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Sick Prisoner Yıldızbakan Loses His Life

Sick Prisoner Yıldızbakan Loses His Life

Being imprisoned in prisons in Hatay for five years, Mehmet Yıldızbakan who was seriously ill has lost his life. Yıldızbakan’s two children, daughter-in-law and spouse are in prison as well.

Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch Chair Bilici Released

Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch Chair Bilici Released

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair and its Diyarbakır Bureau Chair Bilici has been released on probation following one week of detention.

Confidentiality Order for File of Detained İHD Deputy Chair Bilici

Confidentiality Order for File of Detained İHD Deputy Chair Bilici

The Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch has issued a statement about İHD Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır Branch President Raci Bilici being detained.

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair Bilici Detained, Charge Unknown

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair Bilici Detained, Charge Unknown

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır Branch Chair Raci Bilici was taken into custody in a house raid this morning.

Human Rights Organization Demands Release of Human Rights Defender Selçuk

Human Rights Organization Demands Release of Human Rights Defender Selçuk

The Human Rights Organization (İHD) has demanded the release of İHD İskenderun Branch Chair Coşkun Selçuk, who was taken into custody this morning.

18 January 2017

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Stating that Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın being arrested without solid evidence and on grounds of some false denunciations was unacceptable, human rights organizations demanded Gözaydın’s immediate release.

29 December 2016

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

The rights organizations have demanded release of arrested Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Cizre Representative Küni, and detained Human Rights Association Hakkari Branch Chair Akbulut.

21 October 2016

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Six human rights Organizations have sent the Parliament an open letter to protest TBMM president of sub-Council for Prisons AKP li Mehmet Metiner for his statement “We will not run an investigation regarding the claims of torture and maltreatment against the arrestees from FETÖ”.

13 October 2016

Petition by Human Rights Association Against State of Emergency

Petition by Human Rights Association Against State of Emergency

The Human Rights Association has launched a petition demanding repeal of State of Emergency and of legislations enacted during the State of Emergency.

27 September 2016

Human Rights Association: 320 Civilians Including 75 Children Killed in Operations

Human Rights Association: 320 Civilians Including 75 Children Killed in Operations

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Association, over 320 civilians of whom 75 were children were killed in the operations during the curfews.

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair Şakar Released

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair Şakar Released

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair and judge of Diyarbakır Court Muzaffer Şakar has been released.

Raci Bilici: Government and PKK Must Return to Negotiations

Raci Bilici: Government and PKK Must Return to Negotiations

İHD Diyarbakır branch Chairperson Raci Bilici, who has commented on PKK, killing 17 persons including soldiers, police and civilians in one day, and stated that “We saw multiple times that these actions don’t bring a solution, both government and PKK must turn away from violence.

12 August 2016 Ekin Karaca

İHD: No News Can be Received from Some Villages of Lice

İHD: No News Can be Received from Some Villages of Lice

İHD Diyarbakır Branch has declared that communication has been cut with some regions of Lice where curfew and operation are continuing, and that the residents’ condition are unknown. It has demanded entry to those villages.

Criminal Complaints by İHD, İstanbul LGBTI Against Those Threatening Pride Parade

Criminal Complaints by İHD, İstanbul LGBTI Against Those Threatening Pride Parade

Criminal complaint has been filed against the Muslim Anatolian Youth and Alperen Group on charges of inciting people to grudge and hostility, insulting, discrimination and threat.

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Leading human rights organizations in Turkey such as TİHV, İHD and HYD have not been invited to the World Humanitarian Summit organized by UN. The organizations criticize the summit being held in Turkey where human rights violations are common.

May 1 İstanbul Report From İHD

May 1 İstanbul Report From İHD

According to the İstanbul May 1 report of Human Rights Association, İstanbul Office, 231 persons have been taken into custody in İstanbul on May 1. A TOMA running over a citizen constituted the severest rights violation.

‘Life Stopped’ in Nusaybin, Central Şırnak

‘Life Stopped’ in Nusaybin, Central Şırnak

Kuzu from the Human Rights Association and Gökalp from Turkish Medical Association have told that services, notably medical services and flow of information have been staggering in Şırnak central and Mardin’s Nusaybin districts that are under curfew for over 1.5 months.

Armenians Banished to Anatolia From İstanbul Commemorated

101st ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Armenians Banished to Anatolia From İstanbul Commemorated

Armenians consisting mostly of intellectuals, journalists, writers and scientists who have been taken into custody, exiled to Anatolia from Haydarpaşa and killed have been commemorated in Haydarpaşa.

Human Rights Association Declares Right Violations During Curfews

Human Rights Association Declares Right Violations During Curfews

Human Rights Association has announced violated human rights such as life, shelter, nutrition in areas where curfew was declared.

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

Police attacking the Cizre protest in İzmir has taken 49 persons into custody including Coşkun Üsterci from TİHV, İHD manager Gurbet Uçar, HDP Party Assembly member İbrahim Akın and KESK term spokesperson Bahri Alkan.

9 February 2016

Life Watch from Human Rights Defenders

Life Watch from Human Rights Defenders

İHD İstanbul Branch will make “May killings end, may life prevail” in silent life watch that will last five days in front of Galatasaray High School.

25 January 2016

Selamet Yeşilmen’s Autopy Results Announced

Selamet Yeşilmen’s Autopy Results Announced

It has been announced that Selamet Yeşilmen, mother of five, who was killed in front of her house in Nusaybin, died due to shrapnel pieces hitting her body.

16 November 2015

İHD: 262 civilians killed as of June 7

İHD: 262 civilians killed as of June 7

As İHD has stated, 262 civilians killed in total along with Suruç and Ankara attacks, 759 others wounded including children.

12 November 2015

İHD: Election Safety Must be Provided

İHD: Election Safety Must be Provided

İHD has expressed that governorship should respond positively to the unilateral inaction declared by Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), and said “Election and ballot box safety must be provided”.

28 October 2015

İHD: 72 Civilians Killed in Nine Months

İHD: 72 Civilians Killed in Nine Months

İHD Diyarbakır in its report titled "Peace Despite Everything" has announced that 63 civilians killed, and nine civilians lost their lives for being caught in crossfire in the operations following curfew.

16 October 2015

Kidnapped 20 Customs Officers Return Turkey

Kidnapped 20 Customs Officers Return Turkey

20 customs officers kidnapped by PKK in August, have been picked up by İHD delegation in Northern Iraq. Customs officers are returning Turkey along with İHD delegation.

8 September 2015 Ahmet Bal

Human Rights Association: Resolution Process is Vital, Never-Ending

Human Rights Association: Resolution Process is Vital, Never-Ending

Human Rights Association of Turkey “Turkey shouldn’t be leaderless, a peaceful and democratic coalition should be formed not a war government.”

Lawyer Öndül: Peace Government Should be Formed

Lawyer Öndül: Peace Government Should be Formed

Lawyer and defender of law, Hüsnü Öndül, “A war government shouldn’t be formed, the democratic public opinion should press for the negotiation process.”

28 July 2015 Ayça Söylemez

İHD Calls For Deputy Candidates for Ill Inmates

İHD Calls For Deputy Candidates for Ill Inmates

There are 721 ill inmates in Turkey’s prisons. 282 of them are seriously ill. İHD calls for deputy candidates, government and bureaucrats for ill inmates to be kept on their agendas.

Call to World Leaders: Go to Yeravan, Not to Gallipoli

Call to World Leaders: Go to Yeravan, Not to Gallipoli

5 NGOs urged world leaders “not to accept President Erdoğan’s invitation to Gallipoli on the 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide but to visit Yerevan instead”.

5 February 2015 Begüm Yalçınkaya,Aslı Sayat

Associations Slam Periodical Ban, Censorship in Prisons

Associations Slam Periodical Ban, Censorship in Prisons

9 media outlets released a joint statement to protest the publication ban imposed on inmates across Turkey’s prisons.

24 November 2014 Beyza Kural

Artists Call For Saturday Mothers/People Week 500

Artists Call For Saturday Mothers/People Week 500

37 individuals including artists and authors made a public appeal to meet at down Istanbul on October 25 for the 500 week of Saturday Mothers/People of Turkey meeting.

21 October 2014 Beyza Kural

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