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Attack on Saint Maria Catholic Church in Trabzon

Attack on Saint Maria Catholic Church in Trabzon

The Saint Maria Catholic Church, whose serving priest, Andrea Santoro, was murdered 12 years ago, has been attacked. One person has been taken into custody after the incident.

Campaign by Wikipedia: We Miss Turkey!

Campaign by Wikipedia: We Miss Turkey!

Blocked in turkey, online encyclopedia Wikipedia has launched a campaign with the hashtag #WeMissTurkey: “What would you do if you woke up and couldn’t access Wikipedia?”

No Investigation Permit for Public Officials Regarding Death of Ill Prisoner

No Investigation Permit for Public Officials Regarding Death of Ill Prisoner

Upon the issuance of a criminal complaint for the public officials in relation to the ill prisoner Ramazan Beyazpirinç, who lost his life while being taken to the hospital where he was referred to, the Governorship of Ankara has not granted an investigation permit.

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP Regarding Battery to DBP Co-Chair Arslan in Prison

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP Regarding Battery to DBP Co-Chair Arslan in Prison

The HDP Van MP Lezgin Botan has made a motion regarding DBP Co-Chair Mehmet Arslan, who was battered after resisting forced naked body search in prison. Botan has also stated that the related criminal complaint has remained unanswered.

Human Rights Association: 1154 Ill Prisoners, 402 in Serious Condition

Human Rights Association: 1154 Ill Prisoners, 402 in Serious Condition

İHD Prisons Commission has announced there are 1154 ill prisoners in Turkey’s prisons, 402 of which are in serious condition, and that inmates need to be granted the right to access healthcare.

Operation, Curfew in 3 Districts in Diyarbakır

Operation, Curfew in 3 Districts in Diyarbakır

Curfew was declared in three districts in Diyarbakır as of today due to an operation to be launched.

Campaign for Sise Bingöl to Be Released

Campaign for Sise Bingöl to Be Released

Petition has been launched for 78-year-old sick prisoner Sise Bingöl (78), who has been imprisoned in Tarsun, to be released.

Detained Community Houses Members Released

Detained Community Houses Members Released

11 people including Community Houses Co-chair Aktaş have been released while Community Houses central board member Merinç has been released as well upon his lawyer’s request for release.

‘Arrested Lawyer Gökten Battered in Cell’

‘Arrested Lawyer Gökten Battered in Cell’

Conveying that arrested lawyer Gökten and eight other people staying in the same cell were battered by guards, lawyer Doğan has said that they will file a criminal complaint.

27 February 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Community Houses Members Gone on Strike in Custody not Given Sugar

Community Houses Members Gone on Strike in Custody not Given Sugar

Lawyer Cankurt has said that normally sugar is given to those who go on hunger strike in detention but Community House members are not given sugar.

26 February 2018 Ekin Karaca

Ministry of Interior: 845 People Detained Due to ‘Olive Branch’

Ministry of Interior: 845 People Detained Due to ‘Olive Branch’

Stating that 845 people who criticized Afrin operation on social media and participated in protests have been detained, the Ministry of Interior has said that “648 propagandas were carried out on social media” about the operation.

26 February 2018

Incarcerated Lawyer: We Will Not Wear Prison Uniforms

Incarcerated Lawyer: We Will Not Wear Prison Uniforms

Incarcerated lawyer Şükriye Erden has written to bianet: "Prison uniforms are an affront to inmates' political identities and honor. They are geared toward alienating, de-personalizing, and militarizing inmates. We will not wear them."

23 February 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Operation Against Community Houses Protested

Operation Against Community Houses Protested

In the wake of detention of a large number of people including Community Houses Co-chair Aktaş, Community Houses Headquarters has issued a written statement. A protest has been staged in front of Community Houses.

22 February 2018

Open Workshop in Shift in Berlin for Osman Kavala

Open Workshop in Shift in Berlin for Osman Kavala

Osman Kavala’s artist friends have organized an open workshop in shift for him. Kavala has been behind bars since November 1.

21 February 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Peace Academic Başçetin Arrested

Peace Academic Başçetin Arrested

Detained seven days ago due to his social media posts, Community House Central Executive Board member Kutay Meriç and discharged academic Serdar Başçetin have been arrested.

20 February 2018

Detained Rights Defenders Protested Afrin Operation in Hatay Released

Detained Rights Defenders Protested Afrin Operation in Hatay Released

Detained after making a statement in protest of offensive into Afrin, 17 people including Human Rights Association Hatay Branch Chair Can have been released on probation.

16 February 2018

73-Year-Old Rights Defender Mithat Can Sent to Judgeship for Arrest

73-Year-Old Rights Defender Mithat Can Sent to Judgeship for Arrest

Those who were detained after having made a “no to war” statement have been sent to court for arrest on charge of “propagandizing for an illegal organization”. Human Rights Association Hatay Branch Chair Can is among those sent to court for arrest.

16 February 2018 Ayça Söylemez

2 Arrests in Social Media Operation in İzmir

2 Arrests in Social Media Operation in İzmir

Two people have been arrested in İzmir for propagandizing for two illegal organizations. The detention operations launched on the same ground have continued.

16 February 2018

Case of Killing by Armored Vehicle Starts Without Defendant

Case of Killing by Armored Vehicle Starts Without Defendant

Trial about 19-year-old Öner being crushed to death by an armored vehicle started yesterday, however the police defendant didn’t attend the hearing.

16 February 2018

Detained Alev Şahin Released

Detained Alev Şahin Released

Staging protest to be reinstated to her job, architect Alev Şahin has been detained after she was taken into custody yesterday.

14 February 2018

6 Arrests in Social Media Operation

6 Arrests in Social Media Operation

Six people have been arrested in Hakkari due to their social media posts about Afrin operation. Operations were launched this morning in six cities on charge of “calling for demonstration”.

14 February 2018

Police Operation Against “End War” Declaration in Hatay

Police Operation Against “End War” Declaration in Hatay

The Anti-Terror Department of the police force has staged an operation against 27 people including İHD, HDP, and DİSK administrators in Hatay province. Attorney Can thinks the reason for the operation is their declaration that “policies of war in Afrin must be discontinued.”

13 February 2018 Ayça Söylemez

5 Arrests, 17 Detentions in Social Media Operation

5 Arrests, 17 Detentions in Social Media Operation

Five more people charged with “propagandizing for an illegal organization” on social media have been arrested. The number of those who have been arrested on the same ground has increased to 39.

13 February 2018

Social Media Operation in Istanbul, Tekirdağ

Social Media Operation in Istanbul, Tekirdağ

11 people have been taken into custody in Istanbul for “engaging in PKK propaganda” through their social media posts, and one person in Tekirdağ for “engaging in DHKP/C propaganda”.

13 February 2018

Raşit Tükel, Taner Gören from Turkish Medical Association Reinstated to Their Jobs

Raşit Tükel, Taner Gören from Turkish Medical Association Reinstated to Their Jobs

Suspended by İstanbul University President for three months for having been detained, Turkish Medical Association Central Council Chair Tükel and Central Council member Gören have been reinstated to their jobs.

12 February 2018

Osman Kavala Writes from Prison

Osman Kavala Writes from Prison

Being imprisoned since November 1, 2017, rights activist and business person Kavala has written from prison: “I intimately feel saddened by the fact that there are journalists and authors who have been here for longer than me”.

12 February 2018

Social Media Operation in Urfa

Social Media Operation in Urfa

Charged with “terrorism propaganda” on social media, 11 people have been detained in home raids in Urfa.

12 February 2018

2018 Civil Rights Advocate Award Goes to Murat Çelikkan

2018 Civil Rights Advocate Award Goes to Murat Çelikkan

Civil Rights Defenders has awarded Truth Justice Memory Center co-director Murat Çelikkan the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2018.

9 February 2018

Statement by Solidarity Academics for Detained Prof. Hamzaoğlu

Statement by Solidarity Academics for Detained Prof. Hamzaoğlu

Kocaeli Solidarity Academy has condemned detention of Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoğlu.

9 February 2018

Educators Who Ended Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

Educators Who Ended Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

Nuriye Gülmen, Semih Özakça, Esra Özakça and Mehmet Güveli who ended the hunger strike have been discharged from hospital.

9 February 2018

Erol Önderoğlu Granted Roosevelt Foundation Freedom of Speech and Expression Award

Erol Önderoğlu Granted Roosevelt Foundation Freedom of Speech and Expression Award

RSF Turkey representative and bianet correspondent Erol Önderoğlu has won the Roosevelt Foundation 2018 Freedom of Speech and Expression Award. “This award belongs to all those committed to free and ethical journalism and to upholding solidarity,” Önderoğlu has said.

8 February 2018

‘Social Media Operation’ in 2 Cities

‘Social Media Operation’ in 2 Cities

Five people in Çanakkale and Aydın have been detained for “insulting the president” due to their social media posts about Afrin operation.

7 February 2018