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AtlasGlobal airline workers taken into custody
AtlasGlobal airline workers taken into custody
Unable to get their wages and severance pay since 2019, a group of AtlasGlobal airline workers had been protesting in front of the ETSTur company’s headquarters in İstanbul for six days. Nine people were taken into custody yesterday.
11 December 2020
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested
People’s Law Bureau (HHB) has announced that lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been arrested without being referred to the courthouse. He was taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne with three others yesterday.
11 December 2020
Bomb attack in Syria: 2 soldiers lose their lives
Bomb attack in Syria: 2 soldiers lose their lives
Two gendarmerie personnel have lost their lives and eight others have been injured in a bomb attack carried out in Ras al-Ayn district in northeastern Syria, according to a statement released by the Governor’s Office of Urfa.
11 December 2020
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a statement to mark December 10 Human Rights Day, reminding the authorities that the struggle against the pandemic must be waged in line with fundamental human rights.
10 December 2020
805 citizens: We demand our right to a peaceful and secure life
805 citizens: We demand our right to a peaceful and secure life
“Our common aim and demand is for a dignified and serene life, in a just, free and peaceful country, where our daily bread and health will be safe and secure,” say 805 citizens from different professions and institutions on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
10 December 2020
Press freedom in Turkey: At least 40 journalists prosecuted in November
Press freedom in Turkey: At least 40 journalists prosecuted in November
According to the Press in Arrest report, in the trials concerning these 40 journalists, the prosecutor’s offices demanded 2 aggravated life sentences and a total of 201 years, 4 months to 497 years 2 months in prison.
10 December 2020
‘Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, all other human rights defenders arrested in Turkey’
‘Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, all other human rights defenders arrested in Turkey’
In an open letter to the President, Ministers of Interior and Justice and Turkey’s ambassadors to the UN and EU, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Gökalp.
10 December 2020
‘573 people filed a complaint about torture in Turkey in 11 months’
‘573 people filed a complaint about torture in Turkey in 11 months’
“Though it is absolutely prohibited and considered a crime against humanity under the universal law, which Turkey is also a part of, torture has been the major human rights problem in the country in 2020 as well,” says a joint statement by the İHD and TİHV.
10 December 2020
Court board, prosecutors replaced in Berkin Elvan case
Court board, prosecutors replaced in Berkin Elvan case
Elvan, 14, was shot in the head with a tear gas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests and lost his life following a 269-day coma.
9 December 2020
Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van
Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van
Two people were found to be in intensive care two days after being detained by gendarmerie officials. While one has recovered, the other has lost his life.
9 December 2020
Torture victims group calls on government to release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
Torture victims group calls on government to release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
The IRCT has stated that it believes the arrest and charges against Dr. Gökalp "are an attempt to silence him for conducting his professional and ethical duties."
8 December 2020
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Black Sea: “They need to stop referring patients to hospitals in stuffy and cold shuttles in winter and hot ones in summer and keeping them waiting in the shuttles in front of hospitals for hours…”
8 December 2020
Arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview, citizen released
Arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview, citizen released
Arrested after criticizing the AKP government and President and AKP Chair Erdoğan in a street interview in Antalya, İsmail Demirbaş has been released.
8 December 2020
'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'
'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'
A woman prisoner told bianet that she was tortured by gendarmerie officers after refusing to be searched for the third time when she was being taken to the court.
7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Access block to JinNews, again
Access block to JinNews, again
Yet another access block was imposed on the website of JinNews news agency by a court decision on December 4. JinNews now publishes its news on its new address "http://www.jinnews15.xyz/”.
7 December 2020
Sixteen-year-old killed by soldiers' gunfire in Hakkari
Sixteen-year-old killed by soldiers' gunfire in Hakkari
The governor's office said the child was killed after soldiers "fired shots in the air."
4 December 2020
Council of Europe calls for Osman Kavala's release
Council of Europe calls for Osman Kavala's release
The Council's Committee of Ministers has adopted an interim resolution about the imprisonment of the businessperson.
4 December 2020
Lawyers commemorate Tahir Elçi five years after his killing
Lawyers commemorate Tahir Elçi five years after his killing
"We have lost Tahir as a result of a political assassination. This was neither the first nor the last political homicide," said lawyers.
30 November 2020
Guards raid hunger-striking women politicians' wards
Guards raid hunger-striking women politicians' wards
Women prisoners announced that they started a hunger strike in protest of the rights violations in prisons and the "isolation" of PKK leader Öcalan.
30 November 2020
Police, gendarmerie intervened in at least 700 protests in 5 months
Police, gendarmerie intervened in at least 700 protests in 5 months
Main opposition CHP Aydın MP Bülbül has indicated that police and gendarmerie forces intervened in at least 1,215 protest demonstrations in 2019 while they have intervened in 700 demonstrations and press statements over the last five months.
27 November 2020
Journalist Hakan Yalçın detained
Journalist Hakan Yalçın detained
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Hakan Yalçın has been detained in a house raid in the capital city of Ankara.
27 November 2020
Operation against journalists, politicians and NGOs in İstanbul
Operation against journalists, politicians and NGOs in İstanbul
Counter terrorism police have detained 19 people in İstanbul, including journalists, politicians and representatives of civil society organizations. While there are warrants against 25 people in total, Şişli Vice Mayor Yavuz is also among the detained.
26 November 2020
Battered by police, citizen loses his life
Battered by police, citizen loses his life
Having a heart attack after being battered by six police officers in İzmir, Mehmet Şerif Coşkun has lost his life at the hospital where he was taken after the incident.
26 November 2020
ECtHR: Turkey violated freedom of expression of journalist, MP Ahmet Şık
ECtHR: Turkey violated freedom of expression of journalist, MP Ahmet Şık
Şık had spent 14 months in prison in a "terrorism-related" case against Cumhuriyet newspaper.
25 November 2020
Police raid on Mezopotamya Agency bureau in Van
Police raid on Mezopotamya Agency bureau in Van
Shortly after Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Dindar Karataş was detained in a house raid in early morning hours today, the MA Bureau in Van has been raided by the police, computers and hard disks have been seized.
24 November 2020
Journalist Dindar Karataş detained in Van province
Journalist Dindar Karataş detained in Van province
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Dindar Karataş has been detained in a house raid in İpekyolu district in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van.
24 November 2020
TTB Honorary Board member Dr. Gökalp, 4 people arrested
TTB Honorary Board member Dr. Gökalp, 4 people arrested
Five people, including Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Honorary Board member Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, have been arrested. They were among the 72 people who were detained as part of the operation against the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).
24 November 2020
‘Some households cannot access clean drinking water in İstanbul’
‘Some households cannot access clean drinking water in İstanbul’
The Deep Poverty Network, Heinrich Böll Foundation and Open Space Association have prepared a report titled “Research on Abject Poverty and Access to Rights During Pandemic,” documenting the aggravating poverty in İstanbul amid COVID-19 outbreak.
23 November 2020
Artissima award granted to Zehra Doğan
Artissima award granted to Zehra Doğan
“The jury unanimously awards the first edition of the Carol Rama Award to Zehra Doğan because of the striking power of her work to translate a strongly situated experience, drawing on multiple longstanding aesthetic heritages,” says Artissima Fair.
23 November 2020
Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison
Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison
Subjected to torture at a police station, three children aged between 13 and 17 now face a lawsuit while there has been no progress in the investigation launched against the police officers who allegedly tortured the children.
23 November 2020
Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast
Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast
Police officers just scattered the home and left, according to the lawyer.
20 November 2020
3 journalists acquitted of ‘insulting’ Berat Albayrak
3 journalists acquitted of ‘insulting’ Berat Albayrak
Uğur Koç, Mustafa Kömüş and İbrahim Aydın, the executives of daily BirGün, have been acquitted of “insulting a public official due to his or her duty” in the lawsuit filed by Albayrak, who has recently resigned from office as the Finance Minister.
20 November 2020
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