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Three officers investigated over 'torture, killing' of refugees on Turkey-Syria border

Three officers investigated over 'torture, killing' of refugees on Turkey-Syria border

Two people from Syria were killed and two others were seriously injured after being tortured and forced to drink diesel after they were captured trying to cross into Turkey. Three soldiers were briefly arrested.

20 March 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Two people found shot dead near Turkey-Syria border

Two people found shot dead near Turkey-Syria border

There were marks of torture on the people's bodies, according to reports.

Bulgaria sends 350 soldiers to its border with Turkey against refugees

Bulgaria sends 350 soldiers to its border with Turkey against refugees

Bulgaria has announced that 350 soldiers have been sent to the Bulgaria-Turkey border to support police officers in the face of growing ‘refugee influx’. According to the country’s Defense Ministry, 6,500 entered Bulgaria ‘illegally’ this year.

2 November 2021

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

VAN GOVERNOR

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

Van Governor Bilmez has announced that a wall will be built along the 295-kilometer Turkey-Iran border. He has also noted that a 160-kilometer ditch will be dug and 500 village guards will be employed to work on the border by the end of the year.

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE ON TWO YOUNG PEOPLE

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

Soldiers opened fire on two young people at the Hakkari border. Speaking to bianet, HDP MP Sait Dede and Bar Chair Ergün Canan have said that the main reason for the incidents is the policy of impunity and lack of solution to the Kurdish question.

20 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

‘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

'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

Drivers Stranded at Border Due to Coronavirus: We Have Run out of Food, Help us

TURKMENISTAN CLOSED THE BORDER WITH IRAN

Drivers Stranded at Border Due to Coronavirus: We Have Run out of Food, Help us

Stranded at Iran-Turkmenistan border as Turkmenistan closed its border with Iran over coronavirus, truck drivers complain that the authorities in Turkey do not help them.

9 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

Minister Koca: Turkey Shuts Border with Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Minister Koca: Turkey Shuts Border with Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has also announced that the road and rail transits from Iran to Turkey as well as all international arrival flights from Iran have been unilaterally halted over coronavirus outbreak.

24 February 2020