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Protests against increasing electricity prices: 41 people released from detention

MARDİN

Protests against increasing electricity prices: 41 people released from detention

41 people were taken into custody in Kızıltepe district in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin for “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “praising the crime and criminal” and “damage to property”.

8 February 2022

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

Thousands of people took to the streets in Mardin’s Kızıltepe and protested the price hikes. Police intervened against the protesters with pepper gas and pressurized water.

7 February 2022

District governor in Mardin prevents trilingual campaign to encourage vaccination

District governor in Mardin prevents trilingual campaign to encourage vaccination

Healthcare organizations have launched a campaign in Turkish, Kurdish and Arabic to encourage coronavirus vaccination in Mardin and Urfa, the two provinces with the lowest vaccination rates.

‘The state has admitted that the murder was an official crime’

‘The state has admitted that the murder was an official crime’

Governor’s Office paid the attorney fees of village guards put on trial in the Kızıltepe JİTEM case filed into the murder and enforced disappearance of 22 people. “It means the state has taken the blame for charges such as murder,” says attorney Kuzu.

18 September 2020

HDP's Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz Arrested

HDP's Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz Arrested

Dismissed and replaced by a state-appointed trustee, Mardin Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz has been arrested on the ground of her activities at the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and statements of anonymous witnesses.

16 December 2019

Trustee Appointed to Kızıltepe District Municipality in Mardin

Trustee Appointed to Kızıltepe District Municipality in Mardin

Kızıltepe District Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz has been removed from office. District Governor Hüseyin Çam has been appointed as a trustee in her place.

4 November 2019

Kızıltepe JİTEM Case Drops Due to Statutory Limitations, Court Says ‘No Organization’

Kızıltepe JİTEM Case Drops Due to Statutory Limitations, Court Says ‘No Organization’

Ruling in Kızıltepe JİTEM case: Charges of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution have been dropped due to violation of statutory limitations, defendants charged with leadership and membership of an organization have been acquitted.

9 September 2019 Ayça Söylemez

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

Women wake up at around 5 in the morning to go to work. When the clock hits 7 a.m., they set to work in the field. Having two 15-minute breaks all through the day, women are given an hour to have lunch.

19 July 2019 Ferid Demirel

2 Attacks, 3 Wounded in Mardin

2 Attacks, 3 Wounded in Mardin

Three civilians have been wounded in the attack carried out by the PKK in Kızıltepe district of Mardin. No one injured in the police station attack in Nusaybin district.

Bomb Attack on Recruiting Office in Kızıltepe of Mardin

Bomb Attack on Recruiting Office in Kızıltepe of Mardin

An attack has been carried out on the Recruiting Office on Kızıltepe-Mardin Highway by PKK members. A night watch Syrian refugee has been killed, 11 others including two soldiers and three children injured.

4 Killed in Mardin

4 Killed in Mardin

Four people have been killed in Kızıltepe district of Mardin province.

13 January 2016