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Can Dündar: I Will Ask Question to Erdoğan at Press Conference

Can Dündar: I Will Ask Question to Erdoğan at Press Conference

Journalist Can Dündar, who lives in Germany, has said that he will attend the joint press conference that will be held by Chancellor of Germany Merkel and President Erdoğan during his state visit and added that he will ask a question to Erdoğan.

26 September 2018

15-Month Suspended Prison Sentence for 2 Academics

15-Month Suspended Prison Sentence for 2 Academics

11 academics have had their hearings at five separate courts. Two academics from Boğaziçi University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. Their sentences have been suspended.

26 September 2018 Tansu Pişkin

‘Those Acting in Accordance with Current Political Power Betray Arts Itself’

‘Those Acting in Accordance with Current Political Power Betray Arts Itself’

“Considering this incentive, I can very well declare my intention - for my artistic sensitivity on the people’s pain is considered ‘terrorist organization propaganda’ in a rather ill-mannered way.”

25 September 2018 Ferhat Tunç

Child Hit by Armored Police Vehicle Nine Months Ago Loses His Life

Child Hit by Armored Police Vehicle Nine Months Ago Loses His Life

Five-year-old Onur Özalp, who was hit by an armored police vehicle while playing in front of his house in the district of İdil in Şırnak nine months ago, has lost his life. Özalp was living in his house, connected to a life support unit.

24 September 2018

Journalist from Austria Max Zirngast Arrested

Journalist from Austria Max Zirngast Arrested

Max Zirngast, a journalist from Austria, and Mithatcan Türetken and Hatice Göz, who are members of the Social Freedom Party Constituent Assembly, have been arrested.

21 September 2018

PEN Turkey: No to Conflict, Uproar, War

PEN Turkey: No to Conflict, Uproar, War

PEN Turkey Center has released a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Peace and said, “We have to live together in peace!”

21 September 2018

Curfew Lifted in Siirt

Curfew Lifted in Siirt

The curfew, which was declared in five villages and neighborhoods in the district of Eruh in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region, has been lifted.

19 September 2018

‘Academic for Peace’ Hanifi Barış Released

‘Academic for Peace’ Hanifi Barış Released

Hanifi Barış, an attorney and academic from the Academics for Peace, who was arrested due to his social media posts on July 4, has been released on probation.

18 September 2018 Hikmet Adal

Support for Osman Kavala by Academics From Around World

Support for Osman Kavala by Academics From Around World

Academics from the universities of Harvard, Yale, Oxford, MIT and Columbia have expressed their support for Osman Kavala by stating, “10 months in detention with no trial or even an indictment. Is this justice? We stand with Osman Kavala.”

18 September 2018

Journalist Metin Duran Released from Prison with Forensic Report

Journalist Metin Duran Released from Prison with Forensic Report

Imprisoned journalist Metin Duran has been released from prison after the Forensic Medicine Institution has issued a report stating that “he cannot stay in prison.”

18 September 2018

4 Academics Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

4 Academics Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

In the İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court, Dr. Lecturer Bülent Küçük, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu, Prof. Dr. N.N. and Dr. Gaye Yılmaz from Boğaziçi University have had their third hearings.

18 September 2018 Hikmet Adal

Curfew in Siirt

Curfew in Siirt

Curfew has been declared in five villages and neighborhoods in the district of Eruh in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region.

18 September 2018

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Rakel Dink's Speech

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Rakel Dink's Speech

I want to wake up from my sleep. I want to wake up to a Turkey where justice is in place, where no murders, abuses or sexual assaults take place. I want to wake up to a Turkey that cries out out, ‘‘Never again!’’

17 September 2018

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Murat Çelikkan's Speech

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Murat Çelikkan's Speech

It is the struggle for human rights that will light the torch of hope against hopelessness, not only in Turkey but in the entire world. “There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in." In the name of hope, I accept this award.

17 September 2018

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Radya el-Mutawakel's Speech

Hrant Dink Award Ceremony: Radya el-Mutawakel's Speech

We at Mwatana are working very hard to push for releasing those who are detained and disappeared all over Yemen. In spite of all the darkness, there are some successful stories that encourage us to go forward.

17 September 2018

Hrant Dink Award Granted to Murat Çelikkan, Mwatana for Human Rights

Hrant Dink Award Granted to Murat Çelikkan, Mwatana for Human Rights

2018 International Hrant Dink Award has been granted to rights advocate and Truth Justice Memory Center director Murat Çelikkan and Mwatana for Human Rights Organization in Yemen.

17 September 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Artists Meet in Silivri for Osman Kavala: 320 Days are Enough

Artists Meet in Silivri for Osman Kavala: 320 Days are Enough

Artists and culture and art workers have met in front of Silivri Prison for rights advocate and businessperson Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 320 days.

17 September 2018

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Candidate for Médicis Award

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Candidate for Médicis Award

HDP’s imprisoned former co-chair Demirtaş has been nominated to France’s one of the most prestigious literary awards with his book titled “Seher”.

14 September 2018

1 Person Killed in Police Operation

1 Person Killed in Police Operation

Shot with a gun during a police raid launched in Sarıyer this morning, İbrahim Devrim Top has lost his life.

13 September 2018

‘Prison Doesn’t Recognize Court Verdict’

‘Prison Doesn’t Recognize Court Verdict’

Şahinkaya from Van Prison in her letter has written that the management doesn’t deliver the books that are not banned, court accepting their objection regarding this matter isn’t taken into consideration.

11 September 2018 Ayça Söylemez

‘Prison Capacity Exceeded, 3 People Lie in 1 Bed’

‘Prison Capacity Exceeded, 3 People Lie in 1 Bed’

Inmates in Sivas Type E Closed Prison have written a letter to HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu about the rights violations that they have experienced in prison. Gergerlioğlu has brought the issue to parliamentary agenda.

11 September 2018

Happy Jewish New Year ‘Rosh Hashanah’

Happy Jewish New Year ‘Rosh Hashanah’

Jews celebrated the 5779th new year on September 9. We wish a happy “Rosh Hashanah” to all Jewish communities.

10 September 2018

No Arrested Defendants Remain in Dorm Fire Case

No Arrested Defendants Remain in Dorm Fire Case

The court has ruled that the last two arrested defendants in the Aladağ dorm fire case shall be released on the ground that the expert report has found them guilty of “collateral negligence.”

7 September 2018

Barbaros Şansal Says ‘I Don’t Have Life Safety’, Cancels His Performance

Barbaros Şansal Says ‘I Don’t Have Life Safety’, Cancels His Performance

Subjected to MDP Chair Büsküvütçü’s verbal harassment, insult and threats in Northern Cyprus in the previous days, fashion designer Şansal has cancelled his performance in İzmir on the ground that he has no life safety and freedom of expression.

7 September 2018

Amnesty International: Civilian Lives in Idlib Depend on Outcome of Tehran Summit

Amnesty International: Civilian Lives in Idlib Depend on Outcome of Tehran Summit

Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Campaigns Samah Hadid has released a statement before the Syria summit to be held in Tehran on September 7. She has said, “The lives of millions of people in Idlib are now in the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran.”

6 September 2018

Motion by HDP MP Paylan for Parliamentary Investigation into September 6/7 Pogrom

Motion by HDP MP Paylan for Parliamentary Investigation into September 6/7 Pogrom

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has submitted a motion, requesting that a parliamentary investigation be opened into the pogrom of September 6/7 in its 63rd year.

6 September 2018

Relatives of Murdered Journalists Speak on Impunity

Relatives of Murdered Journalists Speak on Impunity

Relatives of murdered journalists have come together in a panel called “Struggle Against Impunity in Killings of Journalists”, spoken on impunity.

6 September 2018 Elif Ünal

Request for Red Notice Against Writer, Publisher Zarakolu

Request for Red Notice Against Writer, Publisher Zarakolu

Writer and publisher Ragıp Zarakolu, for whom a red notice request has been submitted to the Interpol six years after his release from prison, has stated, "It does not mean anything other than disrespect and harassment."

6 September 2018 Ekin Karaca

‘Second Medical Examination’ by Forensic Medicine Instead of Giving Report

‘Second Medical Examination’ by Forensic Medicine Instead of Giving Report

Imprisoned journalist Duran has gotten examined at Forensic Medicine Institution to be released due to his illness. However, HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu has told that Duran was summoned for another examination instead of being given medical report.

5 September 2018

2 Academics Have Their First Hearings

2 Academics Have Their First Hearings

Research associates Çınar and Arıkan from Boğaziçi University have had their first hearing in 37th Heavy Penal Court. Their demands for immediate acquittal have been rejected. The hearings will resume on February 12.

5 September 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Operation Ends in Diyarbakır, Curfew Lifted

Operation Ends in Diyarbakır, Curfew Lifted

The curfew declared in 37 villages and hamlets in the districts of Lice and Hani in Diyarbakır has been lifted. The Governorship has announced that the operation conducted in this area has also ended.

5 September 2018

Letter by HDP to Iranian Ambassador for Penahi Sentenced to Death

Letter by HDP to Iranian Ambassador for Penahi Sentenced to Death

HDP Co-Chairs Buldan and Temelli have sent a “urgent” coded letter for Penahi who was sentenced to capital punishment, called for stop of the execution.

4 September 2018