbul Courthouse and the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey.

31 October 2018

ECtHR Condemns Turkey in ‘Minority Report’ Case of Kaboğlu and Oran

ECtHR Condemns Turkey in ‘Minority Report’ Case of Kaboğlu and Oran

ECtHR has given its judgement in the case of Kaboğlu and Oran, who applied to the court after hate speech and threats they were subjected to due to their Minority Report were met with impunity. The court has sentenced Turkey to pay 7 thousand Euro in damages.

30 October 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Curfew in 77 Villages, Hamlets in Diyarbakır

Curfew in 77 Villages, Hamlets in Diyarbakır

The Governorship of Diyarbakır has announced that a curfew has been declared in 77 villages and hamlets in the district of Hazro, Lice and Kocaköy in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region.

30 October 2018

Journalist Adil Yiğit Not to Be Deported from Germany

Journalist Adil Yiğit Not to Be Deported from Germany

Hamburg Central Foreigners’ Registration Office has announced that journalist Adil Yiğit, whose residence permit has not been extended and who has been demanded to leave Germany on January 20, 2019 the latest, will not be deported from Germany.

30 October 2018

Zehra Doğan Receives "Courage in Journalism Award" in a Representational Ceremony

Zehra Doğan Receives "Courage in Journalism Award" in a Representational Ceremony

Kurdish journalist-artist Zehra Doğan is presented her "IWMF 2018 Courage in Journalism Award" in a representational ceremony in New York where she reaches the audience by a voice recording taped during a phone call from prison.

29 October 2018

Purged Beyond Return?

Purged Beyond Return?

More than two years since the first dismissals began, tens of thousands of public sector workers are still living in limbo and without access to an effective remedy.

29 October 2018 Andrew Gardner

709th Week: We Will Not Give up on Galatasaray

709th Week: We Will Not Give up on Galatasaray

Being prevented from gathering at Galatasaray Square since the 700th week, Saturday Mothers/People have asked the fate of Hüseyin Toraman, who disappeared in custody in 1991, in front of Human Rights Association’s building in Beyoğlu in the 709th week.

29 October 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Arrest of Journalist Ziya Ataman to Continue

Arrest of Journalist Ziya Ataman to Continue

The Şırnak 1st Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the arrest of journalist Ziya Ataman, who has been behind bars in the Van Type M Prison for two years, shall continue.

26 October 2018

3 Journalists Sentenced to a Total of 4 Years, 9 Months, 12 Days in Prison

3 Journalists Sentenced to a Total of 4 Years, 9 Months, 12 Days in Prison

The court board has announced its verdict in the case of journalists İnan Kızılkaya, İhsan Çaralan and Hüseyin Aykol, who have been tried on charge of “insulting the president”. While the journalists have been sentenced to a total of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days in prison, the prison sentence of Aykol has not been suspended.

25 October 2018

1 Academic Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

1 Academic Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

The İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that academic Fevziye Deniz Tarba Ceylan shall be sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison as per the Article no. 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law. The prison sentence of the academic has been suspended.

25 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Eren Keskin Nominated for Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Eren Keskin Nominated for Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Eren Keskin has become one of the three finalists who have been nominated for the 2019 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, which is granted by 10 leading human rights organizations of the world.

25 October 2018

3 Academics Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

3 Academics Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

Three academics have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison as per the Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law. Prison sentences of academics have been suspended.

23 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

The court board has ruled that the international travel bans of METU students, who were previously arrested on charge of "insulting the president" for having carried a banner during their graduation ceremony, shall be lifted.

22 October 2018

One More Academic Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

One More Academic Given Suspended Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

Academic Naciye Gülengül Altıntaş, who has been dismissed from her post at Bahçeşehir University, has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The announcement of the verdict has been suspended.

22 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Saudi Arabia Confirms Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Killed in Consulate

Saudi Arabia Confirms Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Killed in Consulate

The official news agency of Saudi Arabia has announced that journalist Jamal Khashoggi has died as a result of a row that broke out inside the Consulate General in İstanbul.

20 October 2018

From Minister to Reporter: What You Do is Not Journalism, But Foolery

From Minister to Reporter: What You Do is Not Journalism, But Foolery

In response to a reporter asking him about the allegations of meat import without tender, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli has said, “What you do here is not journalism, but foolery.”

19 October 2018

Case Files of 2 More Academics Combined

Case Files of 2 More Academics Combined

The court board of the İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the case files of two academics shall be combined with the files of other academics heard by the same court.

19 October 2018

Prosecutor’s Office Demands 2 Academics Be Penalized for ‘Aiding Organization’

Prosecutor’s Office Demands 2 Academics Be Penalized for ‘Aiding Organization’

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations at the 24th Heavy Penal Court and demanded that two academics be penalized on charge of “aiding a terrorist organization as non-members.”

19 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Detained Members of Community Houses Released on Probation

Detained Members of Community Houses Released on Probation

Branch chairs of Mutlu, Tuzluçayır, Keçiören and Eryaman Community Houses, who were taken into custody as part of an operation in Ankara and referred to court with a request for their arrest, have been released on probation.

18 October 2018 Ekin Karaca

HRW: End Prosecutions for ‘Insulting President’

HRW: End Prosecutions for ‘Insulting President’

Making a call to Turkey to put an end to prosecutions on charge of ‘insulting the president’, the Human Rights Watch has emphasized, “Decisions by prosecutors and courts to start or drop cases should not rest on the word of the president.”

18 October 2018

32 Academics Face up to 7 Years, 6 Months in Prison

32 Academics Face up to 7 Years, 6 Months in Prison

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations regarding 32 academics, who had their hearings at two separate courts, and demanded that the academics be penalized as per the Article no. 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law.

18 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Erdoğan Withdraws Complaint Against METU Students

Erdoğan Withdraws Complaint Against METU Students

In the wake of a meeting between President Erdoğan and the students of METU, who were arrested for a month due to a banner that they opened during the graduation ceremony, the attorney of Erdoğan has withdrawn the complaint against the students.

17 October 2018