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Commemoration of Suruç Massacre in İstanbul: Several detained amid calls for justice

Commemoration of Suruç Massacre in İstanbul: Several detained amid calls for justice

Marking the eighth anniversary of the deadly bombing, families of the deceased underscored that justice has still not been served.

Losses in 2015 Suruç Massacre commemorated across the country

Losses in 2015 Suruç Massacre commemorated across the country

Thirty-three youths were killed in a suicide bombing in Suruç, Urfa, during an event where they had intended to deliver toys to children in Kobanî, a Kurdish town in Syria.

Anniversary of Suruç Massacre: 'Perpetrators have not been brought to justice'

Anniversary of Suruç Massacre: 'Perpetrators have not been brought to justice'

Eight years ago, 33 socialist youths who gathered in the border town of Suruç to deliver toys to children in Kobanî, Syria, were killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS.

Local journalist covering Suruç massacre commemoration sentenced to prison

HIS COLLEAGUES PROTEST

Local journalist covering Suruç massacre commemoration sentenced to prison

Local journalists in Hatay’s Samandağ protest the 10-month prison sentence given to journalist Ali Arslan Dadük, who was detained while he was covering a commemoration ceremony for a person who was killed in the Suruç massacre in Urfa.

16 November 2021

Families appeal court ruling in Suruç Massacre case

Families appeal court ruling in Suruç Massacre case

"New informaition about the case was coming all the time. Taking this information incot account would reveal the other people responsible for the incient," attorney Uçar has said.

26 October 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Suruç massacre: Defendant given life sentence, families say case 'covered up'

Suruç massacre: Defendant given life sentence, families say case 'covered up'

The final hearing of the case of the 2015 ISIS bombing in Urfa has been held with armed gendarmerie officers present in the courtroom.

25 October 2021

Constitutional Court rejects application about Suruç massacre

Constitutional Court rejects application about Suruç massacre

The Constitutional Court has found the application regarding the responsibility of public officials in Suruç massacre “ill-founded.”

Suruç massacre case | ‘Documents came from Ankara’

Suruç massacre case | ‘Documents came from Ankara’

The trial over the 2015 Suruç massacre was held on September 29. Lawyer Uçar said that no effective investigation was conducted into the incident: “We, lawyers, present the information and documents that we obtained by scanning the news.”

30 September 2021

Police detain dozens, fire rubber bullets at journalists on Suruç Massacre anniversary

Police detain dozens, fire rubber bullets at journalists on Suruç Massacre anniversary

Thirty-three people were killed in an ISIS bombing in Suruç, Urfa on July 20, 2015.

Police attack Suruç Massacre commemoration in Adana

Police attack Suruç Massacre commemoration in Adana

Meeting in Adana to commemorate the 33 people who were killed in a bomb attack of the ISIS in Urfa in 2015, 19 people, including HDP Adana Provincial Co-Chairs, were battered and detained by the police. They have been released.

Police's attacks during Suruç massacre commemoration events on parliamentary agenda

Police's attacks during Suruç massacre commemoration events on parliamentary agenda

An HDP deputy has asked the Minister of Justice why people who staged demonstrations on the anniversary of the Suruç massacre were detained.

Police attack Suruç Massacre commemorations in Ankara and İstanbul

Police attack Suruç Massacre commemorations in Ankara and İstanbul

Police have intervened against the ones who came together in İstanbul and Ankara to commemorate the 33 people who lost their lives in Suruç, Urfa five years ago yesterday. Several people have been taken into custody.

33 people killed in Suruç Massacre commemorated: Teacher Süleyman Aksu

33 people killed in Suruç Massacre commemorated: Teacher Süleyman Aksu

Güneş Aksu, who lost his elder brother Süleyman Aksu in Suruç Massacre five years ago, has spoken to bianet. Referring to the idiom “No pain, no gain” that Süleyman taught his students, she says, “After his passing, I have fully understood what it means.”

21 July 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Police intervention against Suruç Massacre commemoration

Police intervention against Suruç Massacre commemoration

Police have intervened against the ones who gathered in front of Amara Cultural Center in Suruç, Urfa to commemorate the 33 people who lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack five years ago today.

‘My son wanted to bring toys to children, he was killed with 32 others’

5TH YEAR SINCE SURUÇ MASSACRE

‘My son wanted to bring toys to children, he was killed with 32 others’

It has been 5 years since 33 people died in a bomb attack in Suruç. Murat Budak, who lost his son, has spoken to bianet: “After the explosion, Mahir Kaynak said, ‘Such acts cannot be committed without the knowledge of the state.’ What else can I say?”

20 July 2020 Evrim Kepenek

University student taken to COVID-19 polyclinic for medical examination in detention

University student taken to COVID-19 polyclinic for medical examination in detention

Wounded in Suruç massacre in 2015 and facing an investigation over her remarks in a petition to intervene in the case, university student Çoban was taken to a COVID-19 polyclinic in İstanbul for her routine medical examination in detention.

18 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Alleged Relation of ISIS Leader in Turkey to Intelligence Agency on Parliamentary Agenda

Alleged Relation of ISIS Leader in Turkey to Intelligence Agency on Parliamentary Agenda

MPs from the CHP and the HDP have brought the claims that İlhami Ballı, a defendant in the trial of the Ankara Massacre in 2015, stayed in a hotel in Ankara while he was sought with red notice into the parliamentary agenda.

6 September 2019

'Cluster Gas Capsules are Chemical Weapons and Should be Banned'

'Cluster Gas Capsules are Chemical Weapons and Should be Banned'

MP Dr. Şeker, İTO Secretary-General Öztürk and TİHV Chairperson Korur-Fincancı told bianet about the health effects of the cluster gas capsules that were used against MPs and people at the commemoration of the Suruç Massacre.

MPs Wounded in Police Intervention Against Suruç Massacre Commemoration in Kadıköy

MPs Wounded in Police Intervention Against Suruç Massacre Commemoration in Kadıköy

MPs Katırcıoğlu, Şeker and Kılıç-Koçyiğit, who were wounded in police intervention against Suruç Massacre commemoration in Kadıköy, İstanbul, have spoken to bianet.

22 July 2019 Ruken Tuncel

Suruç Families Initiative: 'We are Getting Arrested Instead of Killers'

ARREST OF BESRA EROL

Suruç Families Initiative: 'We are Getting Arrested Instead of Killers'

Besra Erol lost his son in the 2015 Suruç Massacre. After the police arrested her because of the speech she made at her son's funeral, the Initiative released a statement, saying that they have been waiting for justice for four years.

1 May 2019 Hikmet Adal

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu Acquitted in First Hearing

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu Acquitted in First Hearing

Journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu has been acquitted in the case filed against him for “insulting the president” by tweeting “Take your 400 MPs and give us our 30 children back, you lowly murderer,” after the Suruç massacre.

15 February 2018 Elif Akgül

Defendant Not Brought to Court Again in Suruç Trial, Families Leave Courtroom

Defendant Not Brought to Court Again in Suruç Trial, Families Leave Courtroom

The only arrested defendant in Suruç Massacre Trial hasn’t been brought to the third hearing either; families whose all demands were rejected have left the courtroom.

14 November 2017

Doubts over Suruç Massacre Investigation

JUSTICE FOR SURUÇ PLATFORM

Doubts over Suruç Massacre Investigation

Justice for Suruç Platform remarking that there still hasn’t been any progress in the third month of the Suruç massacre states that effective investigation could have prevented Ankara Massacre.

20 October 2015 Beyza Kural

Wounded in Suruç, Vatan Budak Dies

Wounded in Suruç, Vatan Budak Dies

Gravely wounded in Suruç Massacre, Vatan Budak has died in İstanbul. 50 wounded people are still being treated, one of them is getting worse.

4 August 2015 Haluk Kalafat