TÜRKÇE KURDÎ
Homepage
News Authors Galleries Reports Library
Search
Show categoriesHide categoriesCategories
TÜRKÇE KURDÎ
Search Homepage
bianet-Bağımsız İletişim Ağı
Show menuHide menu
bianet biamag türkçe kurdî
SECTIONS
News Authors Special Reports Projects Library Galleries Search on the website
CATEGORIES
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram RSS E-bulletin
CORPORATE
About Us Contact Data protection policy Privacy Policy
RIGHTS
Page 66
CPT reports stress overcrowding, ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons
CPT reports stress overcrowding, ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons
Reports of the visits by CPT delegations' visits to Turkey in 2017 and 2019 have been released.
5 August 2020
Message from death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: Don't allow forced intervention
Message from death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: Don't allow forced intervention
Lawyers Ünsal and Timtik were taken to the hospital after a court rejected their release from prison.
4 August 2020
Lawyer Ebru Timtik submits appeal to Court of Cassation over 'permanent witness'
Lawyer Ebru Timtik submits appeal to Court of Cassation over 'permanent witness'
In the death fasting lawyers' application to the Court of Cassation, bianet's reports on witness İ.Ö.'s petition in which he said he was hallucinating and his testimony shouldn't be taken into account were also included.
4 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Death fasting lawyers: 'Conditions in prison were better than hospital'
Death fasting lawyers: 'Conditions in prison were better than hospital'
After the court rejected their request for release, Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal were taken to the hospital for force-feeding.
3 August 2020
Council of State ruling on Hagia Sophia could set a precedent for Sanasaryan Han
Council of State ruling on Hagia Sophia could set a precedent for Sanasaryan Han
In a news report on Sanasaryan Inn in İstanbul, Agos newspaper has written that the inn, which was confiscated from the Armenian community in Turkey in 1928, belongs to the Sanasaryan Foundation.
31 July 2020
Forced intervention to death-fasting arrested lawyers
Forced intervention to death-fasting arrested lawyers
Shortly after the court ruled for the continuation of their arrest despite a Forensic Medicine Institution report indicating that “they were not in a state to stay in prison,” death-fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been hospitalized.
31 July 2020
‘Be my voice’ campaign against human trafficking
‘Be my voice’ campaign against human trafficking
On the occasion of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, actress Fadik Sevin Atasoy has told the story of a victim of human trafficking.
30 July 2020
PKK leader, three prisoners apply to ECtHR against communication ban
PKK leader, three prisoners apply to ECtHR against communication ban
Öcalan has not been able to have a phone talk with his family since late April.
29 July 2020
Death fasting lawyers taken to Forensic Medicine Institution for examination
Death fasting lawyers taken to Forensic Medicine Institution for examination
After the institution's report, the court will decide whether the lawyers should be released.
29 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
How can you spend a lifetime ‘before four walls, taking five steps’?
How can you spend a lifetime ‘before four walls, taking five steps’?
Given an aggravated life sentence, Akman is forced to live in a five-step-long cell for 23 hours a day. For one hour, she is locked up in an open place so that she can get some air. Akman is on a death fast for 161 days, demanding an improvement of conditions.
29 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Turkey’s social media bill will further undermine freedom of expression,’ warns UN
‘Turkey’s social media bill will further undermine freedom of expression,’ warns UN
“The law, if adopted, would further undermine the right of people in Turkey to freedom of expression, to obtain information and to participate in public and political life,” said Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
29 July 2020
Statements by the US and EU on Osman Kavala’s continued arrest
Statements by the US and EU on Osman Kavala’s continued arrest
Yesterday marked the 1,000th day of arrested rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala’s imprisonment. The US and the European Union have released statements, raising concerns over “deterioration in basic rights” in Turkey.
28 July 2020
International rights organizations express concerns about Turkey’s social media bill
International rights organizations express concerns about Turkey’s social media bill
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have released statements regarding the social media bill passed by the Parliament’s Justice Commission, raising concerns that the amendments in question will increase censorship.
28 July 2020
Arrested Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Mızraklı, Öztürkoğlu granted freedom of thought award
Arrested Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Mızraklı, Öztürkoğlu granted freedom of thought award
The 18th Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to human rights defender Gönül Öztürkoğlu and dismissed Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı, who has been behind bars since October 2019.
27 July 2020
A thousand words for Osman Kavala: Conscience and conscientious
A thousand words for Osman Kavala: Conscience and conscientious
Friends and loved ones of Osman Kavala have answered the question, “Which word would you use to describe him?” The most frequent answers are: “Conscience and conscientious”, “modest and modesty”, “good and goodness” and “human.”
27 July 2020
‘We will not stop demanding justice for the enforced disappeared'
‘We will not stop demanding justice for the enforced disappeared'
In the 800th week of their protests for the enforced disappeared, Saturday Mothers/People insistently reiterated their question: “What happened to our loved ones disappeared in custody? Why are the perpetrators protected by violating all laws?”
27 July 2020
‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’
‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’
From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Marmara region: “One prisoner was not given a tea cup because it has a handle and another prisoner was not given eau de cologne because it contains alcohol…’”
24 July 2020
CHP’s Çakırözer visits arrested journalists
CHP’s Çakırözer visits arrested journalists
Main opposition CHP Eskişehir MP Utku Çakırözer, a former journalist himself, visited journalists Rawin Sterk and Müyesser Yıldız in Sincan Prison in Ankara on the occasion of July 24 Day of Struggle for Press Freedom.
24 July 2020
‘Even if baby leaves prison for treatment, she will be quarantined when she returns’
‘Even if baby leaves prison for treatment, she will be quarantined when she returns’
The court has rejected the objection to the arrest of Eylem Oyunlu, who is imprisoned with her two babies. Her attorney and 25 organizations have made statements about the judicial process and the babies, who are both suffering from illnesses.
23 July 2020
‘There are growing concerns that freedoms are curtailed in Turkey’
‘There are growing concerns that freedoms are curtailed in Turkey’
In a statement about AKP’s social media bill, Checks and Balances Network says, “Introducing such a legislation in a period when social media and Internet have become an integral part of freedoms will cause citizens to be punished, rather than the criminals.”
23 July 2020
HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir arrested
HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir arrested
Taken into custody twice after being removed from office by the Interior Ministry, HDP’s dismissed Batman Provincial Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir has been arrested on charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization.”
23 July 2020
MESA sends an open letter to President Erdoğan for Bülent Şık
MESA sends an open letter to President Erdoğan for Bülent Şık
President of Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Dina Rizk Khoury has addressed an open letter to President Erdoğan for Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık, who has been sentenced to prison for sharing the results of Health Ministry’s cancer research with the public.
22 July 2020 Pınar Tarcan
HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Demir detained
HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Demir detained
Removed from office by the Ministry of Interior, HDP’s Batman Provincial Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir has been detained as part of an investigation launched in 2018.
22 July 2020
Police's attacks during Suruç massacre commemoration events on parliamentary agenda
Police's attacks during Suruç massacre commemoration events on parliamentary agenda
An HDP deputy has asked the Minister of Justice why people who staged demonstrations on the anniversary of the Suruç massacre were detained.
21 July 2020
Police attack Suruç Massacre commemorations in Ankara and İstanbul
Police attack Suruç Massacre commemorations in Ankara and İstanbul
Police have intervened against the ones who came together in İstanbul and Ankara to commemorate the 33 people who lost their lives in Suruç, Urfa five years ago yesterday. Several people have been taken into custody.
21 July 2020
Conflict in Hakkari claims the lives of 2 soldiers
Conflict in Hakkari claims the lives of 2 soldiers
The Ministry of Defense has announced that two soldiers have lost their lives in an attack carried out in Çukurca in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari.
21 July 2020
‘Why am I on a death fast? Because I selfishly think of myself!’
‘Why am I on a death fast? Because I selfishly think of myself!’
On a death fast for his right to a fair trial, prisoner Karakaya has sent a letter to bianet: “I am thinking of myself and talking about myself with utterly ‘selfish’ feelings. I decided to go on a death fast by thinking of myself.”
20 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Police intervention against Suruç Massacre commemoration
Police intervention against Suruç Massacre commemoration
Police have intervened against the ones who gathered in front of Amara Cultural Center in Suruç, Urfa to commemorate the 33 people who lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack five years ago today.
20 July 2020
Google accepted only one percent of Turkey’s requests for user information last year
Google accepted only one percent of Turkey’s requests for user information last year
The company has released its transparency report for 2019.
20 July 2020
Death fasting lawyer Ebru Timtik 'having difficulties talking'
Death fasting lawyer Ebru Timtik 'having difficulties talking'
Lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been on a hunger strike for "a fair trial." for 197 and 166 days respectively.
17 July 2020
Violence against two people with autism in care and rehabilitation center
Violence against two people with autism in care and rehabilitation center
After two people with autism were subjected to violence in a care and rehabilitation center of the İstanbul Directorate of Family and Social Service, İstanbul Anatolian Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the incident.
16 July 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Conflict in Siirt claims the lives of 2 special operations police officers
Conflict in Siirt claims the lives of 2 special operations police officers
Interior Ministry has announced that two members of the Police Special Operations team, who were critically wounded in a conflict in eastern Siirt province, have lost their lives.
16 July 2020
Back to Top