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Police prevent women's marches in four cities

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Police prevent women's marches in four cities

Several people were reportedly beaten by the police and detained in demonstrations in Şırnak, Van, Ağrı and Mardin.

25 November 2022

Imprisoned Kurdish politician denied release for 'saying hello to other prisoners' families'

Imprisoned Kurdish politician denied release for 'saying hello to other prisoners' families'

Mukaddes Kubilay, the former co-mayr of Ağrı, has been found not to be in good conduct and her release has been delayed.

15 August 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Defendants’ acquittal shows ‘a legal practice not focused on children, protecting adults’

TRIAL OVER CHILD’S DEATH

Defendants’ acquittal shows ‘a legal practice not focused on children, protecting adults’

The Diyarbakır Bar Association Children’s Rights Center has released a statement about the acquittal of all seven defendants who were on retrial over the death of 4-year-old Leyla Aydemir in Ağrı province.

11 October 2021

Death of Leyla Aydemir | All defendants acquitted without new evidence examined

Death of Leyla Aydemir | All defendants acquitted without new evidence examined

The family’s lawyer has announced that they will take the acquittal of defendants to the upper court: “Putting aside its own interim rulings, the court has overlooked very important evidence in the file just to hand down a ruling today.”

Bank accounts of HDP’s Patnos Municipality freezed due to debt incurred in AKP term

Bank accounts of HDP’s Patnos Municipality freezed due to debt incurred in AKP term

The Patnos Directorate of Debt Collection has freezed the bank accounts of the HDP’s Patnos District Municipality in Ağrı due to the debt incurred during the term of AKP’s Cem Afşin Akbay in office.

16 September 2021

Flood in Rize: Search efforts underway for two missing people

‘76 PEOPLE DIED IN 20 YEARS’

Flood in Rize: Search efforts underway for two missing people

Two of the six people who lost their lives in the Rize flood in the Black Sea region of Turkey have been laid to rest. While one citizen has been wounded in a lightning strike in Van, floods in eastern Kars and Ağrı provinces have caused material damage.

'It's enough to lean on the AKP after abusing a child'

'It's enough to lean on the AKP after abusing a child'

Attorneys of a defendant in a child abuse case defended their client by saying that he is an AKP member. The court has ruled that the act did not exceed "molestation."

30 March 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

HDP MP asks why ‘Leyla Aydemir case is covered up’

HDP MP asks why ‘Leyla Aydemir case is covered up’

After it was understood that 4-year-old Leyla Aydemir had been subjected to sexual abuse, but this finding in the first forensic medical report was ignored, Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has brought the issue into the Parliamentary agenda.

16 February 2021

3 HDP executives arrested

3 HDP executives arrested

Taken into custody on February 12, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars Co-Chair Sevda Subaşı has been arrested along with two other HDP executives.

16 February 2021

Human Rights Association: Release rights defenders detained in Ağrı

Human Rights Association: Release rights defenders detained in Ağrı

Human Rights Association (İHD) Ağrı Provincial Chair Atilla Özbey and executive Emin Yıldız have been detained over the press statements they have made and the demonstrations and meetings they have attended since 2013.

Paternal uncle given aggravated life sentence over killing of 4-year-old Leyla

Paternal uncle given aggravated life sentence over killing of 4-year-old Leyla

The court has announced its ruling regarding the death of 4-year-old Leyla in Turkey's eastern province of Ağrı. Yusuf Aydemir, the paternal uncle of the girl, has been sentenced to aggravated live imprisonment.

Prosecutor’s office appeals against prison sentence of politician Sırrı Sakık

Prosecutor’s office appeals against prison sentence of politician Sırrı Sakık

Both the Ağrı Public Prosecutor’s Office and the attorney of Sırrı Sakık have appealed against the prison sentence of 5 years, 10 months given to the politician over a press statement from five years ago.

16 September 2020

Medical examination with specialized operations police taken to court

ABUSED CHILD AGGRIEVED AGAIN

Medical examination with specialized operations police taken to court

Attorney Gündoğdu has filed a criminal complaint against the related officials and police officers after they came with specialized operations police to take a sexually abused child to physical and psychological examination for the second time.

21 August 2020 Evrim Kepenek

‘They came with special operations police to take the child to medical examination’

CHILD ABUSE IN AĞRI

‘They came with special operations police to take the child to medical examination’

A confidentiality order has been imposed on the file of sexual abuse of a 10-year-old child in Ağrı province. Emphasizing the importance of social media support, attorney Hande Gündoğdu has added that “more needs to be done.”

20 August 2020 Evrim Kepenek

‘We couldn’t find a hospital to hospitalize COVID-positive doctor’

AĞRI MEDICAL CHAMBER CHAIR

‘We couldn’t find a hospital to hospitalize COVID-positive doctor’

Dr. Kasım Çelik has spoken to bianet about the recent situation in Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı: “The entire Ağrı acts like there was no virus. Very few people wear masks, malls and coffee houses are full, air conditioners are on...”

14 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel

The father standing trial for sexual abuse should be arrested ‘again’

REQUEST OF CHILDREN AND ATTORNEYS

The father standing trial for sexual abuse should be arrested ‘again’

Lawyer Sena Yazıbağlı has spoken to bianet about what E., the eldest one of seven siblings sexually abused/assaulted by father E.D., went through. Sharing details about the judicial process, she has reiterated her demand for justice.

28 July 2020 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

While a trustee has been appointed in place of HDP’s detained Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Yaşar, 33 people, including HDP Antep Co-Chair, have been taken into custody as part of another “investigation against the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.”

HDP’s Diyadin Municipality raided by police, Co-Mayor Yaşar detained

HDP’s Diyadin Municipality raided by police, Co-Mayor Yaşar detained

HDP’s Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Betül Yaşar has been taken into custody as her house was raided by the police. The municipality has also been blockaded by police officers.

Rocket Attack on Customs Vehicle Claims the Life of One Person

Rocket Attack on Customs Vehicle Claims the Life of One Person

A rocket attack has been launched on a vehicle of Gürbulak Customs Directorate in the eastern province of Ağrı. One security guard has lost his life in the attack.

Is Poverty the Fate of Muş, Ağrı and Urfa?

ANALYSIS BY SİNAN OK

Is Poverty the Fate of Muş, Ağrı and Urfa?

It can be commented that the politics oriented towards the region, including in the AKP era, is in a historical failure. The fact that a peaceful solution is not provided for the Kurdish question has been evolving into a punishment with impoverishment.

27 March 2019 Sinan Ok

Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that a parliamentary investigation be launched into the allegations of battery and maltreatment as well as poor quality of water and epidemics in Patnos Prison.

5 February 2019

1 Sergeant Major Loses His Life in Doğubayazıt

1 Sergeant Major Loses His Life in Doğubayazıt

Sergeant Major Göksel Koç has lost his life in a clash that erupted between PKK members and soldiers, and that two children have been wounded in an explosion that occurred during a civilian minibus driving by in province of Ağrı.

3 Soldiers, 1 Village Guard Killed in Tendürek Mountain Area

3 Soldiers, 1 Village Guard Killed in Tendürek Mountain Area

Three soldiers and one village guard lost their lives, four soldiers were injured in clashes between members of PKK and security forces carrying out an operation in Tendürek mountain on the border of Van and Ağrı districts this morning.

Trustee Appointed to Ağrı Municipality, Sırrı Sakık Discharged

Trustee Appointed to Ağrı Municipality, Sırrı Sakık Discharged

Ağrı co-Mayor Sırrı Sakık from Democratic Regions Party has been discharged from his position by the Ministry of Interior. Sakık’s position has been replaced by Ağrı Governor Musa Işın.

Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay Arrested

Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay Arrested

Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay has been arrested. 71 co-mayors from 46 DBP-governed municipalities are under arrest.

28 December 2016

Co-Mayor of Ağrı Province Taken Into Custody

Co-Mayor of Ağrı Province Taken Into Custody

Ağrı co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay has been taken into custody in İzmir.

22 December 2016

Ağrı Bar President: Law Enforcement Officers Killed Two Teenagers

Ağrı Bar President: Law Enforcement Officers Killed Two Teenagers

Ağrı Bar President Ali Artuk told bianet the law enforcement officers killed two teenagers in Diyadin district of Ağrı province.

14 August 2015 Ekin Karaca

Special Operations Team Allegedly Kills Two Teenagers, an Adult

Special Operations Team Allegedly Kills Two Teenagers, an Adult

Three people died in an attack carried out against gendarmerie station in eastern Turkey. Governorship said perpetrators died while local newspapers told two teenagers and an adult were killed.

Agri Province Welcomes Its First Movie Theater

Agri Province Welcomes Its First Movie Theater

A new movie theater has been established in Agri, one of the seven remaining provinces without a public film screening venue.

28 November 2012

Ağrı KCK Trial: Prison Sentences of almost 92 Years

Ağrı KCK Trial: Prison Sentences of almost 92 Years

Eleven people who stood trial in the scope of the KCK case in Ağrı were sentenced to imprisonment of 91 years and eleven months in total. The court did not hear their defence speeches because the defendants requested to speak Kurdish at the hearing.

Kurdish Workers Party Is Not Releasing German Climbers

Kurdish Workers Party Is Not Releasing German Climbers

Kurdish Workers Party is not releasing the three German mountain climbers it kidnapped a few days ago. It wants Germany to end its hostile policies against Kurdish people and them. It also wants Turkey to stop its operations.