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Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak reunites with supporters after 8 years in prison

Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak reunites with supporters after 8 years in prison

"We know that as long as the prison doors remain closed, we are not truly free. Meeting with you all here today, reuniting with our people and our land, is of course an honor. This is the result of your honorable struggle outside and the struggle of political prisoners inside," Kışanak said addressing a crowd in Diyarbakır.

17 May 2024 İnanç Yıldız

DEM deputies protest Kobanî case verdict in parliament

DEM deputies protest Kobanî case verdict in parliament

Several Kurdish politicians have received prison sentences on “terrorism” and “disrupting the unity of the state” charges in the case concerning 2014 protests.

Verdict reached in Kobanî trial: Selahattin Demirtaş receives 42-year prison sentence

Verdict reached in Kobanî trial: Selahattin Demirtaş receives 42-year prison sentence

Some 108 HDP members were facing aggravated life sentences in what is widely considered a politically motivated trial. Some of the defendants have been acquitted and some have received lesser sentences and will be released.

Call for justice as verdict expected in Kobanî trial

Call for justice as verdict expected in Kobanî trial

Some 108 HDP members are facing aggravated life sentences for the deadly protests over ISIS attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town in 2014.

Trial of 89 politicians begins in second Kobanî case

Trial of 89 politicians begins in second Kobanî case

The defendants are charged with "financing" the deadly 2014 Kobanî protests.

Keeping up with the Kobanî trial

Keeping up with the Kobanî trial

Over 100 HDP members are facing aggravated sentences in the case filed seven years after the deadly Kobanî protests in 2014. In the latest hearing, Demirtaş made his defense in Kurdish for the first time and two defendants were released on the condition of judicial control.

8 November 2022 Wouter Massink

Kobanî trial: 'Anonymous witness statements are manipulated'

Kobanî trial: 'Anonymous witness statements are manipulated'

The Kobanî trials continued this month. Politician Mesut Bağcık pleaded for his acquittal, claiming that he was not part of an illegal organization and that the secret witness testimonies against him were fabricated.

Aysel Tuğluk to remain in prison despite release order

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Aysel Tuğluk to remain in prison despite release order

While the court board ruled for her release, the politician will remain in prison because of her sentence in another case.

Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk forced to make defense in Kobanî trial despite dementia

Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk forced to make defense in Kobanî trial despite dementia

"I don't know when it happened, what happened. I don't know what I'm being tried for," Tuğluk said at the hearing.

Kobanî detentions: 'We are faced with another politically motivated investigation'

Kobanî detentions: 'We are faced with another politically motivated investigation'

Prosecutors launched a new investigation into the "financial aspect" of the 2014 Kobanî protests, with dozens of people detained during house raids. The suspects had to be invited to testify but their homes were raided, says the Human Rights Association.

Kobanî investigation: Dozens detained in police raids in 13 cities

Kobanî investigation: Dozens detained in police raids in 13 cities

Ninety-one people are suspected of "providing financial assistance to PKK members" following the 2014 events, the prosecutors have said.

‘Poverty in Turkey is a result of government’s deliberate policies’

HDP CO-CHAIR SANCAR

‘Poverty in Turkey is a result of government’s deliberate policies’

Mithat Sancar spoke at the weekly group meeting of the HDP, calling on other opposition parties “to not remain in the playground of the government”.

Kobanî trial | Selahattin Demirtaş: The prosecutor was after a false statement

Kobanî trial | Selahattin Demirtaş: The prosecutor was after a false statement

Speaking as to the witness statement, jailed politician Demirtaş recalled that Baran “stated that he became a tool in the plot and signed the statement without reading it” and urged the court to file a complaint against the prosecutor and security.

Court rejects lawyers’ requests: Aysel Tuğluk shall make defense at court

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Court rejects lawyers’ requests: Aysel Tuğluk shall make defense at court

In the Kobanî trial, the Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court has concluded that it is obligatory for Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia, to make her defense at court.

Kobanî trial | ‘Forensic medical report on Aysel Tuğluk not signed by a neurologist’

10TH HEARING

Kobanî trial | ‘Forensic medical report on Aysel Tuğluk not signed by a neurologist’

At the 10th hearing of the Kobanî trial, the lawyer of Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk talked about her health and demanded her release.

28 February 2022

Kobanî trial: Statements reveal 'plaintiffs' don't know defendants

Kobanî trial: Statements reveal 'plaintiffs' don't know defendants

Fifteen "plaintiffs" whose property was damaged during the Kobanî protests have withdrawn their complaints.

11 February 2022

Kobanî trial | ‘1 US Dollar was 6 Turkish Lira when we were jailed’

Kobanî trial | ‘1 US Dollar was 6 Turkish Lira when we were jailed’

The court board told HDP politician Bülent Parmaksız, “Make defense as to the accusations; we don’t do politics here”. Parmaksız responded: “You put us on trial over politics; we naturally talk politics.”

21 December 2021

Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

Kurdish politician Türk attended the Kobanî trial via video conference: “We have faced injustice in these processes. I went through September 12 [coup]. We are faced with the same injustice despite the 50 years that have passed since then.”

21 December 2021

Kobanî trial: 5-minute hearing in an empty courtroom

REQUESTS REJECTED

Kobanî trial: 5-minute hearing in an empty courtroom

In the Kobanî trial, the court held the hearing without waiting for the upper court to examine the defendants’ request for recusal. It has rejected the jailed politicians’ requests for being exempted from the hearings.

6 December 2021

Kobanî trial | 'Legal defense is under grave threat'

Kobanî trial | 'Legal defense is under grave threat'

In their statement, the lawyers of the Kobanî case say, “We call on all bar associations to support us and help us to speak out and fight against the increasing threats and attacks perpetrated on defence lawyers and the legal profession.”

22 November 2021

'Right of defense restricted': Lawyers file a complaint against Kobanî trial’s court board

'Right of defense restricted': Lawyers file a complaint against Kobanî trial’s court board

Applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) and filing a complaint against the court board of the Kobanî trial, lawyers said, “The board is committing misconduct in office; our right of defense has been restricted."

12 November 2021

Kobanî trial: Prosecutor demands criminal complaints as defendants, lawyers protest court

Kobanî trial: Prosecutor demands criminal complaints as defendants, lawyers protest court

The defendants and their attorneys did not attend today's hearing in protest of what they call an unfair trial.

11 November 2021

'Holding the Kobanî trial without lawyers will make the entire trial extrajudicial'

HDP'S GÜLÜM

'Holding the Kobanî trial without lawyers will make the entire trial extrajudicial'

HDP’s Züleyha Gülüm, a lawyer of the Kobanî case against 108 politicians, has spoken to bianet about the decision of the defendants and their lawyers to not attend the hearings in protest against the failure to hold a fair trial.

10 November 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Judge of Kobanî case dismissed

Judge of Kobanî case dismissed

The replacement of the presiding judge means a special court has been established for the Kobanî case, which is against the Constitution, the defense attorneys have argued.

8 November 2021

Security directorate doesn’t inform the court about ‘ISIS actions’

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Security directorate doesn’t inform the court about ‘ISIS actions’

In the Kobanî trial, the court requested information on ISIS actions from the Directorate General of Security. Instead of this information, the Directorate has sent a table on police-soldier deaths in 2014-2021.

3 November 2021

No release in Kobanî trial

No release in Kobanî trial

The fifth hearing of the trial over the "October 6-8, 2014 Kobanî protests" was held in seven sessions. None of the arrested defendants has been released.

28 October 2021

Kobanî trial | ‘Deniz is us, you will see Deniz when you look at us’

7TH SESSION OF 3RD HEARING

Kobanî trial | ‘Deniz is us, you will see Deniz when you look at us’

Arrested politician, academic, ecology activist Beyza Üstün: “Deniz was not only a comrade of ours who went there to support her mother’s labor. Deniz is us. I remember her with respect for fostering labor and women’s politics with us.”

Kobanî trial | ‘Women targeted again in the person of Deniz Poyraz’

6TH SESSION OF 3RD HEARING

Kobanî trial | ‘Women targeted again in the person of Deniz Poyraz’

In the 6th session of the 3rd hearing of Kobanî trial, defendant Ayla Akat Ata said, “The defendant in İzmir was arrested a day later. We were detained for 8 days following the Kobanî incidents. We were not interrogated during this time, except for 6 hours.”

Kobanî trial: Court releases four defendants

Kobanî trial: Court releases four defendants

The court has ruled that arrested defendants Ayhan Bilgen, Berfin Özgü Köse, Can Memiş and Cihan Erdal shall be released with an international travel ban.

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Defendants' attorney Maçoğlu: "The prosecutor forgot a document in the file. This document interfering in the investigation says the following: 'Work on this file and lay the ground for the indictment of closure against the HDP'."

‘You have been troubling the HDP since June 7 elections’

KOBANÎ TRIAL

‘You have been troubling the HDP since June 7 elections’

Taking the floor at today’s hearing in the Kobanî trial, jailed politician Gültan Kışanak said, “On June 7, we showed that a hope was possible in Turkey and different identities could do politics side by side. A political coup was triggered immediately.”

Selahattin Demirtaş: Erdoğan, Bahçeli and Soylu sit in the judge's seat

KOBANÎ TRIAL | 2ND HEARING

Selahattin Demirtaş: Erdoğan, Bahçeli and Soylu sit in the judge's seat

In the trial over the “Kobanî protests of October 6-8, 2014”, politicians had their second hearing at the Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court today, on May 18, 2021. The trial will continue on May 20.

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