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Stage actor Genco Erkal acquitted of 'insulting the president'
The 84-year-old actor was put on trial because of his tweets about political issues.
14 April 2022
Writer Ergün Poyraz claims he was attacked for investigating irregular tender
Ergün was put in intensive care after having a crack in his skull because of the attack.
14 April 2022
Minority foundations | Armenians of Turkey express concern over new regulation rumors
Hospitals belonging to minority foundations may be excluded from a new regulation that will allow the minorities to elect the directors of their foundations nine years later, according to rumors.
14 April 2022
Video footage shows torture despite reports of ‘heart attack’ and ‘infectious disease’
Having lost his life in Silivri Closed Prison, Ferhan Yılmaz’s video from the intensive case has surfaced. While the Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses said “his heart stopped and he died”, the death report referred to an “infectious disease”.
14 April 2022
Journalist Hasan Cemal acquitted of 'insulting the president'
"You do journalism for 54 years, and nothing changes. Very sad, pathetic..." the journalist said in his statement of defense.
13 April 2022
Newala Qesaba: Construction near mass graves in Kurdish province 'should be stopped'
The construction works should be halted and the process should be carried out with respect to the disease, says Ümit Biçer, a professor of forensic medicine.
13 April 2022
Ferid Demirel
Prisoner: Warden gave a rope and said, ‘Hang yourself’
The İstanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association has made a statement about the torture and ill treatment of prisoners at Silivri No. 5 Prison and the death of two prisoners, urging the authorities to launch a penal and administrative investigation.
13 April 2022
Why Turkey's minorities not able to elect their community leaders for nine years?
The government annulled the previous regulation for elections and has not issued a new one. April 30 is the deadline that was set in a human rights action plan. It is not clear whether communities' demands were taken into consideration.
12 April 2022
Hikmet Adal
Attacked in Aydın, writer Ergün Poyraz has life-threatening injuries
Targeted in an attack in front of his house, writer Ergün Poyraz allegedly wrote a tip-off letter about a company that the Kuşadası Municipality gave tenders to.
12 April 2022
Khashoggi murder: Justice minister says he had no option but to pass the case to Saudi Arabia
Minister Bozdağ has said that he acted in accordance with the law as the defendants could not be brought before the court in Turkey.
12 April 2022
Lawyer seriously injured after being run over by police in Şırnak
The Şırnak Bar Association has denounced the incident, which it said showed "none of us are safe."
11 April 2022
Study: Kurds want education, municipal services in mother tongue
The Kurds' demands regarding their mother tongue are the ones that receive the least negative reactions from the public in Turkey, according to a new study.
7 April 2022
From Sámi language to Kurdish with writer Labba
The number of those who learn their mother language to get over the historical trauma and for emancipation has been on the increase among Sámis, an indigenous people in Scandinavia. What does this experience mean for the future of Kurdish?
7 April 2022
E. Barış Altıntaş
More lawsuits by Erdoğan and his son-in-law Bayraktar against journalists
A journalist has been indicted for "insulting the president." Bayraktar has sued a journalist over an interview about his company's drones.
6 April 2022
Sixty-seven journalists killed in 113 years in Turkey
113 years ago today, a journalist was murdered in Turkey for the first time. Sixty-six more have been killed since then, with the last happening this year.
6 April 2022
Armored vehicle hits civilian car in Diyarbakır, three people injured
Two people in a van and one police officer in the armored vehicle have been taken to the hospital following the collision.
5 April 2022
Villas being built in Newala Qesaba, a site of mass graves in eastern Turkey
Works are underway to construct 8-storey buildings and luxury villas on Newala Qesaba, where hundreds of Kurds and Armenians were buried in mass graves.
31 March 2022
Revolutionaries killed in Kızıldere commemorated
Socialist revolutionary Mahir Çayan and his friends, who were massacred in Kızıldere in 1972, were commemorated on their death anniversary.
31 March 2022
‘The state has once again disregarded the right to life’
Rights and law groups have released a statement about the death of 16-year-old Aksem: “Penalizing the responsible parties by conducting an effective investigation will prevent similar incidents under the name of ‘accidents’."
30 March 2022
Police officer who caused the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin acquitted
The Tektekin family and the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center have announced that they will take the verdict of acquittal to the upper court.
29 March 2022
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Şenyaşar Family, Boğaziçi Resistance to be granted human rights award
The 2022 Sevinç Özgüner Human Rights, Peace and Democracy Award will be received by the Şenyaşar Family and the constituents of Boğaziçi University Resistance in an award ceremony on May 23, 2022.
29 March 2022
'Deep flaws in the judicial system not addressed in Turkey in 2021'
Amnesty International has released its annual report on the state of human rights in the world. On Turkey, it has noted that "opposition politicians, journalists, rights defenders and others faced baseless investigations, prosecutions and convictions".
29 March 2022
Local journalists attacked by an ultranationalist group in Konya
Hospitalized after the attack, journalists Umut Yaygır and Özcan Saraç have alleged that Nationalist Movement Party’s Ereğli Mayor Hüseyin Oprukçu instigated the attack.
29 March 2022
Found dead in a shooting range of police, Aksem had 12 metal pieces in his body
Speaking about the killing of 16-year-old Muharrem Aksem in Urfa, the lawyer of the family has said that the shooting range near which Aksem was found dead does not comply with the regulations and pointed at negligence in his death.
29 March 2022
Omnibus bill to pose ‘yet another obstacle to people’s access to news in Turkey’
The Turkish Journalists' Association (TGC) has released a statement about the omnibus bill that foresees up to 3 years in prison for journalists over their news against companies. Defining the bill as “censorship”, the TGC demands its withdrawal.
29 March 2022
Killing of child in firearms training ground: 'State should ensure that children live in safe places'
A 16-year-old child was found dead with multiple bullet wounds in an area which police officers use as a training ground for firearm practice in Urfa province.
28 March 2022
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Starvation line tops the minimum wage by 675 lira in Turkey
The ‘cost of living’ of a single employee has increased to 6,473 Turkish Lira (TRY), which is 2,200 TRY higher than the minimum wage.
28 March 2022
Diyarbakır Governor’s Office bans meetings, demonstrations for 10 days
Citing the Law 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations, the Governor’s Office of Diyarbakır has banned all events such as outdoor-indoor protests and hunger strikes.
28 March 2022
Bar Association: Two 5-year-olds taken into custody at Diyarbakır Newroz
The Diyarbakır Bar has announced that the children were detained due to their traditional wear and they were fingerprinted in the meantime. The Bar has filed a complaint against the law enforcement officers and prosecutor of the investigation.
28 March 2022
16-year-old child found dead in a shooting range of the police in Urfa
In a statement about the incident, the Governor’s Office of Urfa has stated that Muharrem Aksem, who was found dead in the shooting range of police, “might have lost his life after the explosion of an object that he had found on the ground”.
28 March 2022
One person arrested over violence against children at a religious cult's dorm
In his statement at the prosecutor’s office, Aykut E. said that he is a mining engineer, he joined the related association as an office worker in April 2021 and there is a male students’ dorm under the roof of this association.
28 March 2022
Armed attack on HDP office in southern Turkey
The attack in Erdemli, Mersin was carried out at night when the office was closed.
27 March 2022
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