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Newala Qesaba: Villas being built on buried pain

Newala Qesaba: Villas being built on buried pain

Newala Qesaba is known as a place where many Armenians killed in 1915 were buried in mass graves. Besides, many Kurds killed in armed conflicts or unidentified murders are also believed to be buried in this area.

Bars associations, rights organizations protest construction in Newala Qesaba

Bars associations, rights organizations protest construction in Newala Qesaba

Representatives from the bar associations of Diyarbakır, Van, Bingöl and Siirt and from the İHD and TİHV protested the construction near Newala Qesaba, a site of mass graves in eastern Turkey. Police officers tried to block their passage.

'Building a shopping mall on a mass grave means sweeping the massacre under the carpet'

NEWALA QESABA

'Building a shopping mall on a mass grave means sweeping the massacre under the carpet'

HDP deputy Garo Paylan has talked about the construction project in Newala Qesaba: "We expect respect for our deceased. Everybody should show sensitivity because this is a matter of human rights."

15 April 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

As the debt of the Siirt Municipality in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast has topped 115 million lira, the state-appointed trustee, also the governor, has put 19 immovables up for sale for an estimated price of 20 million 862 thousand lira.

13 December 2021

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Launching a similar campaign itself, Siirt Municipality has requested damages from dismissed co-mayors Işık and Turhan and 23 municipal council members who were investigated for "writing off the default interest of outstanding water bills."

6 December 2021 Hikmet Adal

Police detain citizen who told İYİ Party Chair Akşener ‘Kurdistan is denied’

Police detain citizen who told İYİ Party Chair Akşener ‘Kurdistan is denied’

During İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener’s visit to Turkey’s Siirt province, Cemil Taşkesen told her, “The place where you are now is Kurdistan, but Kurdistan is unfortunately denied at the Parliament.” He is now investigated for “terror propaganda.”

29 October 2021

Child worker dies after being hit by pickup truck in Siirt

Child worker dies after being hit by pickup truck in Siirt

The driver of the truck has been detained after hitting the child walking with his cattle.

27 September 2021

ECtHR says ‘it is natural for an elected mayor to engage in political activities’

ECtHR says ‘it is natural for an elected mayor to engage in political activities’

The European Court of Human Rights has sentenced Turkey to pay 13 thousand Euro in total in damages, concluding that the right to liberty and security and freedom of expression of former Siirt Mayor Tuncer Bakırhan have been violated.

14 September 2021

Trustee continues debt relief campaign that dismissed HDP mayors are investigated for

Trustee continues debt relief campaign that dismissed HDP mayors are investigated for

The dismissed co-mayors of Siirt, who are members of the HDP, are investigated over a debt relief campaign for causing a decrease in municipal revenues. The trustee-led municipality has launched a similar campaign.

23 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Soldiers open fire on refugees’ vehicle: Two people lose their lives

Soldiers open fire on refugees’ vehicle: Two people lose their lives

Two refugees have lost their lives and 12 refugees have been wounded in the fire opened by soldiers on a vehicle in Pervari district in Siirt province. The Governor’s Office has stated that “they did not obey the stop warning.”

Ministry probes municipality for writing off default interest of water bills

Ministry probes municipality for writing off default interest of water bills

The Ministry of Interior has launched an investigation against the 25 municipal council members of Siirt Municipality on the grounds that “the President has the authority to reduce the default interest.”

17 June 2021 Hikmet Adal

Murder of Ozan Ulu: ‘He was first pushed to crime, then killed’

DEMAND FOR JUSTICE

Murder of Ozan Ulu: ‘He was first pushed to crime, then killed’

Ozan Ulu’s family says that the Prosecutor of Siirt “doesn’t give information because there is a confidentiality order on the file” and adds: “Please, help us."

1 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Reconnaissance plane crashes in Van, claiming the lives of 7 security personnel

Reconnaissance plane crashes in Van, claiming the lives of 7 security personnel

Minister of Interior Soylu has announced that a reconnaissance plane has crashed in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, claiming the lives of seven security personnel, among whom were also two pilots.

Conflict in Siirt claims the lives of 2 special operations police officers

Conflict in Siirt claims the lives of 2 special operations police officers

Interior Ministry has announced that two members of the Police Special Operations team, who were critically wounded in a conflict in eastern Siirt province, have lost their lives.

Curfew, Operation in Siirt

Curfew, Operation in Siirt

Curfew has been declared in 11 villages and neighborhoods in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt. An operation has been launched in the region after the curfew.

Curfew Lifted in Siirt

Curfew Lifted in Siirt

The curfew, which was declared in five villages and neighborhoods in the district of Eruh in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region, has been lifted.

19 September 2018

Curfew in Siirt

Curfew in Siirt

Curfew has been declared in five villages and neighborhoods in the district of Eruh in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region.

18 September 2018

6 Village Guards Killed in Siirt

6 Village Guards Killed in Siirt

In a fire opened by the PKK militants in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt, six village guards have been killed, four soldiers and three village guards have been wounded.

Whole Hamlet Detained in Gendarmerie Raid in Siirt

Whole Hamlet Detained in Gendarmerie Raid in Siirt

Gendarmerie raided the Erguvan / Bêlekê hamlet in Çeltikbaşı village of Siirt in southeastern Turkey and took 13 people who were in the hamlet at that moment.

13 December 2017

1 Soldier Killed in Siirt

1 Soldier Killed in Siirt

One soldier has lost his life while driving a private vehicle in an armed attack by members of PKK in Siirt.

Wreckage in Copper Mine in Şirvan

Wreckage in Copper Mine in Şirvan

A landslide has occurred in the copper mine site in Maden village of Şirvan district of Siirt province. Two mine workers who were trapped in the wreckage have lost their lives. The search and rescue teams are trying to free the other 13 mine worker from the wreckage.

18 November 2016

Co-Mayors of Dersim, Siirt Municipalities Arrested

Co-Mayors of Dersim, Siirt Municipalities Arrested

13 politicians have been arrested including Co-Mayors of Dersim Municipality Mehmet Ali Bul and Nurhayat Altun as well as the co-Mayor of Siirt Municipality Tuncer Bakırhan.

17 November 2016

Co-Mayors of Dersim, Siirt Municipalities Taken into Custody

Co-Mayors of Dersim, Siirt Municipalities Taken into Custody

Co-Mayors of Dersim Municipality Mehmet Ali Bul and Nurhayat Altun as well as the co-Mayor of Siirt Municipality Tuncer Bakırhan have been taken into custody in house raids towards this morning.

16 November 2016

1 Soldier Killed in Siirt

1 Soldier Killed in Siirt

One soldier has lost his life, and another been wounded in an operation launched against the PKK in Siirt’s Pervari district.

1 September 2016

2 Police, 3 Soldiers Killed in Hakkari, Siirt

2 Police, 3 Soldiers Killed in Hakkari, Siirt

Two police officers and three soldiers have lost their lives in the attack carried out by Kurdistan Workers’ Party yesterday evening in Hakkari and Siirt provinces.

Special Security Zone in 4 Districts of Siirt

Special Security Zone in 4 Districts of Siirt

11 areas in Eruh, Pervari, Tillo and central districts of Siirt have been declared temporary special security zone for 15 days.

Two Policemen and Two People Die, Privates Wounded

ATTACKS IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY

Two Policemen and Two People Die, Privates Wounded

In southern Turkey, two policemen and two allegedly members of PKK died. There are armed conflicts in Şırnak, Siirt, Bitlis and Diyarbakır provinces, in southeastern Turkey. Two privates are wounded.

Mass Rape Case - Victims Absent at Court

Mass Rape Case - Victims Absent at Court

The trial regarding the sexual abuse of four girls by 35 people in Siirt was postponed to 25 January. Defendant Kuzu, a former teacher of the girls, was caught and arrested last week. His file will be tried separately in December.

1 December 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

4 Women Killed in Armed Attack in Siirt

4 Women Killed in Armed Attack in Siirt

Four women were killed and two injured in an attack on a vehicle right next to the Police Vocational School in the south-eastern city of Siirt. The assault was carried out with bazookas and long-barrelled weapons.

21 September 2011

Kurdish Artist Faces 15 Years in Jail

Kurdish Artist Faces 15 Years in Jail

Artist Ferhat Tunç faces imprisonment of up to 15 years for a speech he made at the 1st Eruh-Çirav Nature and Culture Arts Festival in south-eastern Turkey in August last year.

21 May 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Unbearable Situation in Regional Primary Boarding Schools

Unbearable Situation in Regional Primary Boarding Schools

After incidents of multiple child abuse recently emerged in the south-eastern city of Siirt, criticism rose regarding the Regional Primary Boarding Schools. Zübeyde Kılıç from the teachers union talked to bianet about the problematic situations at the schools.

6 May 2010 Semra Pelek

Defendants in Child Abuse Case Face 15 Years' Sentence

Defendants in Child Abuse Case Face 15 Years' Sentence

19 of the 20 defendants face aggravated prison sentences of at least 15 years each under charges of "aggravated sexual abuse" in the case of sexual abuse and harassment of 9 girls over the duration of 2 years in the south-eastern province of Siirt.

5 May 2010 Semra Pelek

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