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Solidarity Academies To Start New Academic Year

Solidarity Academies To Start New Academic Year

Solidarity Academies founded in 2016 by academics who were discharged through statutory decrees but aimed at continuing to pass on their academic knowledge through alternative local academic organizations, will start the new academic year with inauguration lectures.

2 Soldiers, 2 Village Guards Killed in Ağrı

2 Soldiers, 2 Village Guards Killed in Ağrı

Ağrı Governorship has announced that two soldiers and two village guards were killed during an operation against PKK in Ağrı province on Saturday.

2nd Hearing on 204th Day of Hunger Strike of Gülmen, Özakça

2nd Hearing on 204th Day of Hunger Strike of Gülmen, Özakça

Second hearing of the trial of Gülmen and Özakça, who have been on hunger strike demanding their jobs back for 204 days, and discharged teacher Karadağ, will be held today.

28 September 2017

16 Detained Lawyers of Gülmen, Özakça at Prosecutor’s Office After 9 Days

16 Detained Lawyers of Gülmen, Özakça at Prosecutor’s Office After 9 Days

Detained two days prior to hearing of Gülmen and Özakça, 16 lawyers went to the prosecutor’s office to give their statements today.

20 September 2017

Happy Jewish New Year ‘Rosh Hashanah’

Happy Jewish New Year ‘Rosh Hashanah’

Jews enter the year of 5,778 tonight. Happy Rosh Hashanah.

20 September 2017

Academic Freedom to be Discussed at International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean

Academic Freedom to be Discussed at International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean

The workshop organized by the International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean will be held in Nesin Mathematics Village in Şirince on September 22-24, 2017.

19 September 2017

Academic Discharges on Map as New Academic Year Begins

Academic Discharges on Map as New Academic Year Begins

As the new academic year has begun, 5,717 academics from 117 universities in 81 cities have been discharged, only 140 of them have been reinstated to their jobs.

19 September 2017 Beyza Kural

Women Injured in Diyarbakır Over Explosion of Object in Her Garden

Women Injured in Diyarbakır Over Explosion of Object in Her Garden

A woman has been severely injured in Diyarbakır, when an object, which she found in her garden and tried to throw away, exploded.

13 September 2017

Trial of Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger For 189 Days Begins Tomorrow

Trial of Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger For 189 Days Begins Tomorrow

The first hearing in the trial of academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça who have been on a hunger strike for 189 days after being dismissed from their positions through a statutory decree, will be held tomorrow. Solidarity and call for support to the trial continue on social media.

13 September 2017

Village Guard Killed in Hakkari

Village Guard Killed in Hakkari

A village guard has lost his life in an attack carried out by members of PKK in Şemdinli district of of Hakkari. One soldier and two other village guards were injured in the attack.

13 September 2017

Trial of Prof. Gözaydın Adjourned to January 2018, Travel Ban Not Lifted

Trial of Prof. Gözaydın Adjourned to January 2018, Travel Ban Not Lifted

Prof. İştar Gözaydın detained on the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization” in connection with the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Organization” had her first hearing yesterday after being released with an international travel ban. Her next hearing will be on January 12.

13 September 2017 Tansu Pişkin

69,301 Students Behind Bars: Increase by a Factor of 25 in 4 Years

69,301 Students Behind Bars: Increase by a Factor of 25 in 4 Years

Minister of Justice has announced that 69,301 students were currently behind bars in Turkey. CHP İstanbul MP and member of Commission on Human Rights Watch İlgezdi pointed out to arising problems such as expulsion due to absence, lack of learning space and the inability to cover the costs of education.

11 September 2017

Arrested Doctors in Diyarbakır Have Been Released

Arrested Doctors in Diyarbakır Have Been Released

Former presidents of Diyabakır Chamber of Medicine Op. Dr. Selçuk Mızraklı and Op. Dr. Şemsettin Koç who were taken into custody in Diyarbakır and later arrested, were released on Friday evening.

11 September 2017

PKK Attack in Hakkari: 2 Workers Killed, 3 Injured

PKK Attack in Hakkari: 2 Workers Killed, 3 Injured

An attack has been carried out on workers at a power transmission line in the rural area of Çobanpınar village in Yüksekova district of Hakkari. Two workers have lost their lives, three others have been injured.

7 September 2017

Journalists Outside Initiative Calls for Support for Next Hearing of Cumhuriyet Trial

Journalists Outside Initiative Calls for Support for Next Hearing of Cumhuriyet Trial

Calling for support for the next hearing of Cumhuriyet Trial to be held in Silivri Court, Journalists Outside Initiative has shared a video on social media with the hashtag “#11EylüldeHepsiniİstiyoruz” (we want them all out on September 11).

5 September 2017

Curfew Declared in One Neighbourhood in Nusaybin

Curfew Declared in One Neighbourhood in Nusaybin

Mardin Governorship has announced that operations would be carried out in Akarsu neighbourhood in Nusaybin and that therefore curfew was declared in the neighbourhood which would be in effect until further notice.

4 September 2017

One Soldier Killed in Attack in Hakkari

One Soldier Killed in Attack in Hakkari

A missile attack was carried out in Kovan Tepe region of Çukurca district of Hakkari killing one soldier yesterday.

4 September 2017

Minister of Justice: Over 224,878 People Behind Bars, Capacities Exceeded

Minister of Justice: Over 224,878 People Behind Bars, Capacities Exceeded

Minister of Justice has announced that there were 224,878 people in prisons 85,105 of whom are arrested and 139,773 are convicted. The Ministry has pointed out that the figure exceeded the capacity by 22,000.

4 September 2017

Demonstrations Banned in Van for 30 Days

Demonstrations Banned in Van for 30 Days

Setting up tents, opening stands, sit-in protests and all similar demonstrations and events have been banned through State of Emergency Law for 30 days in Van.

1 September 2017

Explosion in Garbage Dumpster As Prison Bus Drives By

Explosion in Garbage Dumpster As Prison Bus Drives By

Eight people seven of whom have been lightly injured in the explosion that occurred in a garbage dumpster as the prison bus was driving by in İzmir’s district of Buca.

Education Union: Our 682 Members Banished

Education Union: Our 682 Members Banished

The Education Union has announced that its 367 members in Urfa, 264 in Diyarbakır and 51 in Antep have been banished to outside of the cities.

Investigation into Academics Involved in Protest Against Discharges at Ankara University

Investigation into Academics Involved in Protest Against Discharges at Ankara University

The Ankara University Presidency has brought an investigation against the academics who staged a protest against an academic purge.

25 August 2017 Beyza Kural

Young Man with 82% Disability Seized For ‘Draft Dodging’

Young Man with 82% Disability Seized For ‘Draft Dodging’

The son of former CHP Darıca Women’s Branch chair Satı Bozkurt, who has a 82% disability, has been taken by gendarmerie during a gendarmerie traffic stop to a military induction center for being “draft dodger”.

Arrested Rights Defender Dalkıran: Your Support Makes Us Resilient in Prison

Arrested Rights Defender Dalkıran: Your Support Makes Us Resilient in Prison

Rights defender Dalkıran, who was arrested along with other rights defenders during a workshop in Büyükada, has sent a letter to Agos weekly from prison saying that the solidarity people showed the rights defenders made them resilient in prison.

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Nalan Erken, who was among the rights advocates arrested after being detained in Büyükada, had gastric bleeding in prison. She will be sent to the hospital on November 1.

23 August 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Criminal Complaint by Elvan Over Police Breaking Her Arm

Criminal Complaint by Elvan Over Police Breaking Her Arm

Gülsüm Elvan, taken into custody during a protest in solidarity with the arrested academics Gülmen and Özakça on hunger strike, has filed a criminal complaint over the police breaking her arm while handcuffing her from the back.

22 August 2017 Tansu Pişkin

‘Hero’ T-Shirt Response from Minister of Justice to Journalist Hakan

‘Hero’ T-Shirt Response from Minister of Justice to Journalist Hakan

In his response to Hakan’s article, Minister of Justice Gül has said, “It is not true that the people who wear Hero t-shirt have been victimized”.

Writer Akhanlı, Previously Detained in Spain Released

Writer Akhanlı, Previously Detained in Spain Released

Previously detained in Spain upon Turkey’s request, Doğan Akhanlı has been released. The court on duty in Madrid has allotted Turkey 40 days to provide justification for its demand of extradition.

Jailed Rights Defender Üstün: Solidarity Keeps Me Going

Jailed Rights Defender Üstün: Solidarity Keeps Me Going

Being detained during the Büyükada operation, İlknur Üstün from the Women’s Coalition has said, “These events are not normal. Considering them normal means to justify these”.

‘Rights of 1,809,000 People Violated Under Curfews’, says Rights Organization

‘Rights of 1,809,000 People Violated Under Curfews’, says Rights Organization

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey’s statement, there has been at least 252 officially confirmed round-the-clock and open-ended curfews in 11 cities and rights of 1,809,000 people have been violated.

Kidnapped Village Head in Hakkari Found Dead

Kidnapped Village Head in Hakkari Found Dead

Nurettin Altun, Village Head of Kadıköy neighbourhood of Yüksekova district in Hakkari claimed to have been kidnapped by PKK has been found dead.

HDP MP Aslan Chains Himself to A Rock in Hasankeyf

HDP MP Aslan Chains Himself to A Rock in Hasankeyf

Responding to the statement by the Batman governor denying that dynamite was being used for the removal of rocks, HDP MP Aslan asked “Are these then images of children popping balloons?” and protested by chaining himself to a rock in Hasankeyf, the 12,000 year-old ancient town that is under direct threat of being submerged.