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HDP files complaint against interior minister over detention of MP

HDP files complaint against interior minister over detention of MP

The complaint has been filed in relation to a video showing police officers escorting MP Güzel pressing her head down

15 September 2022

Security directorate files a complaint against TTB Chair, TTB responds with a statement

Security directorate files a complaint against TTB Chair, TTB responds with a statement

The Turkish Medical Association has made a statement about the criminal complaint filed by the Counterrorism Department against its chair Prof. Korur Fincancı: “They cannot tarnish our reputation based on unlawful accusations”.

Criminal complaint against singer Yıldız Tilbe for making a call for killing street animals

Criminal complaint against singer Yıldız Tilbe for making a call for killing street animals

Amid public outrage at Yıldız Tilbe’s tweet of “Let them all be given poisoned meat, let them all kick the bucket”, the İstanbul Bar Association Animal Rights Center has filed a criminal complaint against the singer.

Sexual violence, threat against trans women in İstanbul

MALE VIOLENCE IN TARLABAŞI

Sexual violence, threat against trans women in İstanbul

Rights advocates will take legal action against the racketeering, sexual violence and threats against trans women in Taksim’s Tarlabaşı in Beyoğlu: "We don't deserve any of this. We want to live freely in our own country."

15 February 2022

Ruling AKP, MHP and BBP file a criminal complaint against journalist Ayşenur Arslan

Ruling AKP, MHP and BBP file a criminal complaint against journalist Ayşenur Arslan

The ruling AKP, its ally MHP and BBP have requested that Halk TV presenter Ayşenur Arslan be penalized on charge of “degrading the nation, the State of the Republic of Turkey and the institutions and bodies of the state”.

11 February 2022

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Put on trial for “turning High Criminal Court Judge Akın Gürlek into a target”, journalist Buse Söğütlü has been acquitted. But the court has filed another criminal complaint, this time on charge of “insulting a public official”.

3 February 2022

Mayor İmamoğlu files a complaint about disclosure of city surveillance camera footage

Mayor İmamoğlu files a complaint about disclosure of city surveillance camera footage

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has filed a criminal complaint regarding the disclosure of the city surveillance camera footage of “the dinner that he had at a fish restaurant” during snowfall.

28 January 2022

Pro-government group files complaint against İstanbul mayor for 'going to restaurant amid snowfall'

Pro-government group files complaint against İstanbul mayor for 'going to restaurant amid snowfall'

Mayor İmamoğlu came under fire after meeting the UK's ambassador to Turkey at a restaurant while thousands of people were stranded on roads amid blizzards. The same group that filed the complaint threatened singer Sezen Aksu last week.

26 January 2022

Erdoğan files a criminal complaint against 2 CHP MPs for 'insulting the President’

Erdoğan files a criminal complaint against 2 CHP MPs for 'insulting the President’

President and AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a complaint against main opposition CHP MPs Engin Özkoç and Aykut Erdoğdu for “insulting the President”.

25 January 2022

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed from the Uğur Textile factory in Urfa, 87 workers allege that their names have been given to the other factories in the province and they are unable to find a job anywhere for this reason.

18 January 2022

CHP MP Başarır files a criminal complaint against Demirören Holding, Ziraat Bank

CHP MP Başarır files a criminal complaint against Demirören Holding, Ziraat Bank

Main opposition CHP MP Ali Mahir Başarır has said that Demirören Holding has not paid back the loans it received from the state-owned Ziraat Bank and noted that the bank “has neither sent a written warning nor started executive proceedings.”

14 January 2022

Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges

Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges

By applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, discharged teacher Karataş has filed a complaint against the judges of the State of Emergency Commission, who alleged that “his personnel file had information on his links with an organization.”

10 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Investigation into HDP's 4th İstanbul Congress

Investigation into HDP's 4th İstanbul Congress

The Counterterrorism Department of the Directorate General of Security filed a criminal complaint about the 4th İstanbul Ordinary Congress of the HDP. An investigation has been launched shortly afterwards.

13 December 2021

Criminal complaint against ministers over deaths, rights violations during pandemic

Criminal complaint against ministers over deaths, rights violations during pandemic

On Human Rights Day, four labor and rights organizations filed a complaint against Health Minister Koca and Minister of Labor Bilgin over the death of more than 200 thousand people and violations of right to life and health during the pandemic.

10 December 2021

Demirtaş files a complaint against YouTuber Büşra Dede over insulting remarks

Demirtaş files a complaint against YouTuber Büşra Dede over insulting remarks

Jailed politician Demirtaş’s lawyer Cin has announced that they have filed a criminal complaint against YouTuber Büşra Dede over her insulting remarks targeting Demirtaş.

8 December 2021

Criminal complaint against intelligence, security officers over killing of HDP’s Deniz Poyraz

ATTACK ON İZMİR OFFICE

Criminal complaint against intelligence, security officers over killing of HDP’s Deniz Poyraz

In a statement about their complaint, lawyers have underlined that no investigation has been launched against security or intelligence officers over the killing of Deniz Poyraz in an armed attack against the HDP İzmir office in mid-June 2021.

3 December 2021

Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions

Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions

In recent interviews, Mehmet Eymür admitted that Turkey's security and intelligence organizations committed torture and extrajudicial killings.

17 November 2021

Vice President files a criminal complaint against main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu

‘CALL TO BUREAUCRATS’

Vice President files a criminal complaint against main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu

Vice President Fuat Oktay has filed a criminal complaint against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu over his video where he made a call to bureaucrats.

19 October 2021

Parents file criminal complaint ‘because their baby given COVID-19 vaccine by mistake’

INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED

Parents file criminal complaint ‘because their baby given COVID-19 vaccine by mistake’

A family in İzmir say that their baby was given Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine instead of an Hepatitis B vaccine at a family medicine center. Their lawyer Dilek Güzel has made a statement about the criminal complaint filed by the family about the incident.

24 September 2021

Fashion designer Barbaros Şansal sentenced to prison for ‘degrading government’

UPON ERDOĞAN’S COMPLAINT

Fashion designer Barbaros Şansal sentenced to prison for ‘degrading government’

In the trial held upon the criminal complaint of Erdoğan because he said, “The filth of the government is before the eyes of the world”, fashion designer Barbaros Şansal has been sentenced to 3 months, 22 days in prison.

7 September 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry amid raging fires in Turkey

Criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry amid raging fires in Turkey

Amid ongoing fires across Turkey, lawyer Albuga Çalıkuşu has filed a criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry Pakdemirli and public officials, underlining their legal responsibility for the failure to put out the fires surrounding the country.

3 August 2021 Sakine Orman

Diyarbakır Bar files a criminal complaint against pro-government daily

RACIST ATTACKS AGAINST KURDS

Diyarbakır Bar files a criminal complaint against pro-government daily

The Diyarbakır Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Yeni Şafak newspaper, which targeted the 15 bar associations for having condemned the racist attacks against Kurds in a joint statement.

Prevented from entering Boğaziçi campus, academics file a criminal complaint

APPOINTED RECTOR IN OFFICE

Prevented from entering Boğaziçi campus, academics file a criminal complaint

The academics of Boğaziçi University have filed a criminal complaint about the decision preventing them from entering the campus on July 3, 2021.

İpek Er case | Criminal complaint against defendant Musa O.’s lawyers

MALE VIOLENCE

İpek Er case | Criminal complaint against defendant Musa O.’s lawyers

The lawyers of İpek Er’s family have filed a criminal complaint against the lawyers of discharged specialist sergeant Musa O., who is standing trial for “driving İpek Er to suicide after sexually assaulting her.”

MP Ahmet Şık files a criminal complaint against MHP Chair Bahçeli

MP Ahmet Şık files a criminal complaint against MHP Chair Bahçeli

TİP İstanbul MP Şık has filed a criminal complaint against MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli. The petition of Şık’s attorneys has underlined that Bahçeli openly turned Şık into a target and threatened him with death.

Lawyers file a criminal complaint about Sedat Peker’s allegations

Lawyers file a criminal complaint about Sedat Peker’s allegations

The Progressive Lawyers Group has announced that they will file a complaint about the allegations of Peker, who is facing a warrant for leading a criminal organization. They have also shared a petition sample for citizens who want to follow suit.

Peker’s brother says he and a former intelligence officer went to Cyprus to kill Adalı

Peker’s brother says he and a former intelligence officer went to Cyprus to kill Adalı

Facing an investigation over the murder of Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adalı, Atilla Peker, in his petition to the prosecutor’s office, has confessed that he and former intelligence officer Korkut Eken went to Cyprus to kill Adalı.

Criminal complaint against Peker, Soylu, Ağar, Yıldırım

SEDAT PEKER VIDEOS

Criminal complaint against Peker, Soylu, Ağar, Yıldırım

Amid ongoing debates about the allegations of Sedat Peker, the İzmir Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Peker, Interior Minister Soylu, former Interior Minister Ağar and former PM Binali Yıldırım’s son Erkan Yıldırım.

Prevented from covering May Day, journalist files complaint against police

Prevented from covering May Day, journalist files complaint against police

Hindered from covering the protests in Ankara on the 1st of May on the grounds of a recent circular issued by the Directorate General of Security, Yol TV reporter Özge Uyanık has filed a criminal complaint against the police officers.

Criminal complaint against Ümit Özdağ, who threatened Garo Paylan

Criminal complaint against Ümit Özdağ, who threatened Garo Paylan

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has demanded that a lawsuit be filed against İstanbul MP Ümit Özdağ as per the Articles 106 and 216 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and the Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Criminal complaints against retired admirals over 'Montreux declaration'

Criminal complaints against retired admirals over 'Montreux declaration'

910 associations, 408 foundations, 114 chambers, 27 universities, 550 trade unions and 46 federations have filed criminal complaints about the retired admirals’ declaration on Montreux Convention.

Complaint against prosecutor who ordered Gergerlioğlu's detention

Complaint against prosecutor who ordered Gergerlioğlu's detention

The HDP has filed a criminal complaint against Ankara Public Prosecutor Ersoy Yıldız who gave the instruction for detaining HDP’s dismissed Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu at the Parliament during his justice watch.

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