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Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Bilge Aykut Acquitted in Özgür Gündem Main Trial
Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Bilge Aykut Acquitted in Özgür Gündem Main Trial
The court has announced its ruling in the main trial of Özgür Gündem newspaper: Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Bilge Aykut have been acquitted, the files of İnan Kızılkaya, Eren Keskin, Kemal Sancılı and Zana (Bilir) Kaya have been separated.
14 February 2020
TİHV: Demonstrations Banned in 21 Provinces for 147 Times in One Year
TİHV: Demonstrations Banned in 21 Provinces for 147 Times in One Year
More than 25 million people were affected by the bans, according to the TİHV report.
13 February 2020
‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’
‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’
HDP Foreign Affairs Commission has addressed an open letter to the international community, raising concerns over the critical condition of death fasting Grup Yorum music band members: “Hear the voices of hunger strikers and take immediate action.”
13 February 2020
Constitutional Court Rules Against Pro-Government Daily over Report on CHP Chair
Constitutional Court Rules Against Pro-Government Daily over Report on CHP Chair
The Yeni Akit was sentenced to pay compensation to Kılıçdaroğlu in a case he filed over a news report for "attacking personal rights."
11 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Grup Yorum Music Band to Stand Trial
Grup Yorum Music Band to Stand Trial
Seven people, including Grup Yorum music band’s hunger striking member İbrahim Gökçek, will stand trial for the first time on February 14. Behind bars since March 1, 2019, Gökçek has been on a hunger strike for 238 days.
11 February 2020
Fate and Whereabouts of Mehmet Bal Unknown for 18 Days
Fate and Whereabouts of Mehmet Bal Unknown for 18 Days
The family of Mehmet Bal, whose fate and whereabouts have been unknown for 18 days now, have held a statement for the press at the Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Office.
10 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek,Eslem Kınay
‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’
‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’
On a death fast for 223 days, Mustafa Koçak has sent a letter from prison. “I am a tree, too… What I want you to do is to finally see how that tree walks day by day and how hope pours wherever it touches”, Koçak says.
10 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Events and Demonstrations Banned in Van for Another 15 Days
Events and Demonstrations Banned in Van for Another 15 Days
The Governorship of Van has announced that all events and demonstrations have been banned in the province for a period of 15 days until February 22.
10 February 2020
Gezi Trial: Prosecutor Requests Aggravated Life Sentence for Kavala, Yapıcı, Aksakoğlu
Gezi Trial: Prosecutor Requests Aggravated Life Sentence for Kavala, Yapıcı, Aksakoğlu
The prosecutor has announced his opinion as to the accusations in the trial of the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
6 February 2020
İHD İstanbul Chair Yoleri Briefly Detained over Speech at Saturday Mothers/People Meeting
İHD İstanbul Chair Yoleri Briefly Detained over Speech at Saturday Mothers/People Meeting
Yoleri was detained by the police over a speech she made at the meeting of the Saturday Mothers/People.
6 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Social Media User Acquitted of Insulting Anadolu Agency Executives
Social Media User Acquitted of Insulting Anadolu Agency Executives
Having stood trial over a tweet criticizing the state-run agency over its reporting of the presidential elections in June 2018, O.P. has been acquitted in the first hearing.
6 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Paying Damages to Erdoğan Doesn’t Violate Freedom of Expression’
‘Paying Damages to Erdoğan Doesn’t Violate Freedom of Expression’
Announcing its ruling in the application of former Antalya Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Akaydın, the Constitutional Court has concluded that paying damages over his remarks about Erdoğan does not violate his freedom of expression.
6 February 2020 Hikmet Adal
‘We are not Likely to be Freed from Prison Before the Outside World Becomes Free’
‘We are not Likely to be Freed from Prison Before the Outside World Becomes Free’
Arrested in Kandıra Type F Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ says that she has started playing a musical instrument in prison: “I make no claim in arts, my days in prison are turning into a lively and smooth life.”
6 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek
‘Constitutional Court Ruling on Mehmet Altan Should Also Apply to Gezi Trial’
‘Constitutional Court Ruling on Mehmet Altan Should Also Apply to Gezi Trial’
Prof. Köksal Bayraktar, the attorney of the only arrested defendant of Gezi trial Osman Kavala, has spoken to bianet about the Constitutional Court verdict of “Local courts cannot dispute the authority of Constitutional Court.”
5 February 2020 Hikmet Adal
Court Issues Reasoned Judgment in Sevag Balıkçı Case
Court Issues Reasoned Judgment in Sevag Balıkçı Case
Balıkçı was shot dead on the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2011 during compulsory military service.
4 February 2020
70-Year-Old Woman Dies After Falling Ill During Police Raid
70-Year-Old Woman Dies After Falling Ill During Police Raid
Edibe Özçelik fell ill during a police raid in her house. Later it was revealed she was having a heart attack. Her son said that the police did not let them bring her to the hospital for a long period of time.
3 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Lift the Prison Sentence of 85-Year-Old Ill Inmate, Let Him Spend His Final Days at Home’
‘Lift the Prison Sentence of 85-Year-Old Ill Inmate, Let Him Spend His Final Days at Home’
Currently held in Diyarbakır Prison, 85-year-old ill inmate Özkan cannot meet his personal needs on his own. Speaking to bianet, his attorney calls on Erdoğan to remove his prison sentence so that Özkan can spend the last days of his life at his home.
3 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Syriac Couple in Şırnak Missing for 24 Days
Syriac Couple in Şırnak Missing for 24 Days
Remzi Diril, the priest of the İstanbul Chaldean Church, has said that the search for his parents is continuing.
3 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Lawsuit Against Doctor for Allegedly Telling His Alevi Patient ‘Alevis are Terrorists’
Lawsuit Against Doctor for Allegedly Telling His Alevi Patient ‘Alevis are Terrorists’
A lawsuit has been filed against a doctor who is accused of telling a patient, “Alevis have belly dancers dance in djemevis. They drink wine, these are houses of revelry. What kind of religion is that? They are all terrorists. Berkin Elvan is also a terrorist.”
3 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘While There are 1,334 Ill Prisoners, Why Only the Convict of Sivas Massacre?’
‘While There are 1,334 Ill Prisoners, Why Only the Convict of Sivas Massacre?’
Social Memory Platform has released a written statement about the pardon granted to the convict of Sivas Massacre by President Erdoğan. “No matter who forgives murderers, we will not forgive them”, the Platform has said.
3 February 2020
'Êzidî Women are Breaking the Mould and Remaking Their Society'
'Êzidî Women are Breaking the Mould and Remaking Their Society'
Khidher Domle from the Women and Children Support Office speaks about the problems facing the Êzidî community, the plight of children born of sexual assault, mothers’ rights and the women’s solidarity movement.
2 February 2020 Nurcan Keskin
10 Months Deferred Prison Sentence for 20 Students, Acquittal for 3 Students
10 Months Deferred Prison Sentence for 20 Students, Acquittal for 3 Students
Thirty students of Boğaziçi University stood trial for having opened a banner that read, "Invasion, massacre cannot be marked with delight" in protest of a group of students giving out Turkish delight at the campus with respect to Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.
31 January 2020 Tansu Pişkin
Journalist Melike Aydın Released
Journalist Melike Aydın Released
Arrested on November 15, 2019, journalist Melike Aydın has been released. A reporter for the JinNews website, Aydın was arrested with journalist Ruken Demir.
31 January 2020
Leyla: The Only Thing That Keeps me Going is the Hope to See My Son Again
Leyla: The Only Thing That Keeps me Going is the Hope to See My Son Again
Leyla, 28, is staying at a women’s refuge in Sulaymaniyah. When she left her son in an orphanage, she did not know that he would be registered as a Muslim and given up for adoption within a week.
31 January 2020 Nurcan Keskin
UN Universal Periodic Review: Turkey Criticized About Freedom of Expression
UN Universal Periodic Review: Turkey Criticized About Freedom of Expression
More than 50 countries have made recommendations and criticism about the pressure on journalists and rights defenders in Turkey.
30 January 2020 Erol Önderoğlu
Initiative for Freedom of Expression Releases 2019 Annual Report
Initiative for Freedom of Expression Releases 2019 Annual Report
The annual report issued by the Initiative for Freedom of Expression covers the violations of rights committed in Turkey throughout 2019.
30 January 2020
Saturday Mothers/People: Tourists Not Disturbed by us, But by Human Rights Abuses
Saturday Mothers/People: Tourists Not Disturbed by us, But by Human Rights Abuses
In explaining why Saturday Mothers/People are not allowed to gather at Galatasaray Square to demand justice for the disappeared, Deputy Minister Kaymakçı said, “Because they disturb tourists...” Saturday Mothers/People have responded to his remarks.
29 January 2020 Evrim Kepenek
HDP MP Gülüm: There are 1,334 Ill Inmates in Turkey
HDP MP Gülüm: There are 1,334 Ill Inmates in Turkey
HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary question about the death of Hüseyin Polat, who had gastrointestinal bleeding in Tekirdağ Type F Prison and sent back to prison because “there was no room” at the hospital.
29 January 2020
Two Sisters, Fahima and Rayan and Their Cousin Seher
Two Sisters, Fahima and Rayan and Their Cousin Seher
Unable to accept her family's condition of giving up her children, Rayan, a young Êzidî woman, is still in the El Hol camp with her two children born in ISIL captivity. Her sister Fahima and cousin Seher are the only ones in her family sympathizing with her.
29 January 2020 Nurcan Keskin
HRW: UN Review Should Address Sharp Decline of Rights in Turkey
HRW: UN Review Should Address Sharp Decline of Rights in Turkey
"Turkey's disregard of human rights is a disservice to its citizens, who deserve to live with dignity and freedom," HRW's Williamson said ahead of the Universal Public Review
27 January 2020
Demirtaş: Everything Started by Thinking About the Hopelessness of the Ones Outside...
Demirtaş: Everything Started by Thinking About the Hopelessness of the Ones Outside...
Former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has spoken to bianet about his first novel “Leylan”: “The hopelessness and unhappiness of the ones outside as well as the impression that they are driven into a meaningless life made me want to write about it.”
27 January 2020 Ayşegül Özbek
Zozan’s Family: You Have No Choice But to Give up Your Child for Adoption
Zozan’s Family: You Have No Choice But to Give up Your Child for Adoption
Zozan, now 19, was just 14 when she taken captive by ISIL. She will deliver her second child three months from now: “Yes, I will remember all that happened to me every time I look into my child’s face, but abandoning her will not make me forget either."
27 January 2020 Nurcan Keskin
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