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UN human right experts call for effective investigation into Ebru Timtik's death

UN human right experts call for effective investigation into Ebru Timtik's death

Ebru Timtik lost her life on August 27 after a 238-day death fast "for a fair trial."

3 September 2020

‘It is not Antalya, it is Mount Cudi’

‘It is not Antalya, it is Mount Cudi’

Sporadic fires have been razing Kurdish-majority Şırnak province since early summer. When we ask the reason for the lack of firefighting efforts, a municipality official says, “It is not Antalya or Çanakkale. Even helicopters fly at a certain altitude here.”

3 September 2020 Tansu Pişkin

3 people arrested over physical assault on TİP MP Barış Atay

3 people arrested over physical assault on TİP MP Barış Atay

Taken into custody as part of the investigation launched into the attack on Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) Vice Chair and Hatay MP Barış Atay, three people have been arrested on charge of "deliberate injury."

2 September 2020

Child worker shot to death by his friend in an alleged accident

Child worker shot to death by his friend in an alleged accident

Working in a car wash in Adana, child worker H.S. found a gun in his workplace. While he was playing with it, the gun went off and shot U.A., another child worker, in the head. U.A. has lost his life in hospital.

2 September 2020

Human Rights Association addresses an open letter to ECtHR President Spano

Human Rights Association addresses an open letter to ECtHR President Spano

The İHD has penned an open letter to ECtHR President Spano: “In order for your visit to Turkey to genuinely be beneficial, your lending an ear to civil society organizations that make the voices of rights victims be heard bears vital significance.”

2 September 2020

Erdoğan says ‘Turkey makes progress in freedom of expression,’ but how true is it?

Erdoğan says ‘Turkey makes progress in freedom of expression,’ but how true is it?

In the legal year opening ceremony, President Erdoğan said, “We have ensured that the right to criticize and give news is based on a stronger ground in the legislation.” But what do BİA Media Monitoring Reports tell us about these remarks?

2 September 2020

HDP deputy calls on parliamentary human rights comittee to take action for Aytaç Ünsal

HDP deputy calls on parliamentary human rights comittee to take action for Aytaç Ünsal

MP Gergerlioğlu has noted that lawyer Aytaç Ünsal is in critical condition after 212 days of death fast.

1 September 2020

‘World Peace Day amid ecological concerns and pandemic nightmare’

‘World Peace Day amid ecological concerns and pandemic nightmare’

The Ecology Assembly of the Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) has released a statement on the occasion of September 1 World Peace Day, underlining that the day is marked amid economic crisis, political tensions and climate crisis this year.

1 September 2020

From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid

From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid

Death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has penned an open letter to Minister of Interior. Noting that he mentioned the killing of Prosecutor Selim Kiraz though he knew that it was not in the case file, Ünsal has said, “You try to create an impression.”

1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

İlhan Çomak videos to be screened in Borders Art Festival in Venice

İlhan Çomak videos to be screened in Borders Art Festival in Venice

Two videos about jailed poet İlhan Çomak will be screened in the “Fragmented Identities” section of the Borders Festival in Venice. Jailed for 26 years, Çomak was appointed as an Honorary Member of PEN Norway earlier this year.

1 September 2020

Selahattin Demirtaş not allowed to see his daughters

Selahattin Demirtaş not allowed to see his daughters

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of HDP's arrested former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has said, “Selahattin was not allowed to see our daughters Delal and Dılda together. Since the pandemic broke out, he could see his daughters only for once and separately.”

1 September 2020

Press freedom in Turkey: ‘Journalists could not breathe in August, either’

Press freedom in Turkey: ‘Journalists could not breathe in August, either’

Main opposition CHP former MP Barış Yarkadaş has released his “Violations of Rights in the Media Report” for August. The report shows that two journalists were arrested, two journalists were detained and four journalists stood trial last month.

1 September 2020

‘We need peace to stay alive’

‘We need peace to stay alive’

On the occasion of September 1 World Peace Day, musician Ferhat Tunç has shared a video message. “There is a need for an opposition that can unite for peace even if they cannot unite for anything else,” Tunç has underlined.

1 September 2020

Parliamentary Speaker condemns the attack on TİP MP Barış Atay

Parliamentary Speaker condemns the attack on TİP MP Barış Atay

Turkey’s Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has condemned the attack on Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) Vice Chair and Hatay MP Barış Atay. “What is necessary is being done to identify and investigate the perpetrators,” he has said.

1 September 2020

Mehmet Altan addresses an open letter to ECtHR President

Mehmet Altan addresses an open letter to ECtHR President

Ahead of his visit to Turkey, Altan has penned an open letter to ECtHR President Spano, who is expected to be given an honorary doctorate: “Those who will give you an honorary doctorate are the very people who dismissed me and many other academics.”

Ebru Timtik's sister not allowed at her funeral, people's march prevented

Ebru Timtik's sister not allowed at her funeral, people's march prevented

While the prosecutor's office permitted Barkın timtik to attend the funeral, the gendarmerie prevented her "due to pandemic measures."

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

In a statement, the İstanbul Bar Association has underlined that while the right to a fair trial was violated in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case, the right to life is now also violated by arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death on a death fast.

Ebru Timtik's funeral: Police use rubber bullets, tear gas against crowd, surround cemevi

Ebru Timtik's funeral: Police use rubber bullets, tear gas against crowd, surround cemevi

The police dispersed the people waiting in front of the Forensic Medicine Institution, Timtik's body was brought to the cemevi in Gazi neighborhood.

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has released a statement regarding the death of death fasting lawyer Timtik, calling on everyone to “take a stance against the government’s attitude” before death fasting lawyer Ünsal loses his life, too.

Media authority fines TELE 1 TV for 'praising terrorism' over ad with yellow-green-red scarf

Media authority fines TELE 1 TV for 'praising terrorism' over ad with yellow-green-red scarf

The RTÜK has announced that it fined the broadcaster for "praising, encouraging terrorism and depicting terrorist organizations as powerful or right."

Bus rolls over in Eskişehir, claiming the lives of 2 workers

Bus rolls over in Eskişehir, claiming the lives of 2 workers

A personnel vehicle with workers on board went off the road and crashed into a panel on the roadside. Two workers have died and 12 people have been wounded in the accident.

Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death

Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death

After arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik died on the 238th day of her death fast yesterday, politicians, lawyers and artists have criticized the silence in the face of her demands and underlined the importance of the right to a fair trial.

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Demanding a fair trial, Timtik had been on a death fast since January 2.

Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers

Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers

Gathering in front of President Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul to hold a statement for the press for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik, seven people have been taken into custody by the police.

Academics for Peace still not reinstated despite Constitutional Court ruling

Academics for Peace still not reinstated despite Constitutional Court ruling

Although most academics have been acquitted of charges, they have not yet been reinstated to their posts.

‘State is obligated to protect right to life’

‘State is obligated to protect right to life’

The Unity for Democracy (DİB) platform has released a written statement, underlining that the health conditions of death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have come to such a critical point that the Justice Minister should use initiative.

‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’

‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’

Sharing information about death fasting lawyer Timtik’s health, attorney Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı says, “If the court does not give a ruling of release for her now and waits for the final ruling of the Court of Cassation, it will mean giving a death sentence.”

27 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’

‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’

İstanbul Medical Chamber has made a statement about death-fasting arrested lawyers Timtik and Ünsal, who are held in two separate hospitals: “Hospitals are places where people seek a cure for their disease. Stop misusing them as prisons.”

‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’

‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’

Lawyers have made a call for justice for their death-fasting arrested colleagues Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Gathering in front of the hospital where Timtik is currently held, they have underlined that “there is no time left for them.”

Journalists attacked in Antalya and Nevşehir

Journalists attacked in Antalya and Nevşehir

While an armed attack has been launched against the residence of Yakup Kocabaş, a journalist from a local newspaper in Antalya province, a vehicle of Nevşehir Journalists Association has been set on fire in an attack of arson.

‘You cannot portray people as “terrorists” just because they did not stay silent’

‘You cannot portray people as “terrorists” just because they did not stay silent’

The Ankara Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) has made a statement about the arrest of “Yüksel resisters,” who were protesting to “get their jobs back”: “You cannot portray them as terrorists just because they did not stay silent.”

Police intervention against people keeping watch for death fasting lawyers

Police intervention against people keeping watch for death fasting lawyers

The police have attacked the watch kept in front of Sadi Konuk Hospital in İstanbul, where death fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik is currently held. Several people have reportedly been detained during the intervention.

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