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'Tomorrow may be too late for Mehmet Emin Özkan'

'Tomorrow may be too late for Mehmet Emin Özkan'

Another application has been made for the deferment of the execution of the prison sentence of 83-year-old Mehmet Emin Özkan, whose court records show that he has been in prison for 25 years for a crime he did not commit.

3 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

Unsolved murders, disappearances, tortures... The struggle of rights organizations in Turkey for more than a quarter of a century... Rights defenders Eren Keskin and Akın Birdal have spoken to bianet.

2 June 2021 Dilek Şen

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

According to the report of Civil Society in the Penal System Association, the food offered to prisoners is cold and of poor quality, it is not hygienic or filling, meat is replaced by rice and pasta, the number and weight of bread in grams have been reduced.

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

The chairs of 58 bar associations have made a joint statement about the intervention against the villagers resisting the marble quarry attempted to be built in Van’s Gürpınar district: “Give up the project, apologize to villagers.”

Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

In the wake of a ban imposed by the Beyoğlu Governor’s Office, the Taksim Solidarity platform has made a press statement on the 8th anniversary of Gezi under police blockade. “The darkness passes, Gezi remains,” they have stated.

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

The İzmir Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) held a press statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that protest marches and public protest meetings have been banned in the province for 15 days.

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Covering news on corruption in Osmaniye province, journalist Tolga Balcılar’s house was raided by the police three times in one week even though there was no search warrant for the house or a detention warrant against the journalist.

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Prevented from going back to France without any legal grounds for two years, Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has received his passport.

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

According to the report of the TİHV, the freedom of assembly and demonstration was violated 4,771 times in Turkey in 2015-2019. 3,102 students faced violations of rights while exercising their freedom of assembly, demonstration and association.

Police officer investigating Kutlu Adalı murder is now Director General of Police

Police officer investigating Kutlu Adalı murder is now Director General of Police

Cyprus Press Union Chair Ali Kişmir has spoken to bianet about the unsolved murder of journalist Kutlu Adalı in 1996. He has said that they expect the current Director General of Police to reopen the investigation amid recent statements about the murder.

27 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

'Children think that Kurdish is banned'

'Children think that Kurdish is banned'

From the report of the Migration and Humanitarian Assistance Foundation: "Though it is not forbidden to speak Kurdish, children’s expressions reveal that they were subjected to de facto obstructions and exclusion when speaking in their mother language."

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

In a statement released by the ESU amid the debates on Sedat Peker’s statements, it has been underlined that the murders of 60 Syriac people in the Turabdin region have not yet been cleared up.

Student arrested for the 6th time on the charge he was acquitted before

Student arrested for the 6th time on the charge he was acquitted before

Put on trial over his alleged membership of four outlawed organizations and acquitted of the offense charged, Rıdvan Akbaş is now behind bars for the 6th time, again on charge of “organization membership”.

26 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and behind bars for 37 years, Ali Osman Köse’s treatment for cancer is being delayed, say his attorneys, raising concerns that his applications are also left unanswered.

26 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Lost his life on a hunger strike, Mustafa Koçak billed for food

Lost his life on a hunger strike, Mustafa Koçak billed for food

Koçak's father has said, "Those who did not even give sugar and vitamin B to my son for 10 months sent bread and food bills. My son died from hunger... from hunger!"

25 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Serhat Albayrak demands 100,000 for damages from Prof. Akdeniz after an incident of "blockception," where reports about censorship are also censored.

25 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

Journalism organizations: Whoever stays silent now is a party to this crime

Journalism organizations: Whoever stays silent now is a party to this crime

Journalists’ Union of Turkey, Reporters Without Borders and DİSK Press Union have made statements about Sedat Peker’s allegations implying former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar’s role in the unidentified murders of journalists Mumcu and Adalı.

20 people, including HDP, DBP executives, detained

20 people, including HDP, DBP executives, detained

In house raids carried out in Adana, Şırnak and Dersim provinces, 20 people, including the executives of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and the Democratic Regions Party, have been taken into custody.

27th access block to JinNews

27th access block to JinNews

The Information Technologies and Communications Authority has blocked access to JinNews, the only women’s news agency in Turkey.

‘Recognize Circassian Genocide, grant Circassians their rights’

‘Recognize Circassian Genocide, grant Circassians their rights’

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Labor Party (EMEP) have released statements about the Circassian Genocide, urging the authorities to grant Circassian people their rights and to fulfill their demands.

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

Soldiers opened fire on two young people at the Hakkari border. Speaking to bianet, HDP MP Sait Dede and Bar Chair Ergün Canan have said that the main reason for the incidents is the policy of impunity and lack of solution to the Kurdish question.

20 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

IPI: Drop charges against Melis Alphan

IPI: Drop charges against Melis Alphan

“Turkey must immediately end the prosecution of Alphan and compensate her for the damage done to her during this baseless prosecution,” says International Press Institute’s Turkey Programme Coordinator Renan Akyavaş.

Şenyaşar family detained ahead of HDP’s visit

Şenyaşar family detained ahead of HDP’s visit

As the Şenyaşar family were detained during their sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse, HDP Co-Chair Buldan has taken over the sit-in protest, saying, “The Şenyaşar family will ultimately find the justice they seek.”

Germany and France reiterate their call for Osman Kavala’s release

Germany and France reiterate their call for Osman Kavala’s release

The Human Rights Ambassador of France and the Human Rights Commissioner of Germany have released a joint statement about the continued arrested of rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala.

102nd anniversary of Greek Pontic Genocide

102nd anniversary of Greek Pontic Genocide

Today marks the 102nd year since 353 thousand people were massacred, thousands of others were exiled and the Greek culture was destroyed.

Turkey to pay damages to Deniz Naki and Amedspor

Turkey to pay damages to Deniz Naki and Amedspor

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the rights of football player Deniz Naki, who was fined due to his social media posts in 2016, and the rights of Amedspor football club, which was fined due to ‘ideological cheers’, have been violated.

'Announce the extent of the pandemic in Turkey's prisons'

'Announce the extent of the pandemic in Turkey's prisons'

The institutions have urged the Ministry of Justice to make a statement about the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in prisons.

Netherlands to pay compensation to journalist deported by Turkey

Netherlands to pay compensation to journalist deported by Turkey

Turkey deported journalist Ans Boersma in early 2019 after receiving intelligence from the Netherlands that she might have "terrorist connections."

18 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

‘Police killed 404 civilians in Turkey in 14 years’

‘Police killed 404 civilians in Turkey in 14 years’

“Police officers understand it as a ‘legal duty’ to use guns without hesitation as ‘the first resort’ rather than being ‘the last resort’ in using disproportionate and lethal force,” says a recent report by the Baran Tursun Foundation.

Neighborhood guards’ violence on Parliamentary agenda

Neighborhood guards’ violence on Parliamentary agenda

CHP’s Taşcıer has asked Interior Minister Soylu if any investigations have been launched against the neighborhood guards for using disproportionate violence, inflicting torture and maltreatment or using weapons except for specified conditions.

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