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bianet editor Ruken Tuncel’s family targeted in racist attack

bianet editor Ruken Tuncel’s family targeted in racist attack

Neighbors attacked the Tuncel family for the second time in a year.

bianet editor's family faces racist harassment by neighbors

bianet editor's family faces racist harassment by neighbors

Ruken Tuncel's family members were subjected to assault and harassment, accompanied by accusations of "terrorism."

11 August 2023 Hikmet Adal

MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team

MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team

Fans of Bursaspor displayed racist banners and threw objects onto the pitch during a Sunday game against Amedspor, a team based in the Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır city.

Attack on Amedspor: Fans question how explosives, racist banners allowed in stadium

Attack on Amedspor: Fans question how explosives, racist banners allowed in stadium

The attacks on the Kurdish football club were "a black spot in the history of football," 13 fan groups said in a joint statement.

Man sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment over massacre of Kurdish family

Man sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment over massacre of Kurdish family

Last year, Mehmet Altun stormed the Dedeoğulları family's house in the Meram district, and set fire to the house after shooting everyone inside.

18 November 2022

Kurdish family attacked in Aydın

Kurdish family attacked in Aydın

A family was attacked in a village in Aydın, where they went to see the house they bought.

13 September 2022

Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir

Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir

After the attack, waste workers gathered at the depots to state that they will struggle against racist attacks.

15 June 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Requests rejected in the trial over the attack on Dedeoğulları family

Requests rejected in the trial over the attack on Dedeoğulları family

The court has rejected the requests for merging the files of the lawsuits filed into the racist attack on the Kurdish family on May 12, 2021 and into the deadly attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same family in Konya on July 30, 2021.

Deadly racist attack in Konya: 2-minute footage deleted

3RD HEARING

Deadly racist attack in Konya: 2-minute footage deleted

In the trial over the killing of Dedeoğulları family, it turned out that 2-minute video footage taken on the day of the massacre was deleted and defendant Mehmet Altun got into contact with a person in a vehicle in the meantime.

Massacre of Dedeoğulları family | Court rejects request for recusal

Massacre of Dedeoğulları family | Court rejects request for recusal

Making a statement about the trial over the massacre of the Dedeoğulları family in Konya, the HDP has raised concerns that the court has been “systematically rejecting the lawyers’ requests for disclosing the truth.”

8 February 2022

‘There are paramilitary forces behind the Konya massacre,’ says lawyer

ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

‘There are paramilitary forces behind the Konya massacre,’ says lawyer

Lawyer Abdurrahman Karabulut, a lawyer for the Dedeoğulları family, who were massacred in Konya province, has spoken to bianet following the first hearing of the trial: “The assailant was unemployed, but there was a serious cash flow in his account.”

16 December 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Deadly racist attack on Kurdish family: Three defendants released

Deadly racist attack on Kurdish family: Three defendants released

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation into the attack that claimed the lives of seven people from Dedeoğulları family in Konya. Their lawyer says the indictment was given to the state-run news agency before them.

21 October 2021

Two more people arrested over the deadly racist attack on Kurdish family

Two more people arrested over the deadly racist attack on Kurdish family

As part of the investigation into the killing of seven people from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya province, two more people have been arrested, bringing the total number of arrested suspects to 13 since early August.

Attacks on Kurds | ‘Perpetrators not brought to account, but protected’

HDP IN KONYA

Attacks on Kurds | ‘Perpetrators not brought to account, but protected’

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has said that the perpetrators who attack Kurds are protected and that the government is hostile to Kurds.

Assailant 'repentant' after killing seven members of Kurdish family

KONYA MASSACRE

Assailant 'repentant' after killing seven members of Kurdish family

The spouse of the assailant, who is also under arrest, has said that there might have been people who guided him to carry out the massacre.

9 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Revealed messages show member of slain Kurdish family asked interior minister for help

KONYA MASSACRE

Revealed messages show member of slain Kurdish family asked interior minister for help

Seven members of the Dedeoğulları family were killed by an armed assailant in Konya on July 30.

Konya massacre: The assailant might have been acting on behalf of other people, says attorney

Konya massacre: The assailant might have been acting on behalf of other people, says attorney

The attorney of the slain family has talked about the latest developments in the investigation into the killing of a Kurdish family in Konya, central Turkey.

6 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Massacre in Konya: Murder suspect Altun arrested

Massacre in Konya: Murder suspect Altun arrested

Mehmet Altun, the murder suspect of seven people from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya according to the security camera footage, has been arrested. Crime scene and autopsy reports of the massacre have also come out.

Racist attack in Konya: Murder suspect caught 6 days later

Racist attack in Konya: Murder suspect caught 6 days later

Fugitive Mehmet Altun, the murder suspect of seven people from a Kurdish family in Konya according to the security camera footage, has been caught six days after the armed attack. 10 people were arrested over the attack a day before.

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

Detained over the racist armed attack that claimed the lives of seven people from a Kurdish family in Konya, 10 of the 14 suspects have been arrested. Fugitive suspect Mehmet Altun has still not been caught.

Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Sixteen Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers had to leave the town they worked in after attacks and threats.

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

RACIST ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

The Democratic Alevi Associations Central Office has released a statement about the racist attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same Kurdish family in Konya. The organization has demanded justice for the deceased.

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Rights groups have paid a visit to Meram, Konya, where a Kurdish family was massacred at home on Friday.

Subjected to racist attack, seasonal agricultural workers leave the village

RACIST ATTACKS ON KURDS

Subjected to racist attack, seasonal agricultural workers leave the village

Living in a village in Antalya’s Elmalı district, seasonal agricultural workers were subjected to a racist attack; they have left the village “without getting their stuff and under the supervision of the gendarmerie.”

Criticizing the racist attack in Konya, journalist faces an investigation

Criticizing the racist attack in Konya, journalist faces an investigation

Previously charged with “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” for criticizing the racist attack against Kurds in Sakarya, journalist Özgür Boğatekin is now summoned to give his statement over his social media post about the attack in Konya.

2 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Selahattin Demirtaş: Let’s turn to collective conscience, not rage

RACIST ATTACK IN KONYA

Selahattin Demirtaş: Let’s turn to collective conscience, not rage

Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has made a statement about the deadly racist attack against a Kurdish family in Konya: “The main reason behind this massacre, tension and conflicts is the discriminatory policies of the government.”

Deadly attack on Kurdish family | ‘They were threatened with death unless they left’

Deadly attack on Kurdish family | ‘They were threatened with death unless they left’

Erol Şen, a relative of the 7 Kurdish family members killed in a racist attack in Konya, says, “Yaşar Dedeoğulları was told, ‘Give us your house and go, we will not let you reside here.’ They were the only Kurdish family living in that neighbourhood.”

2 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Massacre of Kurdish family: Number of detained increases to 14

Massacre of Kurdish family: Number of detained increases to 14

In a statement released by the Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it has been announced that “with the detention of one more person from the family of the suspect, who is still a fugitive, the total number of the detained has increased to 14.”

Lawyer Karabulut: Attack was carried out very professionally

ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

Lawyer Karabulut: Attack was carried out very professionally

Speaking about the armed attack claiming the lives of 7 people from a Kurdish family in Konya, lawyer Karabulut says, “Over 20 bullets were fired at 7 people, which raises the suspicion that the murder was committed by more than one person or weapon.”

2 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Massacre of Kurdish family: 10 detained, prosecutors say attack 'not racially motivated'

Massacre of Kurdish family: 10 detained, prosecutors say attack 'not racially motivated'

Ten people have been detained in relation to the killing of seven members of a Kurdish family at home in Konya.

Seven people from Kurdish family shot dead at home in racist assault

Seven people from Kurdish family shot dead at home in racist assault

The family living in Konya, central Turkey, was attacked by a mob of dozens of people in May.

Racist attacks against Kurds | 48 bars denounce pro-government daily

Racist attacks against Kurds | 48 bars denounce pro-government daily

48 bar associations across Turkey have released a joint statement in response to the news of daily Yeni Şafak targeting the bar associations for condemning the mounting racist attacks against Kurds in Turkey.

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