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Permission for hunting mountain goats revoked amid public reaction

Permission for hunting mountain goats revoked amid public reaction

Main opposition CHP Dersim MP Polat Şaroğlu has announced that the temporary permission given to US businessperson Garrett van Hoose for hunting a mountain goat in Dersim province has been revoked.

7 December 2020

Search efforts for missing Gülistan Doku ended again

WHAT HAPPENED TO GÜLİSTAN DOKU?

Search efforts for missing Gülistan Doku ended again

Gülistan Doku, a student of Munzur University in Dersim, has been missing since January 5, 2020. The search efforts for the missing woman were ongoing in the Uzunçayır Dam Lake, near which Doku was last seen.

24 November 2020

Search efforts for Gülistan Doku start again

Search efforts for Gülistan Doku start again

University student Gülistan Doku has been missing since January 5. Ended on August 18, search efforts for Doku have started again in Dersim province.

15 October 2020

Investigation against 81 people for protesting a landscaping project

Investigation against 81 people for protesting a landscaping project

The Ovacık Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against 81 people who formed a human chain against the landscaping project that will ruin the Munzur Springs in Turkey’s eastern province of Dersim.

14 October 2020

Demonstrations, events banned in Dersim for 15 days

Demonstrations, events banned in Dersim for 15 days

The Governor’s Office of Tunceli has banned demonstrations and events in Dersim province for 15 days. While the coronavirus outbreak has been indicated as the reason for the ban, official events will not be within its scope.

29 September 2020

Excavators enter Dersim's Munzur Springs

Excavators enter Dersim's Munzur Springs

As part of a landscaping project that will zone Munzur Springs in Dersim for construction, earth diggers have entered the area which is a sacred place for the Alevi faith. They have started working despite the objections of citizens and NGOs.

22 September 2020

Meetings and demonstrations banned in Dersim for 15 days

Meetings and demonstrations banned in Dersim for 15 days

Referring to the pandemic, the Governor’s Office has banned all types of meetings, marches, concerts and conferences in Dersim, except for the ones approved by the Governor’s Office and held “according to traditions and customs.”

15 September 2020

Mother and sister of missing Gülistan Doku released from detention

Mother and sister of missing Gülistan Doku released from detention

Detained by riot police officers during their sit-in protest for missing university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim, mother Bedriye Doku and sister Aygül Doku have been released.

7 September 2020 Ruken Tuncel

‘I will sit in this square until my daughter is found’

MOTHER OF MISSING GÜLİSTAN DOKU

‘I will sit in this square until my daughter is found’

Bedriye Doku, the mother of missing Gülistan Doku, has spoken to bianet: “I want to meet the President and want the chief suspect to be arrested. I want my daughter to be found.”

7 September 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Tunceli Governor’s Office: Search efforts for Gülistan Doku ended

WHAT HAPPENED TO GÜLİSTAN DOKU?

Tunceli Governor’s Office: Search efforts for Gülistan Doku ended

University student Gülistan Doku has been missing in Turkey’s eastern province of Dersim since January 5, 2020.

‘This project will turn Dersim's Munzur Springs into a commercial area’

OVACIK MAYOR SARIGÜL

‘This project will turn Dersim's Munzur Springs into a commercial area’

Ovacık District Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül and Munzur Preservation Board member Hasan Şen have spoken to bianet about the “Munzur Springs Recreation Project”: “We will not let any project that is not approved by the people."

13 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Water drained from dam, Gülistan Doku searched on soil ground

Water drained from dam, Gülistan Doku searched on soil ground

Search efforts for Gülistan Doku, who has been missing since January 5, are still ongoing in Dersim. With the water drained from Uzunçayır Dam Lake, Doku is now also searched on soil ground in the dam site.

Draining of dam reservoir starts to find Gülistan Doku

Draining of dam reservoir starts to find Gülistan Doku

Doku went missing in the southeastern Dersim province on January 5.

Tender for hunting mountain goats in Dersim cancelled

Tender for hunting mountain goats in Dersim cancelled

Having lodged a tender for killing 17 mountain goats in Dersim province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has cancelled the tender amid mounting reactions.

Ministry of Interior halts underwater search for Gülistan Doku

Ministry of Interior halts underwater search for Gülistan Doku

Speaking to bianet, Tunceli Governor has said that underwater search operations for Doku have been stopped by the Interior Ministry. “The prosecutor says she is 99 percent in water, then why do you stop searching for her there,” asks the elder sister.

6 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Students stripped of scholarships, expelled from dorm after protesting for Gülistan Doku

Students stripped of scholarships, expelled from dorm after protesting for Gülistan Doku

Doku went missing on January 5 in the southeastern province of Dersim.

'Gülistan's disappearance shouldn't be probed by the unit where the suspect's step-father works'

'Gülistan's disappearance shouldn't be probed by the unit where the suspect's step-father works'

University student Gülistan Doku went missing in Turkey's southeastern province of Dersim on January 5

26 June 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Dersim mayor tests positive for coronavirus

Dersim mayor tests positive for coronavirus

Maçoğlu has said that his treatment has started.

‘When It is Said Normalization, People Get the Impression That Pandemic Has Ended’

CASES ON THE RISE IN EASTERN TURKEY

‘When It is Said Normalization, People Get the Impression That Pandemic Has Ended’

Chairs of Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Dersim, Bingöl, Urfa, Van Medical Chambers say that the number of cases which dropped in May has been on the increase since the outset of normalization, warning that it might lead to retightening of measures.

12 June 2020 Ruken Tuncel

'I Entrust Gülistan's Case to the Conscientious People of This Country'

'I Entrust Gülistan's Case to the Conscientious People of This Country'

Aygül Doku, the elder sister of Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for 139 days, has spoken to bianet about her sister.

CHP and HDP Statements on Dersim: Open the Archives, Face the Massacre

CHP and HDP Statements on Dersim: Open the Archives, Face the Massacre

CHP and HDP MPs have released statements in the 83rd year of Dersim Massacre. The MPs have demanded the establishment of a Truth and Confrontation Commission, opening of the archives and trial of perpetrators, albeit in their absence.

Gülistan Doku Missing for 121 Days: ‘She Cannot be Found Dead or Alive in a Tiny City’

Gülistan Doku Missing for 121 Days: ‘She Cannot be Found Dead or Alive in a Tiny City’

Having gone missing in Dersim in early January, Gülistan Doku’s elder sister Aygül Doku tells bianet, "All authorities say that Gülistan is in the water of Brook Munzur. Esma Kılıçaslan and Specialized Sergeant Güneş were found there, but not my sister.”

4 May 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Gülistan Doku Missing for 101 Days: She was the Apple of Our Eye, She Had Dreams

Gülistan Doku Missing for 101 Days: She was the Apple of Our Eye, She Had Dreams

Aygül Doku, the elder sister of Gülistan Doku, says, “I am now more sure about one thing after Esma: My sister didn’t commit suicide.” Lawyer Ali Çimen adds, “The natural suspect is Zeınal Abarakov. He must be arrested until the investigation is completed.”

14 April 2020 Ruken Tuncel

HDP Asks About Missing Women in Dersim: First Gülistan, Now Esma

HDP Asks About Missing Women in Dersim: First Gülistan, Now Esma

HDP MP Önlü has submitted a Parliamentary question about Esma Kılıçarslan and Gülistan Doku: “Women go missing in a city like Dersim which is kept under surveillance with police stations and cameras 24 hours a day. They cannot be found in searches.”

Mother of Missing Gülistan Doku: I Want My Daughter, Dead or Alive

Mother of Missing Gülistan Doku: I Want My Daughter, Dead or Alive

University student Gülistan Doku has been missing in Dersim for 17 days now. “Help me. If my daughter is dead, I want her dead body. If she is alive, then I want her alive”, says her mother Bedriye Doku.

21 January 2020

Demonstrations Banned in Dersim Amid Protests for Missing Woman

Demonstrations Banned in Dersim Amid Protests for Missing Woman

The ban order came after protests for a university student who has been missing for 12 days.

16 January 2020

Bank Accounts of Dersim Municipality Confiscated

Bank Accounts of Dersim Municipality Confiscated

Speaking about the seizure of municipality’s bank accounts, Dersim Mayor Maçoğlu has said, “The article 15 of the municipal law openly stipulates that the taxes, fees and provincial bank shares of municipalities cannot be confiscated.”

15 January 2020

Students Protest for Gülistan Doku in Dersim

Students Protest for Gülistan Doku in Dersim

Since January 5, there has been no information as to the fate and whereabouts of university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim. Students have staged a protest in the province and asked, “Where is Gülistan Doku?”.

13 January 2020

Musicians of Dersim: Detention, Imprisonment, Exile...

Musicians of Dersim: Detention, Imprisonment, Exile...

Ferhat Tunç and Mikail Aslan spoke to bianet after the arrest of Yılmaz Çelik and Şenol Akdağ: "They want to prevent the mother tongue and cultural values from reaching people through art."

13 December 2019 Ruken Tuncel

15-Day Ban on Demonstrations in Dersim

15-Day Ban on Demonstrations in Dersim

The Governorship of Tunceli has announced that all demonstrations and events, except for the ones deemed suitable by the Governorship and district governorships, will be banned in the province for 15 days as of today.

13 November 2019

Ministry Returns Parliamentary Question on Imprisoned Student Korkmaz

Ministry Returns Parliamentary Question on Imprisoned Student Korkmaz

The Speaker’s Office has rejected HDP MP Meral Danış Beştaş’s Parliamentary question about imprisoned student Baran Barış Korkmaz, whose 59-year prison sentence has been recently upheld by the court of appeal.

17 September 2019

‘Turkey is a Country Contaminated with War Remnants’

MUTEBER ÖĞRETEN FROM A TURKEY WITHOUT MINES INITIATIVE

‘Turkey is a Country Contaminated with War Remnants’

Speaking to bianet, Muteber Öğreten from “A Turkey Without Mines Initiative” has stated, “The deaths caused by war remnants, rather than land mines are on the increase. The last example of that was in Ovacık, Dersim.”

25 July 2019 Ruken Tuncel

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