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Ruling AKP, MHP and BBP file a criminal complaint against journalist Ayşenur Arslan
The ruling AKP, its ally MHP and BBP have requested that Halk TV presenter Ayşenur Arslan be penalized on charge of “degrading the nation, the State of the Republic of Turkey and the institutions and bodies of the state”.
11 February 2022
Turkey's media watchdog probes Halk TV over Arslan's remarks over Falyalı's killing
Ayşenur Arslan, a program presenter at Halk TV, has been targeted on social media over her remarks about the killing of ‘betting and casino tycoon’ Halil Falyalı in Cyprus. RTÜK has launched an inquiry against the broadcaster.
10 February 2022
Prisoners complain about bills, too: Power cut, heaters off
According to the latest monthly report of the Civil Society in the Penal System Association, prisoners complain that electricity prices are increasing day by day and they cannot pay the fees as it puts their families into trouble economically.
9 February 2022
Turkey’s violence map: 3,801 incidents of armed violence, 2,145 losses of life in 2021
The Umut (Hope) Foundation has shared the 2021 Turkey Violence Map with the public: Firearms were used in 3,172 incidents and sharp objects were used in 629. 3,896 people were wounded across Turkey in these incidents.
9 February 2022
Power cut in Isparta: Still no electricity in over 50 villages
Engineer Güner Merdan from the Chamber of Electrical Engineers says, “These electric poles were set up 15-20 years ago. If you do not carry out maintenance or fix the decayed parts at regular intervals, this will be the result.”
8 February 2022
Ayşegül Özbek
A year in Turkey’s prisons amid pandemic: Prisoners unable to access healthcare
The Civil Society in the Penal System Association has released its annual report on Turkey’s prisons: One of the major problems facing prisoners in 2020 was the violation of their right to access healthcare.
8 February 2022
Protests against increasing electricity prices: 41 people released from detention
41 people were taken into custody in Kızıltepe district in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin for “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “praising the crime and criminal” and “damage to property”.
8 February 2022
Appeals court overturns sentences of directors of documentary about PKK
Mavioğlu and Demirel were given a prison sentence in 2019 for "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
8 February 2022
Journalist Nurcan Yalçın released after three days in detention
Yalçın was detained during a police raid in her home in Diyarbakır.
7 February 2022
Coalition for Women in Journalism calls for journalist Nurcan Yalçın’s release
The CFWIJ has released a statement about journalist Nurcan Yalçın, who was detained in Diyarbakır on February 4, and called for her immediate release.
7 February 2022
HDP's dismissed, jailed Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı sent to Edirne Prison
Arrested after being removed from office, HDP’s Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı has been transferred to Edirne Prison at his own request.
4 February 2022
Police raid Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch
Police officers have raided the Human Rights Association (İHD) branch in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır and searched the office.
3 February 2022
Demonstrations, events banned in Turkey’s Hakkari for 15 days
The Governor’s Office of Hakkari has announced that events and demonstrations such as protest marches, press statements and sit-in protests have been banned in the province for a period of 15 days.
3 February 2022
Ill prisoner Turgay Deniz dies shortly after release
The 39-year-old prisoner had tuberculosis and had been using a respiratory assist device for 12 years.
2 February 2022
Journalists commemorate Abdi İpekçi: We still need his journalism so much
Journalists and journalism organizations have commemorated journalist Abdi İpekçi on the 43rd anniversary of his death in an armed attack.
1 February 2022
International groups call for release of journalist Sedef Kabaş
Human rights and journalism groups say the judicial harassment of journalists should end.
1 February 2022
Rights group demands the release of Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, all ill prisoners
The Women’s Commission of Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch calls for the release of former HDP MP Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia: “Otherwise, this practice contrary to human dignity will lead to irreversible consequences.”
1 February 2022
Gap between starvation line and minimum wage has almost completely closed in Turkey
According to the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (Türk-İş), the starvation line of a family of four is 4,249 lira and its poverty line is 13,843 lira in Turkey in January. The current minimum wage is 4,253 lira.
31 January 2022
Erdoğan issues circular to 'eliminate TV programs against national values'
The pro-government media has accused "The Masked Singer" program of "paganism propaganda."
31 January 2022
Prisoner Bilgin found dead in ward 5 months before his release
Mehmet Hanefi Bilgin, who had been behind bars for 30 years, lost his life in Bolu Type F Prison in western Turkey. The prison administration called his family and informed them that Bilgin had a heart attack.
31 January 2022
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Security director tells family to ‘not exaggerate’ death in armored vehicle crash
The paternal uncle of Abdulgaffar Dayan, who lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in Şırnak’s Cizre, says that the District Security Director told them, “As it is the vehicle of the security, you are creating a diversion.”
31 January 2022
Access block to Xwebûn, Yeni Yaşam newspapers’ websites
An access block has been imposed on the websites of Xwebûn newspaper, which is published in Kurdish, and of Yeni Yaşam newspaper.
31 January 2022
Deaths by armored vehicle crashes ‘not a coincidence, but result of a planned practice’
The İzmir branches of three law and rights organizations have staged a protest for Abdulgaffar Dayan, who lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in Şırnak’s Cizre. They have recalled that 18 people have died in such crashes in 4 years.
28 January 2022
‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’
According to the annual report on rights violations prepared by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the right to life of 2,964 people was violated and 3,145 people were subjected to torture and ill treatment in Turkey in 2021.
28 January 2022
Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk to be referred to Forensic Medicine Institution
With the related process completed at a public hospital where she was referred to for a third report, Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Tuğluk will be taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution again and kept there for a 3-week observation.
28 January 2022
Ruken Tuncel
TİHV: At least 18 people killed in armored vehicle crashes in four years
Most recently, 23-year-old man lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in the southeastern Şırnak province.
28 January 2022
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Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report
The Batman Branch of the İHD has released its 2021 annual report on violations of rights: 5,019 violations of rights were documented in the province in a year, which means, on average, 14 violations occurred in the city every day.
28 January 2022
Turkey's Foreign Ministry marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
The ministry pointed out that Turkey welcomed many Jew fleeing the Nazis during World War II.
27 January 2022
Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed
Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can't stay in prison, says her attorney.
27 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
'A political decision': Press Council calls for journalist Sedef Kabaş’s immediate release
In a written statement, the Press Council has commented on the court's rejection of the appeal against journalist Sedef Kabaş’s arrest: “It is concrete evidence of how much the judiciary has been politicized.”
27 January 2022
3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021
According to the last quarterly report of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch, 3,118 violations of rights in total, including eight losses of life, occurred in 20 prisons in Turkey in the last three months of 2021.
27 January 2022
Free in other prisons, book banned in Bolu Prison for 'jeopardizing security'
A legal book with an ISBN allocated by the Ministry of Culture is not given to Erol Zavar, who also gave an interview to be included in the book.
27 January 2022
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