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‘State of Emergency Made Permanent’

STATEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

‘State of Emergency Made Permanent’

Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey have released a statement on the occasion of December 10 Human Rights Day and emphasized that the State of Emergency has been made permanent with the laws introduced afterwards.

10 December 2018

‘Hessian Peace Prize’ Awarded to Şebnem Korur Fincancı

‘Hessian Peace Prize’ Awarded to Şebnem Korur Fincancı

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Chair and rights advocate Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.

2 November 2018

Curfew Declared for 332 Times in 3 Years

Curfew Declared for 332 Times in 3 Years

According to a report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, curfew was declared for at least 332 times since August 16, 2015. Diyarbakır became the city with the greatest number of curfews declared with 190 curfews.

Rights Organizations Demand Release of Selçuk Kozağaçlı

Rights Organizations Demand Release of Selçuk Kozağaçlı

On detention of Progressive Legists’ Association Chair Kozağaçlı, rights organizations have said “Judicial pressure against all rights defenders and dissident circles of the society has been continuously practiced”.

9 November 2017

Rights Foundation: 268 Curfews Declared in 47 Districts in 11 Provinces

Rights Foundation: 268 Curfews Declared in 47 Districts in 11 Provinces

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, at least 268 curfews were declared in at least 47 districts in 11 provinces; fundamental rights of at least 1,809,000 people were violated.

1 November 2017

Rights Advocate Doctor Necdet İpekyüz Detained

Rights Advocate Doctor Necdet İpekyüz Detained

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Executive Board member and former President of Diyarbakır Chamber of Medicine Dr. Necdet İpekyüz was taken into custody together along with other seven people this morning in Diyarbakır.

Önderoğlu: ‘Case Should Result in a Positive Way Not Only For Us But For All Friends in Solidarity’

ÖZGÜR GÜNDEM TRIALS

Önderoğlu: ‘Case Should Result in a Positive Way Not Only For Us But For All Friends in Solidarity’

The latest hearing in the trial of Özgür Gündem daily Editors-in-Chief on Watch Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin was held today.

TİHV: Curfews Affected Over 1.5 Million People

TİHV: Curfews Affected Over 1.5 Million People

According to Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, at least 1,809,000 people were affected by violations of their rights to life and health in particular and were affected by curfews.

Call from TİHV for Editors-in-Chief Hearing to be Held on January 11

Call from TİHV for Editors-in-Chief Hearing to be Held on January 11

The TİHV has called on the public to monitor and act in solidarity with Önderoğlu, Korur-Fincancı and Nesin who will be tried over Özgür Gündem newspaper’s Editors-in-Chief campaign.

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Stating that Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın being arrested without solid evidence and on grounds of some false denunciations was unacceptable, human rights organizations demanded Gözaydın’s immediate release.

29 December 2016

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

The rights organizations have demanded release of arrested Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Cizre Representative Küni, and detained Human Rights Association Hakkari Branch Chair Akbulut.

21 October 2016

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Six human rights Organizations have sent the Parliament an open letter to protest TBMM president of sub-Council for Prisons AKP li Mehmet Metiner for his statement “We will not run an investigation regarding the claims of torture and maltreatment against the arrestees from FETÖ”.

13 October 2016

‘Unlawfully Sacked Public Sector Staff Must Be Returned to Their Duties’

‘Unlawfully Sacked Public Sector Staff Must Be Returned to Their Duties’

TTB, TİHV, SES and the Education Union have said, “Coup investigations must be carried out delicately within the legal framework, and those who haven’t been determined to have solid links with the coup must be returned to their duties,” referring to sacked public sector staff.

6 September 2016 Beyza Kural

Şebnem Korur Fincancı Transferred to Ward from Solitary Confinement

Şebnem Korur Fincancı Transferred to Ward from Solitary Confinement

Arrested editor-in-chief on watch, TİHV Chair Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been transferred to ward from solitary confinement cell by this morning.

Protest Against Korur Fincancı, Önderoğlu, Nesin Getting Arrested

Protest Against Korur Fincancı, Önderoğlu, Nesin Getting Arrested

Those gathered in front of Çağlayan Court to act in solidarity with Önderoğlu, Korur Fincancı and Nesin arrested for having participated in Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign have protested the court decision.

21 June 2016 Elif Akgül

Arrest Demanded for Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı

Arrest Demanded for Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı

Journalist and writer Ahmet Nesin, TİHV President Korur Fincancı and RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu have been referred to the court demanding arrest for participating in the Editorship in Chief on Watch Campaign for Özgür Gündem daily.

20 June 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Elif Akgül

Arrest Demanded for Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı

Arrest Demanded for Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı

Journalist and writer Ahmet Nesin, TİHV President Korur Fincancı and RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu have been referred to the court demanding arrest for participating in the Editorship in Chief on Watch Campaign for Özgür Gündem daily.

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Leading human rights organizations in Turkey such as TİHV, İHD and HYD have not been invited to the World Humanitarian Summit organized by UN. The organizations criticize the summit being held in Turkey where human rights violations are common.

At Least 310 Civilians Killed in Curfews

At Least 310 Civilians Killed in Curfews

Truth Justice Memory Center has reported human rights violations experienced during the curfews through interactive tables developed on the basis of data from TİHV.

Women Seeking Peace Prohibited from Entering Parliament.

Women Seeking Peace Prohibited from Entering Parliament.

Two women heading to the parliament to submit the petition #Barışa1000Kadın have not been allowed in the Parliament. It turned out that a “Parliamentary ban” had been imposed on the women who had staged a protest with white cheeseclothes in front of the Parliament’s General Assembly on January.

15 February 2016

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

Police attacking the Cizre protest in İzmir has taken 49 persons into custody including Coşkun Üsterci from TİHV, İHD manager Gurbet Uçar, HDP Party Assembly member İbrahim Akın and KESK term spokesperson Bahri Alkan.

9 February 2016

TİHV: 224 Civilians Killed in Curfews

TİHV: 224 Civilians Killed in Curfews

According to the statement of TİHV, in the districts under curfew, 224 persons have been killed in six months among whom 42 were children.

8 February 2016

TİHV: At Least 79 Civilians Killed in 29 Days

TİHV: At Least 79 Civilians Killed in 29 Days

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey has announced that at least 79 civilians including 14 children were killed between the dates of December 11, 2015 – January 8, 2016.

11 January 2016

"Zero Tolerance for Torture Not Put To Practice"

TİHV 2014 REPORT

"Zero Tolerance for Torture Not Put To Practice"

“Although the call to zero tolerance for torture was continuously reiterated, practices of torture and ill treatment by the police have not ended, and the form of torture reflected on the street has become more visible and damaging,” wrote TİHV in their 2014 rights violations report.

Human Rights Foundation Fined After Aiding Gezi Protestors

Human Rights Foundation Fined After Aiding Gezi Protestors

Social Security Institution imposed an administrative fine on Human Rights Foundation of Turkey right after the foundation’s efforts to medically help wounded Gezi protestors in 2013.

TİHV, İHD: 5,848 Subjected to Police Violence

TİHV, İHD: 5,848 Subjected to Police Violence

Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) issued a joint press release at IHD Istanbul Headquarters on 26 June - the International Day in support of Victims of Torture.

27 June 2014 Pınar Ağabeyoğlu

19 Ordered to Pay 4,500 Euros for Pot&Pan Protest

19 Ordered to Pay 4,500 Euros for Pot&Pan Protest

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) released a statement, saying that 101 demonstrators were arrested during Gezi Resistance protests across Turkey with charges including “raiding a mosque”. Those who joined the protests by making noise with pots and pans were ordered to pay a total of 9,880 lira (roughly 4,500 euros).

8 July 2013 Ayça Söylemez

“Doctors Battered, Equipment Destroyed”

TIHV REPORT CITES POLICE VIOLENCE

“Doctors Battered, Equipment Destroyed”

Human Right Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) released a report, saying that 3,413 people were detained and 94 arrested during Gezi Resistance. The report cited the detailed experiences of those who were subjected to police or hit by gas bombs canisters.

5 July 2013 Ayça Söylemez

“A Scream of Self-Inflicted Pain”

HUNGER STRIKES

“A Scream of Self-Inflicted Pain”

Metin Bakkalcı, the head of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV,) spoke to bianet about the ongoing hunger strikes initiated by 615 inmates to protest the obstacles that lie before the use of the Kurdish language and the continued isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK.)

22 October 2012 Ekin Karaca

Torture and Ill-Treatment on the Rise, TİHV Report Cautions

HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY

Torture and Ill-Treatment on the Rise, TİHV Report Cautions

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) published its annual report for the year 2011. Law enforcement officials subjected some 724 prisoners to torture and ill-treatment during the aforementioned period, the report said. That figure represents an increase in the frequency of such human rights violations.

20 September 2012 Ayça Söylemez

PKK Denies Involvement in Deadly Blast in Gaziantep

PKK Denies Involvement in Deadly Blast in Gaziantep

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied it had any involvement in Monday’s deadly blast in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and human rights organizations also condemned the incident.

“'Meticulous Attention' of Mr. Minister”

“'Meticulous Attention' of Mr. Minister”

General Secretary of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) Bakkalcı said that there are 520 patient prisoners in the prisons. He defined the manner of Minister of Justice Engin as “unserious” as Engin stated that “the patient prisoners are given medical treatment 'meticulously' ”. Bakkalcı also expressed that such an approach deepened the pain.

17 April 2012 Ayça Söylemez

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