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'I protested when I read the indictments against Demirtaş, Kavala'
'I protested when I read the indictments against Demirtaş, Kavala'
Bülent Arınç, a member of the Presidential High Advisory Board, says that he protested when he read the indictments against Selahattin Demirtaş and Osman Kavala: “I thought that they could not be even a child’s work, I even felt like wearing my tog.”
20 November 2020
Kemal Kurkut’s mother: Why is there no justice?
Kemal Kurkut’s mother: Why is there no justice?
Sican Kurkut, the mother of Kemal Kurkut, has commented on the acquittal of the police officer put on trial for shooting him to death: “Why is there no justice? What kind of justice is it that it has freed the person who killed a young person?”
20 November 2020
‘49 prisoners lost their lives this year’
‘49 prisoners lost their lives this year’
The Human Rights Association (İHD) Central Prisons' Commission has stated, “COVID-19 proves fatal especially for people with chronic diseases. Since April 15, four seriously ill prisoners aged over 70 have lost their lives.”
19 November 2020
HRW, ARTICLE 19 slam ‘politically motivated prosecution’ of HDP politicians
HRW, ARTICLE 19 slam ‘politically motivated prosecution’ of HDP politicians
In a joint statement, Human Rights (HRW) and ARTICLE 19 call on the authorities in Turkey to immediately release Yüskedağ and Demirtaş, the arrested former Co-Chairs of the HDP, and other former HDP MPs behind bars for over four years.
19 November 2020
Lawyer Levent Pişkin acquitted
Lawyer Levent Pişkin acquitted
Charged with “terror propaganda” and “being a member of the organization” for meeting arrested former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş in prison, lawyer Levent Pişkin has been acquitted of all charges.
18 November 2020 Tansu Pişkin
Public ads of Cumhuriyet newspaper cut for 28 days
Public ads of Cumhuriyet newspaper cut for 28 days
The İstanbul 3rd Civil Court of First Instance has rejected Cumhuriyet's appeal against the public ad cut imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK). Relying on this rejection, the Agency has cut the newspaper’s public ads for 28 days.
17 November 2020
‘If a single writer or journalist is behind bars, none of us is free’
‘If a single writer or journalist is behind bars, none of us is free’
On International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN Turkey has created a "Prison Alphabet." PEN Turkey Chair Zeynep Oral says, “Numbers don't matter; if even a single journalist or writer is unjustly behind bars in a country, no writer or journalist is free."
16 November 2020
Second ban on Kurdish theater play Bêrû
Second ban on Kurdish theater play Bêrû
Urfa Bar Association has announced that Bêrû (Faceless), a theater play to be performed in Kurdish by the Teatra Jiyana Nû (New Life Theater), has been banned in Urfa province. It was previously banned in a district in İstanbul.
16 November 2020
Journalist Aziz Oruç: You are a journalist, no matter where you are
Journalist Aziz Oruç: You are a journalist, no matter where you are
Recently released from Patnos Prison in eastern Turkey, journalist Aziz Oruç defines the outside world as “a partial freedom” and adds: “We need to foster journalists’ solidarity regardless of who works for which newspaper.”
13 November 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Citizen arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview
Citizen arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview
HDP Şırnak MP Kaçmaz has addressed a Parliamentary question to Vice President Oktay regarding a citizen who has been arrested after criticizing the ruling AKP and its Chair and President Erdoğan in a street interview in Antalya province.
12 November 2020
‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’
‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’
The Van Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD): “In an open border breach, the soldiers of Iran massacred Şefik Bağa and committed an international crime.”
11 November 2020
‘Prison population of Turkey is above world average’
‘Prison population of Turkey is above world average’
The Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) Association has released its annual report on Turkey’s prisons and their human rights conditions in 2019.
11 November 2020
'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'
'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'
The family of Kader Ortakaya, who was killed in 2014 when trying to cross into Syria's Kurdish town of Kobanê, has applied to the Constitutional Court due to the lack of an effective investigation into the incident.
11 November 2020
Press freedom in Turkey: 3 journalists appeared before judge per day in October
Press freedom in Turkey: 3 journalists appeared before judge per day in October
From the Press in Arrest Report: “The judiciary continued to be weaponized against journalists in Turkey, as confirmed by the fact that every day in October, an average of 3 journalists had to defend their profession and people’s right to receive news at court.”
11 November 2020
Soldiers not investigated despite report showing woman killed by firearm during border incidents
Soldiers not investigated despite report showing woman killed by firearm during border incidents
The Forensic Medicine Institution found that Kader Ortakaya was killed with a firearm in the 2014 incidents.
10 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Court releases journalist Müyesser Yıldız in 'military espionage' case
Court releases journalist Müyesser Yıldız in 'military espionage' case
Yıldız and military officer Erdal Baran were remanded in custody based on tapped phone calls between them about Turkey's military and intelligence activities in Libya.
9 November 2020
Academic for Peace Meral Çamcı to be paid compensation for time she spent behind bars
Academic for Peace Meral Çamcı to be paid compensation for time she spent behind bars
The court has ruled that the academic shall be paid 75 lira for non-material damages for each they she spent in prison while rejecting her claim for material damages.
9 November 2020 Tansu Pişkin
House raids in southeast Turkey: 10 people detained
House raids in southeast Turkey: 10 people detained
In house raids carried out in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Şırnak province, 10 people, including HDP Cizre District Co-Chair Güler Tunç and HDP’s dismissed Cizre Co-Mayor Berivan Kutlu, have been taken into custody in Cizre.
9 November 2020
Appeals court rules monetary fine on police officer for causing death of two children 'appropriate'
Appeals court rules monetary fine on police officer for causing death of two children 'appropriate'
The officer's prison sentence was converted to a monetary fine while his chief was acquitted in the case over the 2017 incident in the Kurdish-majority Şırnak province.
5 November 2020
Prof. Korur-Fincancı: Overturn of acquittal intended to punish us
Prof. Korur-Fincancı: Overturn of acquittal intended to punish us
Three rights defenders' acquittal in the case regarding a solidarity campaign for the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper has been overturned.
5 November 2020 Hikmet Adal
Appeals court overturns verdict of acquittal for Korur-Fincancı, Önderoğlu, Nesin
Appeals court overturns verdict of acquittal for Korur-Fincancı, Önderoğlu, Nesin
Fifty-six people had participated in the "Editors-in-Chief on Watch" campaign launched in solidarity with Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed in 2016.
4 November 2020
Human Rights Association executive detained over prison visits
Human Rights Association executive detained over prison visits
The investigation was intensifying the isolation of the prisoners by putting pressure on their relatives and human right defenders, said the İHD.
3 November 2020
TurkStat: Turkey's prison population exceeds 291,000
TurkStat: Turkey's prison population exceeds 291,000
While 163 people per 100,000 population were in prison in Turkey in 2010, it increased to 323 in 2018 and 351 in 2019.
2 November 2020
'It was soldiers who stated that Turgut, Şiban were dropped from a military helicopter'
'It was soldiers who stated that Turgut, Şiban were dropped from a military helicopter'
Independent lawmaker Ahmet Şık has prepared a fact checking report regarding the allgeations that two citizens were tortured and dropped from a military helicopter in the Kurdish-majority Van province.
2 November 2020
‘Prisons are overcrowded, some prisoners sleep on the floor’
‘Prisons are overcrowded, some prisoners sleep on the floor’
Holding a press statement about the problems in Turkey’s prisons, HDP Muş MP Kılıç Koçyiğit has indicated that cleaning and hygiene products are sold at extremely high prices and not every product can be found in prison canteens.
30 October 2020
Ill prisoner Ruken Yıldız prevented from having treatment
Ill prisoner Ruken Yıldız prevented from having treatment
According to her elder brother Vedat Yıldız, prisoner Ruken Yıldız has a stomach problem, a cardiac disorder, blood pressure and anemia, but she is prevented from having treatment and “condemned to death” in Van Prison.
30 October 2020
Access block to vice minister’s Charlie Hebdo tweet in France
Access block to vice minister’s Charlie Hebdo tweet in France
In France, an access block has been imposed on the tweet of Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Dr. Serdar Çam, who used swearwords in addressing the weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after it published a cartoon of Erdoğan.
29 October 2020
Pandemic in Turkey: ‘Social distance disappears in prison’
Pandemic in Turkey: ‘Social distance disappears in prison’
According to a recent statement by the Diyarbakır Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD), nearly five wardens enter the wards for search in Elazığ Campus Prison, not paying attention to social distance amid COVID-19 pandemic.
29 October 2020
‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’
‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’
Mehmet Dersulu has sent a letter to bianet from prison, explaining the reason for the Yüksel Street protesters' imprisonment.
26 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Two children tortured with a dog in Diyarbakır
Two children tortured with a dog in Diyarbakır
Hanım Türk says that in a police raid on their house in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province, the police tortured her and her two children aged 7 and 16 with a dog for two hours, forcing the children to lie on the ground and making the dog step over them.
26 October 2020
24 people detained for ‘insulting the President’ in 8 months in Turkey
24 people detained for ‘insulting the President’ in 8 months in Turkey
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has released a report on violations of freedom of expression in Turkey in the first eight months of 2020. Three people were arrested and one person faced an investigation for “insulting the President” in this period.
26 October 2020
Dozens detained after showing poster of 1970s revolutionary leader during demonstration
Dozens detained after showing poster of 1970s revolutionary leader during demonstration
Members of several youth groups gathered in İstanbul to announce the foundation of a new joint group.
26 October 2020
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