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Saturday Mothers/People: All defendants acquitted in ‘950th week’ case
Saturday Mothers/People: All defendants acquitted in ‘950th week’ case
Twenty defendants, including relatives of those forcibly disappeared and their lawyers, have been acquitted of attempting to hold an illegal demonstration
4 October 2024
Saturday Mothers/People hold 1000th gathering in İstanbul
Evrim Kepenek
reports
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 to hold 1000th gathering in İstanbul
Saturday Mothers/People to hold 1000th gathering in İstanbul
The group’s meetings have been hindered since 2018. Ahead of the 1000th week, a senior MP from the ruling party has announced that the meeting will be allowed.
23 May 2024
Saturday Mothers/People being tried: 'Let the perpetrators be tried'
Evrim Kepenek
reports
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
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/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”.
24 March 2022
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
'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.
30 August 2021
‘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.”
13 July 2021
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.”
7 June 2021
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.
28 May 2021
'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
Social Memory Platform denounces Erdoğan’s accusations against CHP İstanbul Chair
Social Memory Platform denounces Erdoğan’s accusations against CHP İstanbul Chair
The Social Memory Platform has released a written statement about the “ongoing smear campaign” against main opposition CHP İstanbul Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu and Hasan Ocak, who was tortured and disappeared in custody in 1995.
15 January 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?”
27 July 2020
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."
27 May 2020
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.
18 May 2020
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.”
20 April 2020
Saturday Mothers/People: Tourists Not Disturbed by us, But by Human Rights Abuses
Saturday Mothers/People: Tourists Not Disturbed by us, But by Human Rights Abuses
In explaining why Saturday Mothers/People are not allowed to gather at Galatasaray Square to demand justice for the disappeared, Deputy Minister Kaymakçı said, “Because they disturb tourists...” Saturday Mothers/People have responded to his remarks.
29 January 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Saturday Mothers Didn’t Get Permission for Galatasaray, Says Ministry 13 Months Later
Saturday Mothers Didn’t Get Permission for Galatasaray, Says Ministry 13 Months Later
CHP MP Tanrıkulu asked the Ministry of Interior why Galatasaray Square has been banned for 73 weeks. It has responded 13 months later: “Galatasaray Square is not one of the sites designated by the Governorship for meetings and demonstrations.”
22 January 2020 Ruken Tuncel
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
Saturday Person Halil Şahin Loses His Life
Saturday Person Halil Şahin Loses His Life
Saturday Person Halil Şahin has lost his life. The father of İsmail Şahin, who was disappeared in custody 23 years ago, Şahin has died without receiving an answer to his question “What happened to my son?”.
1 October 2019
Letter from Saturday Mother Ocak: If We Give up, Justice will Never be Served
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED
Letter from Saturday Mother Ocak: If We Give up, Justice will Never be Served
On the occasion of August 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Saturday Mother Emine Ocak has penned an open letter. We are publishing the full English translation of the letter.
30 August 2019
Saturday Mother Elmas Eren Loses Her Life
Saturday Mother Elmas Eren Loses Her Life
Saturday Mother Elmas Eren has lost her life at the age of 88. Together with other Saturday Mothers/People, Eren has been struggling to learn the fate of her son Hayrettin Eren, who was disappeared in custody after the coup in 1980.
20 August 2019
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