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Diyarbakır

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‘His dead body was sent by cargo’
‘His dead body was sent by cargo’
Holding a press statement in Diyarbakır, the MEBYA-DER, an association solidarizing with the families who lost their relatives, has called on the government to stop attacking dead bodies and give people’s dead bodies to their families.
31 December 2020
‘Erdoğan cannot manage even his own party,’ says HDP
‘Erdoğan cannot manage even his own party,’ says HDP
Referring to the ruling AKP and its ally MHP, HDP Spokesperson Günay says, “The junior partner of the government seems to take the reins. A party whose voting rate has dropped as low as six percent is trying to govern the country with threat and blackmail.”
27 November 2020
AKP refers former Diyarbakır MP to Disciplinary Board
AKP refers former Diyarbakır MP to Disciplinary Board
Ruling AKP’s former Diyarbakır MP Mehmet İhsan Arslan, also a founding member of the party, has been referred to the AKP Disciplinary Board shortly after he gave an interview criticizing the policies of the party.
25 November 2020
‘We are about to lose a generation’
EDUCATION IN DİYARBAKIR
‘We are about to lose a generation’
“The problem of education in mother language is negatively affecting access to education in Diyarbakır. If necessary measures are not taken, we are faced with the risk of losing a generation,” says Education Union Diyarbakır No 1 Branch Co-Chair Kaya.
25 November 2020
‘Turkey needs a reform not in law, but in law enforcement’
DİYARBAKIR BAR CHAIR AYDIN
‘Turkey needs a reform not in law, but in law enforcement’
“As long as no measures are taken against the judges and prosecutors who defy the ECtHR and Constitutional Court judgements, no progress can be made with changes that remain only on the legislation level,” says Diyarbakır Bar Chair Aydın.
24 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Seventeen lawyers detained during house raids in Diyarbakır
OPERATIONS AGAINST DTK
Seventeen lawyers detained during house raids in Diyarbakır
The detentions have been made as part of an investigation against the Democratic Society Congress, many members of which have been detained and sent behind bars over the past few months in the Kurdish-majority provinces.
20 November 2020
Kemal Kurkut’s mother: Why is there no justice?
Kemal Kurkut’s mother: Why is there no justice?
Sican Kurkut, the mother of Kemal Kurkut, has commented on the acquittal of the police officer put on trial for shooting him to death: “Why is there no justice? What kind of justice is it that it has freed the person who killed a young person?”
20 November 2020
Police officer who shot Kemal Kurkut acquitted
Police officer who shot Kemal Kurkut acquitted
In the lawsuit filed into the killing of Kemal Kurkut during the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır in 2017, the police officer who was charged with “killing with eventual intent” has been acquitted.
17 November 2020
Police detain 26 members of Eğitim-Sen teachers' union in Diyarbakır
Police detain 26 members of Eğitim-Sen teachers' union in Diyarbakır
The raids were conducted as part of an investigation against the Democratic Society Congress.
6 November 2020
Journalist Nurcan Yalçın faces up to 15 years in prison
Journalist Nurcan Yalçın faces up to 15 years in prison
Indicted as part of an investigation against Diyarbakır-based Rosa Women’s Association, journalist Nurcan Yalçın is now facing up to 15 years in prison on charges of “being a member the organization” and “propagandizing for the organization.”
29 October 2020
Two children tortured with a dog in Diyarbakır
Two children tortured with a dog in Diyarbakır
Hanım Türk says that in a police raid on their house in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province, the police tortured her and her two children aged 7 and 16 with a dog for two hours, forcing the children to lie on the ground and making the dog step over them.
26 October 2020
Police raid HDP buildings in Diyarbakır, detain provincial co-chairs
Police raid HDP buildings in Diyarbakır, detain provincial co-chairs
HDP Diyarbakır provincial co-chairs and Yenişehir district co-chairs have been detained.
22 October 2020
Newspaper's name on street sign censored in trustee-appointed Diyarbakır
Newspaper's name on street sign censored in trustee-appointed Diyarbakır
Before a trustee was appointed to Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır, the sign of the street named after killed journalist Hafız Akdemir read, “... known for his news on unidentified murders in daily Özgür Gündem, where he was working...”
21 October 2020
An academy of children’s rights in Diyarbakır
An academy of children’s rights in Diyarbakır
“Even though armed conflicts ended, they have left behind a series of issues that need to be tackled such as severe trauma, poverty, dropping out of school, unemployment and impunity,” says Yalçın from the Colorful Hopes Association in Diyarbakır.
14 October 2020 Ayşegül Özbek
Journalist, documentary photographer Fatih Pınar acquitted of #NewrozPirozBe
Journalist, documentary photographer Fatih Pınar acquitted of #NewrozPirozBe
Put on trial for sharing a photo under the hashtag #NewrozPirozBe (Happy Newroz), journalist and documentarian Fatih Pınar has been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization".
7 October 2020
Perpetrator given aggravated life imprisonment without any sentence reduction
FEMINICIDE OF MÜZEYYEN BOYLU
Perpetrator given aggravated life imprisonment without any sentence reduction
Speaking to bianet, lawyer Aslı Pasinli notes that the aggravated life sentence given to Mesut I. for killing Müzeyyen Boylu will be a deterrent factor for other possible perpetrators of violence as his sentence has not been reduced.
28 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek
722 health workers diagnosed with coronavirus in Diyarbakır
DİYARBAKIR HEALTH PLATFORM
722 health workers diagnosed with coronavirus in Diyarbakır
A recent statement by the Diyarbakır Health Platform has shown that 722 health workers, including 255 nurses and midwives and 186 physicians and dentists, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
21 September 2020
Prosecutor’s office requests red notice for politician Osman Baydemir
Prosecutor’s office requests red notice for politician Osman Baydemir
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a written request demanding that a red notice be issued against former HDP MP and Diyarbakır Metropolitan Mayor Osman Baydemir and the politician be extradited from the UK.
18 September 2020
2 journalists attacked in Diyarbakır
2 journalists attacked in Diyarbakır
İhlas News Agency (İHA) reporter Murat Başal and Demirören News Agency (DHA) reporter Emrah Kızıl have been subjected to a knife attack during news follow-up in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
10 September 2020
‘69 percent don’t believe necessary pandemic measures will be taken in schools’
REPORT
‘69 percent don’t believe necessary pandemic measures will be taken in schools’
The Socio-Political Field Research Center has conducted a series of Diyarbakır-based surveys to find out how students and parents have been affected by the pandemic and what they think about and expect from education amid these conditions.
8 September 2020
98 percent of health workers in Diyarbakır don't find official Covid-19 figures accurate
SURVEY BY SOCIO-POLITICAL FIELD RESEARCH CENTER
98 percent of health workers in Diyarbakır don't find official Covid-19 figures accurate
Measures for the pandemic are inadequate, according to 85 percent of the participants.
3 September 2020
'Is the wall dividing Diyarbakır being built for pro-government Cengiz Holding?'
'Is the wall dividing Diyarbakır being built for pro-government Cengiz Holding?'
HDP deputy Garo Paylan has brought the controversial wall construction in the southeastern city to the parliamentary agenda.
3 September 2020
Ministry suspends construction of wall that will divide Diyarbakır
Ministry suspends construction of wall that will divide Diyarbakır
Amid criticisms of locals and professional organizations, the Ministry of Transport has suspended the construction of a 12-kilometer double-sided wall in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
2 September 2020
COVID-19 in Diyarbakır: ‘15 people died in a single hospital in one day’
DİYARBAKIR MEDICAL CHAMBER
COVID-19 in Diyarbakır: ‘15 people died in a single hospital in one day’
The Diyarbakır Medical Association has announced that 15 people died of COVID-19 in the Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital today and called on the Ministry of Health to take measures.
28 August 2020
Little hosts of Diyarbakır’s Hevsel Gardens: Long-eared hedgehogs
Little hosts of Diyarbakır’s Hevsel Gardens: Long-eared hedgehogs
Having captured the photographs of several animals in Hevsel Gardens before, photograph artist Mehmet Masum Süer has now photographed long-eared hedgehogs.
28 August 2020
Dismissed Diyarbakır Mayor Mızraklı: Those who resist will have the last say
Dismissed Diyarbakır Mayor Mızraklı: Those who resist will have the last say
Mızraklı was dismissed as the Diyarbakır Mayor and later imprisoned on "terrorism-related" charges.
19 August 2020
‘Social experiment’ video violates children’s rights, says Diyarbakır Bar
‘Social experiment’ video violates children’s rights, says Diyarbakır Bar
The Children’s Rights Center of Diyarbakır Bar Association has released a statement about a video featuring two YouTubers who said that "they were hungry" and asked for help from child workers in Diyarbakır in the name of a “social experiment.”
17 August 2020
COVID-19 in eastern Turkey: Patients sent home, health workers exhausted
COVID-19 in eastern Turkey: Patients sent home, health workers exhausted
The Chairs of Diyarbakır, Antep, Van, Mardin and Batman Medical Chambers have spoken to bianet: “Pandemic services and intensive cares are full. COVID-19 patients who need to be treated in hospitals are sent home.”
11 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel
'Why was Aram Tigran not allowed to be buried in Diyarbakır?'
HDP MP GARO PAYLAN
'Why was Aram Tigran not allowed to be buried in Diyarbakır?'
Despite his will, Armenian composer Aram Tigran, the son of a family who was expelled from Diyarbakır during the Genocide, was not allowed to be buried in the city.
10 August 2020
346 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Diyarbakır
346 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Diyarbakır
According to the latest figures shared by the Diyarbakır Health Platform, 346 healthcare workers, including 128 nurses and midwives, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the province as of August 6.
10 August 2020
Diyarbakır MP Paylan says no empty beds left in intensive care services at city's hospitals
Diyarbakır MP Paylan says no empty beds left in intensive care services at city's hospitals
"While hundreds of new cases are found in Diyarbakır every day, how do you announce 1,000 cases across Turkey?" Paylan has asked the Minister of Health.
6 August 2020
Social media outcry: ‘Lice is burning’
FIRE IN DİYARBAKIR
Social media outcry: ‘Lice is burning’
While a fire is still razing the rural parts of Lice in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province, citizens are trying to make their voices heard on social media by sharing messages under the hashtag #LiceYanıyor, meaning "Lice is burning.”
30 July 2020
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