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Constitutional Court says punching protester not lawful

Constitutional Court says punching protester not lawful

One of the tens of thousands of civil servants who were dismissed between 2016-2018, Nazan Bozkurt was injured by police officers during a protest against dismissals.

24 January 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Constitutional Court: One-person sit-in protest cannot disrupt public order

Constitutional Court: One-person sit-in protest cannot disrupt public order

A teacher dismissed by a statutory decree was fined for staging a sit-in protest, demanding her job back.

29 July 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Protesting teacher asked about her photo with imprisoned lawyer

'I WANT MY JOB BACK'

Protesting teacher asked about her photo with imprisoned lawyer

Dismissed from public service in 2017, teacher Nursel Tanrıverdi has been protesting to be reinstated. She has been detained many times since then.

15 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

'I WANT MY JOB BACK'

Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

Discharged from public service and fined over her press statements during her protests “to get her job back”, Bozkurt faces an attachment of 281 thousand lira on her bank account. She notes that courts have already cancelled these fines.

27 September 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Protesting to get her job back, Nazan Bozkurt released

Protesting to get her job back, Nazan Bozkurt released

In the lawsuit filed into the protests against dismissals by Statutory Decrees, Nazan Bozkurt has been released, while the court has ruled that the other arrested protesters Alev Şahin and Mehmet Dersulu shall remain behind bars.

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Arrested while protesting for her reinstatement, Acun Karadağ, a teacher discharged from public service, has been released. The court has ruled that the other protestors Alev Şahin, Mehmet Dersulu and Nazan Bozkurt shall remain behind bars.

28 January 2021

She is ‘not guilty’ in one investigation, arrested in another

She is ‘not guilty’ in one investigation, arrested in another

Discharged from public service by a Statutory Decree, Bozkurt is behind bars on charge of “organization membership.” However, the administrative investigation previously launched against her did not find any actions that would constitute a crime.

8 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’

‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’

Arrested for protesting “to get their jobs back”, six people were sent to prisons in different cities though the lawsuit was filed in Ankara. The court has now ruled that they shall stand trial via the Audio and Visual Information System due to the pandemic.

7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez

They want their jobs back for 4 years

LETTER FROM PRISON

They want their jobs back for 4 years

Acun Karadağ, who had been protesting to “get her job back”, was arrested with five others in August. On the 4th anniversary of their protest, she has sent a letter to bianet from Kayseri Prison, where she stays with Alev Şahin, another arrested protester.

17 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’

‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’

Mehmet Dersulu has sent a letter to bianet from prison, explaining the reason for the Yüksel Street protesters' imprisonment.

26 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

They have been arrested 'because they protested intensively'

They have been arrested 'because they protested intensively'

Investigated on the same charges before and given judicial control in those investigations, six people protesting in Yüksel Street in Ankara to "get their jobs back" have been arrested. The reason for their arrest: Keeping on protesting intensively.

24 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez