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Saturday Mothers/People hold 1000th gathering in İstanbul

Saturday Mothers/People hold 1000th gathering in İstanbul

“This tradition will continue to be passed down through generations. Every eye that looks at Galatasaray Square, every stone in that square, is a witness to this great shame of the state and the resilience of the Saturday Mothers!” the group said in a statement.

27 May 2024 Evrim Kepenek

Saturday Mothers/People being tried: 'Let the perpetrators be tried'

Saturday Mothers/People being tried: 'Let the perpetrators be tried'

The first hearing of the trial opened due to the 950th week gathering of the Saturday Mothers/People is taking place.

27 February 2024 Evrim Kepenek

Saturday Mothers/People, a dog, and a cat

Saturday Mothers/People, a dog, and a cat

We will attempt to look at a day of protest in Galatasaray Square through the eyes of its main inhabitants, Zeytin the dog, and the gray cat.

11 September 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Police raids and many detentions in Adana

Police raids and many detentions in Adana

The ban on Saturday Mothers/People gathering in Galatasaray was protested in many cities on Saturday and 39 people were taken into custody in Adana.

Three organizations condemn detention conditions Saturday People are made subject to

Three organizations condemn detention conditions Saturday People are made subject to

"Some of them aged and with chronical illnesses, the Saturday Mothers/People were kept waiting in closed vehicles for approximately 3 hours, while nobody should stay in vehicles in such hot weather even when the windows are open."

Preventing Saturday Mothers/People gathering not lawful, rules top court

Preventing Saturday Mothers/People gathering not lawful, rules top court

The Constitutional Court has ruled that preventing a vigil of the group violated the right to hold a gathering.

23 February 2023

Police prevent Saturday Mothers' gathering ahead of hearing, detain 10 people

Police prevent Saturday Mothers' gathering ahead of hearing, detain 10 people

Forty-six people are on trial for violating the Law on Gatherings and Demonstrations.

21 September 2022

Saturday Mothers not allowed to mark Enforced Disappearances Day

Saturday Mothers not allowed to mark Enforced Disappearances Day

At least 14 people were detained in İstanbul's Küçükçekmece. "We will neither give up on the struggle for the disappeared nor our rights," the Human Rights Association said in criticism of the police response.

Saturday Mother Hanife Yıldız detained

Saturday Mother Hanife Yıldız detained

Yıldız was taken into custody because of a statement she made to the press in front of the İstanbul Courthouse

Saturday Mothers/People on trial: ‘We won't give up on Galatasaray Square’

Saturday Mothers/People on trial: ‘We won't give up on Galatasaray Square’

The brother of enforced disappeared Rıdvan Karakoç said, “The state didn’t see or hear my mother; it didn’t regard her as a citizen. And she took to the Galatasaray Square with her son’s picture. My mother breathed her last with my elder brother’s name”.

Peter Pan whispers to Saturday Mothers about resistance and struggle

BEGINNING OF THE END

Peter Pan whispers to Saturday Mothers about resistance and struggle

It can be said that Saturday Mothers have transformed from the position of Ms. Darling, who prefers to stay at home, waiting for her children to come back, into that of Wendy, who sees herself as responsible for protecting the children's memories.

14 January 2022 Eren Alkan

Court rejects the request for a criminal complaint against public officials

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE ON TRIAL

Court rejects the request for a criminal complaint against public officials

At the third hearing of Saturday Mothers/People, the court held the trial despite the requests for recusal. It also rejected the request for filing a complaint against the public officials responsible for the police attack on Saturday Mothers/People.

24 November 2021

‘Right to protest is a fundamental human right’

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE CASE

‘Right to protest is a fundamental human right’

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and ARTICLE 19 have presented an expert opinion on international human rights law and the right to protest regarding the Saturday Mothers/People case.

23 November 2021

In memory of Üner Eyüboğlu

In memory of Üner Eyüboğlu

Üner was always political and a leftist. But in the past 20 years, he truly embraced and sharpened this political and activist side to him. Until it was banned, he participated without fail in the weekly Saturday Mothers demonstrations at Galatasaray Square.

19 November 2021 Ali Bektaş

'Investigate enforced disappearances impartially and courageously'

'Investigate enforced disappearances impartially and courageously'

Saturday Mothers and the Human Rights Association mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. There are 1,352 persons found to have been forcibly disappeared in Turkey.

‘We are put on trial because we demand justice’

TRIAL OF SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE

‘We are put on trial because we demand justice’

“Who should have been on trial here today is the ones responsible for the enforced disappearance of my father, so, the ones who committed a crime against humanity; but my sister and I are on trial because we search for our father and demand justice.”

Saturday Mothers/People: Murderers are free all around

845TH WEEK

Saturday Mothers/People: Murderers are free all around

In the 845th week of their protest for the enforced disappeared, Saturday Mothers/ People asked who killed Kurdish businesspeople Savaş Buldan, Hacı Karay and Adnan Yıldırım: “We won’t give up demanding justice for our all losses.”

Saturday Mothers/People demand justice for 26 years: ‘We won’t forgive’

Saturday Mothers/People demand justice for 26 years: ‘We won’t forgive’

Asking the fate and whereabouts of their enforced disappeared loved ones for 26 years, Saturday Mothers/People were at Galatasaray Square yesterday. They stressed that they would not give up until the last missing person was found.

'We were subjected to violence, the state should have been put on trial'

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE ON TRIAL

'We were subjected to violence, the state should have been put on trial'

Attacked by police in their 700th gathering for their enforced disappeared loved ones, Saturday Mothers/People appeared before the judge in İstanbul today, on March 25. The next hearing of the case will be held on July 12, 2021.

25 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘Lawsuit against Saturday People is a threat to everyone demanding rights’

‘Lawsuit against Saturday People is a threat to everyone demanding rights’

Rights defender Sebla Arcan: “The lawsuit filed against Saturday Mothers/ People has been filed against the struggle for rights waged by the relatives of the enforced disappeared, who are themselves rights defenders.”

22 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘Where is Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit?’

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘Where is Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit?’

Human Rights Association (İHD) and Saturday Mothers/People have made a call to the authorities regarding Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, who has been missing for 50 days according to his family.

17 February 2021

Attack on Saturday Mothers/People was ‘proportional’, according to Ministry

Attack on Saturday Mothers/People was ‘proportional’, according to Ministry

Examining the application of Aydoğan, who had his arm broken during the police attack, the Constitutional Court requested Justice Ministry's opinion. “Law enforcement intervened in the unlawful demonstration in a way complying with the law,” it has answered.

18 December 2020

Lawsuit against Saturday People over their 700th gathering

Lawsuit against Saturday People over their 700th gathering

The indictment prepared based on a police report requests that Saturday Mothers/People, who demand justice for their enforced disappeared relatives, be penalized for violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.

23 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Saturday Mother Zeycan Yedigöl has passed away

Saturday Mother Zeycan Yedigöl has passed away

Demanding justice for her son Nurettin Yedigöl, who was tortured and disappeared in custody 39 years ago, Zeycan Yedigöl has lost her life. Announcing her passing on social media, Saturday Mothers/People have said, “You did not give up, we will not give up.”

23 November 2020

‘We will not stop demanding justice for the enforced disappeared'

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE - 800TH WEEK

‘We will not stop demanding justice for the enforced disappeared'

In the 800th week of their protests for the enforced disappeared, Saturday Mothers/People insistently reiterated their question: “What happened to our loved ones disappeared in custody? Why are the perpetrators protected by violating all laws?”

Saturday Mothers/People Demand Justice for 25 Years: We Will Never Give up

Saturday Mothers/People Demand Justice for 25 Years: We Will Never Give up

It has been 25 years since Saturday Mothers/People started demanding justice for the enforced disappeared: “We have once again exclaimed that we will give up neither our losses nor Galatasaray Square, which is our meeting place with them."

Saturday Mothers/People: We will Struggle Till the Last Perpetrator is Put on Trial

INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DISAPPEARED

Saturday Mothers/People: We will Struggle Till the Last Perpetrator is Put on Trial

Saturday Mothers/People and Human Rights Association (İHD) Commission Against Disappearances in Custody have released a statement on the occasion of International Week of the Enforced Disappeared to be observed as of today till the end of May.

Saturday Mothers/People Ask Fate of Enforced Disappeared Children Ahead of April 23

Saturday Mothers/People Ask Fate of Enforced Disappeared Children Ahead of April 23

In the 786th week of their protest for their losses, Saturday Mothers/People have asked the fate and whereabouts of enforced disappeared children ahead of April 23 Children’s Day: “The protection of children is a duty of the state.”

Police Intervention Against Saturday Mothers/People

Police Intervention Against Saturday Mothers/People

Police have intervened against Saturday Mothers/People with pepper gas and batons in the 759th week of their protest.

12 October 2019

From Relatives of the Disappeared to Erdoğan: We Don’t Live in Bright Picture You Draw

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE

From Relatives of the Disappeared to Erdoğan: We Don’t Live in Bright Picture You Draw

Coming together for their 740th gathering, Saturday Mothers/People have made a call to President Erdoğan: “We don’t live in the bright picture that you draw. What we need is the practices that would ensure real justice, democracy and human rights.”

3 June 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Saturday Mothers/People Lay Carnations on Galatasaray Square

Saturday Mothers/People Lay Carnations on Galatasaray Square

Prevented from holding their weekly sit-in protests at Galatasaray Square in İstanbul since their 700th gathering, Saturday Mothers/People have laid carnations on the square in the 24th year of their first protest in Galatasaray.

‘This Consulate General Building is a Crime Scene’

STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DISAPPEARED

‘This Consulate General Building is a Crime Scene’

Making a statement on the occasion of International Week of the Disappeared, relatives of the ones who disappeared in custody and rights defenders have demanded that the fate and whereabouts of deceased journalist Khashoggi be revealed.

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