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Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

The number of children under judicial control measures has increased from about 900 to nearly 20,000 in a decade, according to official figures.

1 December 2021

‘Montreux declaration’: 6 retired soldiers released on probation

‘Montreux declaration’: 6 retired soldiers released on probation

Summoned to depose for "supporting" the declaration of 104 retired admirals, six of the seven retired soldiers have been released on probation while one soldier could not give his statement as he was in treatment at hospital.

‘Montreux declaration’: House raids on 6 retired admirals, 1 retired general

‘Montreux declaration’: House raids on 6 retired admirals, 1 retired general

As part of the investigation launched into the ‘Montreux declaration’, the prosecutor’s office has summoned 6 retired admirals and 1 retired general to depose and their houses have been searched. Electronic bracelets are now placed on released admirals.

Human Rights Association Co-Chair Türkdoğan released

Human Rights Association Co-Chair Türkdoğan released

Detained on March 19, İHD Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan has been released on probation.

53 people released from detention on probation

'UNITED STRUGGLE FORCES' DECLARATION

53 people released from detention on probation

Detained in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, where they gathered to declare the foundation of the United Struggle Forces platform, 53 of the 61 detained have been released by the court on probation. Eight people were previously released by the prosecutor’s office.

9 February 2021

Operation against the ESP: 5 people arrested

Operation against the ESP: 5 people arrested

Detained as part of the operations against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), five people have been arrested, five people have been placed under house arrest and 37 people have been released on probation.

18 January 2021

Politician Ahmet Türk released on probation

KOBANI INVESTIGATION

Politician Ahmet Türk released on probation

Summoned to give a statement as part of an investigation launched into the “Kobani incidents” from six years ago, dismissed Metropolitan Co-Mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk has been released by the judgeship with an international travel ban.

20 October 2020

Journalist Pınar Gayıp released from detention

Journalist Pınar Gayıp released from detention

Taken into custody on October 7, 20 people, including Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Pınar Gayıp, have been released from detention.

12 October 2020

The Detained in Giresun Released on Probation

The Detained in Giresun Released on Probation

Taken into custody in Giresun, journalists Canan Coşkun and Tuğba Demir, documentary filmmaker Kazım Kızıl and Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz, have been released on probation by the judgeship after bearing testimony.

15 November 2019

Verdict of Release for Journalist Kibriye Evren

Verdict of Release for Journalist Kibriye Evren

Facing up to 20 years in prison due to her journalistic activities and social media posts, JinNews reporter Kibriye Evren has been released in her eighth hearing. The court has imposed judicial control measures and international travel ban on Evren.

12 November 2019

Probation Letter For Sick Inmate

Probation Letter For Sick Inmate

Human rights advocate Gülizar Tuncer filed a request for the probation of sentence and immediate release of Ramazan Özalp, a sick inmate who has been suffering from a brain tumor and paralysed from the left side of his body.

7 May 2014 Ekin Karaca

Parliament Approves Court Defense Bill

Parliament Approves Court Defense Bill

The parliament reached consensus on a bill permitting defendants to speak in the mother tongue, despite limitations.

25 January 2013

Leading Kurdish Politician Convicted

Leading Kurdish Politician Convicted

A Diyarbakır court handed down a suspended ten-month prison sentence to BDP Co-chair Demirtaş, former president of the Human Rights Association branch, under charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" because of a statement he made about PKK leader Öcalan.

29 September 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Legal Procedures Deprive Journalists of Right to Appeal

Legal Procedures Deprive Journalists of Right to Appeal

Turkish Journalists Society President Erniç criticized that issues like freedom of expression, the right to inform and journalists' work security and safety of life "are doomed to remain in hollow words". Journalists are controlled by postponing the pronouncement of judgement, Erinç said.

7 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu