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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
Several detained in protests against Türkiye's airstrikes in northern Syria, Iraqi Kurdistan
The police did not allow demonstrations and battered the protesters. In three cities, governors issued demonstration bans.
21 November 2022
'Chemical weapon' demonstration in The Hague results in detentions, injuries
Hundreds of people gathered in The Hague to demand an investigation into the chemical weapon use claims against Türkiye.
3 November 2022
Women from Iran burn headscarves in İstanbul in Mahsa Amini protests
"There have always been women who do not bow to the religious fascist regime of Iran, which tries to fit women into certain forms by ignoring their lives, rights and will through provisions designed according to Sharia," said the protesters in İstanbul. In Ankara, many protesters were detained.
3 October 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Police use pepper spray on teachers protesting for better wages, detain seven
Private school teachers, who have long demanded better wages and working conditions, attempted to march to the Ministry of Education in Ankara.
31 August 2022
Protester beaten by police to be paid compensation, top court rules
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Nuray Zencir, who was battered during a demonstration, was subjected to treatment incompatible with human dignity.
25 May 2022
Women meet in Ankara ahead of March 8: ‘We are here to call you to account’
Holding a demonstration in Anıtpark in the capital city of Turkey, women opened banners that read, “Women don’t want war”, “Biji tekoşina jinan” (Long live women’s struggle, in Kurdish) and “We won’t bow down to your violence”.
7 March 2022
March 8 demonstration in İstanbul: ‘Let your papa state pay the price for the crisis’
Ahead of International Women’s Day, a demonstration was held in Kadıköy district. Women opened banners that read, “We step up our struggle against poverty, violence and exploitation; we have the power to change.”
7 March 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Trans women fined over March 8 demonstration: ‘I will join it again’
Yusuf A. from the November 20 Platform was a part of the Trans+ cortege joining the women’s demonstration in İstanbul on March 6. After the demonstration, police detained five Kurdish trans people, who were later fined as per the Public Health Law.
11 February 2022
Ege Öztokat
Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish
A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”
31 May 2021
Directorate General of Security bans ‘recording voices, images’ at demonstrations
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has revealed the circular of the Directorate General of Security, which bans capturing the images of police officers.
30 April 2021
Police prevent dismissed Cargill workers' demonstration in front of ministry
The workers have not been reinstated despite winning a lawsuit against the company.
11 January 2021
Police, gendarmerie intervened in at least 700 protests in 5 months
Main opposition CHP Aydın MP Bülbül has indicated that police and gendarmerie forces intervened in at least 1,215 protest demonstrations in 2019 while they have intervened in 700 demonstrations and press statements over the last five months.
27 November 2020
Dozens detained after showing poster of 1970s revolutionary leader during demonstration
Members of several youth groups gathered in İstanbul to announce the foundation of a new joint group.
26 October 2020
Women take to streets all around Turkey in support of İstanbul Convention
Demonstrations under the slogan "We are not giving up our rights, implement the İstanbul Convention" have been held in 16 cities simultaneously.
5 August 2020
Police Beat, Detain Child in 'I Want My Job Back' Protest
Three people, including a child, have been beaten and detained by the police during the "I want my job back" protests on Yüksel Street in Ankara.
18 February 2020
Ayça Söylemez
11 Arrests in Afrin Protest in Kadıköy
11 of 13 people who were detained for allegedly attending the Afrin protest in Kadıköy have been arrested on charge of “attending unpermitted rally and demonstration”.
24 January 2018
Criminal Complaint by Elvan Over Police Breaking Her Arm
Gülsüm Elvan, taken into custody during a protest in solidarity with the arrested academics Gülmen and Özakça on hunger strike, has filed a criminal complaint over the police breaking her arm while handcuffing her from the back.
22 August 2017
Tansu Pişkin
Demonstrators Protest Release of Turkish-Armenian Soldier’s Killer
Human rights activists spearheaded by the Nor Zartonk Initiative gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square to protest the release of Kıvanç Ağaoğlu pending trial, prior to the deliverance of the final verdict. Ağaoğlu had shot Sevag Balıkçı, a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, to death while they were performing their mandatory military service.
6 September 2012
Ekin Karaca
CRACKDOWN ON WORKERS
Police Rounds Up Fired Workers Demanding Severance Pay
Authorities launched an investigation against a number of workers who began holding sit-in demonstrations after they were fired from Roseteks Company without any severance pay. The police then rounded them up from their homes without any prior legal notice.
14 August 2012
Ayça Söylemez
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DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB
Country-Wide Protests of Workers, Architects, Engineers, Doctors...
Upon the call of trade unions DİSK and KESK, the Medical Chamber and the chamber of architects and engineers, people in 40 provinces demonstrated against mass arrests. Only in Istanbul, about 2,000 protestors voiced their four main demands.
5 December 2011
Işıl Cinmen
Resistance against Coal-Fired Plant in Gerze
About ten thousand people gathered in Sinop at the Black Sea coast on 26 November to protest the construction of a thermal power plant in Gerze. The coal power plant is planned by the Anadolu Group.
28 November 2011
MISSILE SHIELD
Opposition Joins Missile Shield Protest
The protest movement against the NATO Missile Shield in Kürecik in south-eastern Turkey was supported by 500 people who attended a demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday. The next protest action is set for 2 October in Kürecik.
26 September 2011
Nilay Vardar
UNREST IN RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Massive Police Intervention against Anti-AKP Demonstrators
Heavy clashes occurred between demonstrators and the police before and after a meeting of PM Erdoğan in Hopa in north-eastern Turkey. The police threw many gas bombs and made use of water cannons. One person died, many protestors and policemen were injured.
1 June 2011
Ekin Karaca
Massive Workers' Protest against AKP Government
"No vote for you" was the message of tens of thousands of workers who gathered in Ankara to protest against a series of projects and applications of the Justice and Development Party. The workers spoke up against nuclear power plants, city planning or internet censorship.
17 May 2011
Support for Detained Journalists Does not Abate
The Freedom for Journalists organized a demonstration in Ankara with their demands to "release detained journalists from prison" and "amend laws that restrict press freedom and freedom of expression.
21 March 2011
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Thousands of People Demonstrate for "Freedom for Journalists"
Thousands of people demonstrated against the arrest of journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in Taksim in the centre of Istanbul on Sunday. This was the second protest march for the detained journalists.
14 March 2011
Cypriots Call for a "Military-Free Nicosia"
The people of Cyprus demonstrate for a "Military-free Nicosia" once a year since 2006. In this year's event, they reiterated their call for a military-free and united city of Nicosia and island of Cyprus.
22 February 2011
"BAG OF LAWS"
Police Violence against Demonstrating Labourers
The police intervened with tear gas and water cannons against protestors in Ankara who had gathered upon the call of socialist trade unions to encircle the parliament with a chain of people. The labourers wanted to express their protest against the "Bag of Laws".
4 February 2011
Football Fans and Unionists Booed Prime Minister
3,000 people - supporters of different football clubs and union members - booed PM Erdoğan at the opening ceremony of the Galatasaray football stadium and a few days later at a demonstration that was organized to express criticism against the PM's attitude.
24 January 2011
Elif Gençkal
SOCIAL RIGHTS
Demonstrations against Transport Price Increase in Ankara
In Ankara, protests against a ten percent increase in public transport fees continue. Hundreds of members of professional organizations, trade unions, political parties and students boycotted public transport vehicles for one hour on 7 January.
10 January 2011
Burcu Ballıktaş
2,200 Policemen Intervened against 500 Students
The police intervened with tear gas and combat cars against a group of students that was going to carry out a protest march from the ODTÜ campus to the central office of the Justice and Development Party in Ankara. The students threw stones in response.
6 January 2011
Erhan Üstündağ
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