content tagged with letter from prison

Prisoner's letter censored for ‘targeting’ the judge of a high criminal court

Prisoner's letter censored for ‘targeting’ the judge of a high criminal court

A prisoner wrote about the unlawfulness she faced during her trial. Her letter has been censored because “she pointed Judge Akın Gürlek as a target by making a misstatement”.

11 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

With his drawings, Ahmet Bilge has been reaching out to his audience from behind bars via bianet, expressing criticisms of current issues concerning politics, the government, poverty and the gap between technology and our lives.

11 January 2022 Ahmet Bilge

The matter of ‘ground zero of borders’ and journalism

PÊGERMOK / NEDİM TÜRFENT

The matter of ‘ground zero of borders’ and journalism

Despite being a journalist who reported from the borderline, the expression “ground zero of borders” disturbs me like a thorn in my skin. As you can guess, there is a reason for this. No? I, in this article, will humbly put my finger on this matter.

14 December 2021 Nedim Türfent

Letter from prison censored because of ‘agenda-setting about students' scholarships'

Letter from prison censored because of ‘agenda-setting about students' scholarships'

Discharged and arrested academic Gülmen wanted to send letters from prison where she also wrote, “I would like to talk about scholarships.” Her letters are found “objectionable” because of “agenda-setting by targeting people and institutions.”

20 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Are they not journalists, but terrorists?

PÊGERMOK / NEDİM TÜRFENT

Are they not journalists, but terrorists?

The court board commented that “it should be like this and he should write like this”. In doing this, it both attempted to describe what journalism is and caused a grave violation.

16 September 2021 Nedim Türfent

Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Put in solitary confinement, jailed lawyer Aycan Çiçek writes, “I said, ‘There was water in the room where I was staying; at least give me that.’ They didn’t. I was given water and food with a plastic spoon in a tray five hours after I was put in the cell.”

10 August 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘I am put on trial again over the hunger strike I was penalized before’

NURİYE GÜLMEN WRITES FROM PRISON

‘I am put on trial again over the hunger strike I was penalized before’

Discharged academic Gülmen has sent a letter from prison ahead of her third hearing: “They arrested me due to flight risk, they are still keeping me behind bars one the same suspicion. In fact, I have never run away, I have always been here.”

7 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal to Süleyman Soylu: Take pride

Arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal to Süleyman Soylu: Take pride

Lawyer Ünsal has sent a letter from prison. Touching upon the statements of mafia boss Peker, he has addressed Interior Minister Soylu: “It is the medal of your order that Peker has reached this point and is treated as the ‘main opposition spokesperson’.”

27 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘A prisoner with no money cannot even send a letter’

LETTER FROM PRISON

‘A prisoner with no money cannot even send a letter’

Sending a letter from Sincan Prison, Yücel says prisoners are prevented from paying for other prisoners’ personal needs such as sanitary pads, underwear and cleaning supplies; the ones who have no money in their accounts cannot buy anything.

5 May 2021 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

Letters of Selahattin Demirtaş Censored, Says His Wife Başak Demirtaş

Letters of Selahattin Demirtaş Censored, Says His Wife Başak Demirtaş

“Face-to-face visits have been suspended. No opportunities have been provided for video chat. And, now, censorship… What is next,” Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has asked the Ministry of Justice.

Journalist Şener: They Would Have Taken Me in Anyways

Journalist Şener: They Would Have Taken Me in Anyways

"They would have included me in such an operation anyways. This is because they decided to eliminate journalists like us and it seems that there is more to come. The questions I was asked go back as far as the time between 2003 and 2006".

"My name is Suszan Zengin, I am in Prison"

"My name is Suszan Zengin, I am in Prison"

Prior to her second hearing on Tuesday (15 February), journalist Suzan Zengin wrote a letter from prison. Zengin has been detained for 18 months under allegations of "membership to an illegal organization".

15 February 2011