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RIGHTS
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Survey: 'Situation of human rights in Kurdish regions no different from the 1990s'
More than 40 percent of the people in Diyarbakır do not trust the country's justice system, according to a new survey by the Diyarbakır Bar Association and the Rawest Research company.
17 December 2021
Ruken Tuncel
Report finds 191 violations of rights against older people in Turkey in November
The Association for Aging Studies has released its November report on violations of rights against older people: “Nearly all of the most affected population in all cases of violence, neglect, violation of rights and discrimination were poor older adults.”
17 December 2021
'Turkey’s prisons have turned into houses of death'
HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has said, “The prisons of a country are the mirrors of their democracy. Unfortunately, the prisons of Turkey have turned into houses of death. Only in the last week, two ill prisoners have lost their lives in prison.”
17 December 2021
‘There are paramilitary forces behind the Konya massacre,’ says lawyer
Lawyer Abdurrahman Karabulut, a lawyer for the Dedeoğulları family, who were massacred in Konya province, has spoken to bianet following the first hearing of the trial: “The assailant was unemployed, but there was a serious cash flow in his account.”
16 December 2021
Ruken Tuncel
‘Aysel Tuğluk, hundreds of ill prisoners left for dead in Turkey’
The HDP, DBP and Peace Mothers have made a statement for the press in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province and raised concerns about the increasing violations of rights in the country’s prisons and the situation of ill prisoners.
16 December 2021
Turkey's media authority fines Netflix, others for 'immorality'
The movie "More the Merrier" was "based on a fiction in which homosexuality, incest relationships and swinging are intensely experienced" and was against "general morality," according to RTÜK.
15 December 2021
Ill prisoner Halil Güneş loses his life in prison
Halil Güneş was in treatment for lung and bone cancer. While a public hospital issued a report noting that “he was not in a state to stay in prison”, the Forensic Medicine Institution’s report indicated that “he could stay in prison”. Güneş has died in prison.
15 December 2021
An online talk: How does discrimination spread through algorithms?
Hrant Dink Foundation will hold an online talk on how discrimination spreads on social media through algorithms. Susan Benesch, founding director of Dangerous Speech Project, will discuss the issue; the talk will be moderated by Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu.
15 December 2021
‘At least 59 ill prisoners have lost their lives in Turkey since 2020’
According to the İHD, at least 59 ill prisoners, seven of whom shortly after the deferment of the execution of their sentences, have lost their lives in Turkey since early 2020.
14 December 2021
Boğaziçi University students indicted, face prison sentence over their protests
14 students of Boğaziçi University have been cited as suspects in the indictment issued by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office over their protests against Naci İnci, the appointed rector of the university.
13 December 2021
Citizen who threw President Erdoğan’s picture to the ground arrested
A citizen named A.Ç. came to a sub-governor’s office in Zonguldak province and threw the photo of President and AKP Chair Erdoğan hung at the entrance of the building to the ground. Referred to the courthouse, A.Ç has been arrested.
13 December 2021
Criminal complaint against ministers over deaths, rights violations during pandemic
On Human Rights Day, four labor and rights organizations filed a complaint against Health Minister Koca and Minister of Labor Bilgin over the death of more than 200 thousand people and violations of right to life and health during the pandemic.
10 December 2021
Garibe Gezer suspiciously loses her life in prison
Having announced that she was tortured and sexually assaulted in Kandıra Prison in Kocaeli, Garibe Gezer has suspiciously lost her life in the same prison. Lawyer Eren Keskin asks, “How could a person in a cell hang herself?”
10 December 2021
Human Rights Day | ‘We see, we don’t stay silent, we struggle’
The TİHV-HRFT and İHD: “Turkey is going through one of the gravest economic crises of the last 40 years. Poverty, precarity and disorganization have been aggravated by state of emergency practices. This picture has taken on a graver look with the pandemic.”
10 December 2021
Deadly school bus accident | ‘I submitted 18 petitions, all were shelved’
Wounded in the accident, Hakan’s mother says, “My son told me once, ‘Mom, you will find us on the mountain road one day, the minibus goes so fast.’ We found our children not on the mountain road but on a straight road.”
9 December 2021
‘Mistaken identity’: Person detained in France over Khashoggi’s murder released
The suspect from Saudi Arabia, who was detained in Paris over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing, has been released a day later after identity verification has confirmed that he is the wrong person, a senior judicial officer has announced.
9 December 2021
Halk TV reporter Hazar Dost released from detention
Hazar Dost, a reporter for Halk TV, was taken into custody in Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya, where he went for news follow-up. He has been released after giving his statement at the courthouse.
8 December 2021
New footage on Metin Lokumcu murder: Who is the plainclothes person?
In a recently unveiled video from the day when retired teacher Metin Lokumcu lost his life as a result of the chemical gases used by the police, a plainclothes person is seen to order the police to “aim” and to show them how to fire tear gas cartridges.
8 December 2021
Thrown from a helicopter, Osman Şiban faces ‘terror’ charges
The Van Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Osman Şiban, whom soldiers threw from a helicopter in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van.
7 December 2021
Journalist filming road rage between police and minibus driver briefly detained in Hakkari
Journalist Mimar Kaya, who filmed the argument between the police and the driver of a service vehicle in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Hakkari province, was taken into custody. He has been released after giving his statement.
6 December 2021
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Police raid home of Human Rights Association head Eren Keskin's mother at midnight
Police first raided the home and then called the lawyer by phone to summon her to testify, Keskin has said.
4 December 2021
HDP brings Çetin Kaya's 'killing' by the police to Parliamentary agenda
HDP’s Ersoy says that while Kaya was handcuffed behind his back and shot in the back of his head at close range, “the city surveillance cameras were not recording” in the meantime as in the case of several files where the police are perpetrators.
3 December 2021
Criminal complaint against intelligence, security officers over killing of HDP’s Deniz Poyraz
In a statement about their complaint, lawyers have underlined that no investigation has been launched against security or intelligence officers over the killing of Deniz Poyraz in an armed attack against the HDP İzmir office in mid-June 2021.
3 December 2021
‘Police torture to be probed on disciplinary grounds’
Lawyer Yalçın says, “Though the crime of torture was committed by the police in the video I watched, the Diyarbakır Security Directorate will probe it with regard to discipline, which constitutes an approach protecting the ones who committed this crime.”
2 December 2021
Ayşegül Özbek
Man killed by police in İstanbul after allegedly disobeying 'stop' warning
While the Governor's Office says the deceased man had resisted the police, there are reports claiming that the incident was an extrajudicial killing.
1 December 2021
HDP requests special parliamentary session about Tahir Elçi murder
The party has raised concerns over impunity as no progress has been made about the 2015 killing of the lawyer.
30 November 2021
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Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan given two new bans on visitation
The Asrın Law Office has announced that their application for meeting Öcalan and their other clients in the İmralı Prison, of whom they have not heard for 8 months, has been rejected and Öcalan has been given two new bans on visitation.
30 November 2021
‘Failure to release Osman Kavala must prompt infringement proceedings’
As the court ruled for the continuation of Osman Kavala’s arrest on November 26, Amnesty International has addressed an open letter to the heads of states of the Council of Europe, calling on them to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey.
29 November 2021
Felicity Party Chair Karamollaoğlu meets Şenyaşar family
Meeting Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who are on a justice watch for their killed and arrested family members, SP Chair Karamollaoğlu said, “We know the incident. May God help you. God willing, justice will be served one day.”
29 November 2021
Police intervene against ‘We cannot make a living’ protest in Ankara
The police attacked the group who wanted to protest the economic crisis in Turkey and to call on the government to resign. Several people, including JinNews reporter Öznur Değer, were taken into custody.
29 November 2021
Jailed PKK leader Öcalan’s lawyers apply to rights organizations, bar associations
Saying that they have been unable to receive any news of Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners held in İmralı for 8 months, the Asrın Law Office have urged the rights organizations and bar associations to take action about the issue.
26 November 2021
Stage actor Genco Erkal appears before court in 'insulting President' case
The 83-year-old actor was indicted for insulting Erdoğan in the tweets he posted five years ago.
25 November 2021
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