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People of Hopa in Fear

People of Hopa in Fear

A report prepared by the two main Turkish human rights organizations, the Turkish Medical Association and a major national trade union centre gave an insight into the background and the aftermath of the massive police intervention in Hopa last week.

8 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

522 Unsolved Murders in Four Years

TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION:

522 Unsolved Murders in Four Years

"Nobody who commits a crime gets away with it any more. Unsolved murders are not an issue", President Gül recently announced. The Turkish Human Rights Report 2010 prepared by TİHV draws a different picture. 522 unsolved murders were registered in the past four years.

12 April 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Turkish Human Rights Foundation Researched 30 Years of Torture

Turkish Human Rights Foundation Researched 30 Years of Torture

A study of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation revealed that torture still persists at Turkish police stations, gendarmerie posts and prisons despite the government's "zero tolerance" policy against torture.

15 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

522 Unsolved Murders in 5 Years

522 Unsolved Murders in 5 Years

Research of the Human Rights Association in Eastern and South-Eastern Turkey revealed 375 cases of unsolved murders from 2006 till the present. According to data compiled by the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, a total of 522 unsolved murders were committed.

11 February 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Rights Organizations 3 Years ahead of Foreign Minister

Rights Organizations 3 Years ahead of Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Davutoğlu recently spoke about efforts for legal amendments regarding freedom of expression cases at the ECHR. The Turkish Human Rights Foundation sent an according petition to the PM 3.5 years ago. The Anti-Terror Act, the Press Law and other regulations have to change.

3 September 2010 Tolga Korkut

"CHP Avoids Kurdish Question"

KURDISH QUESTION

"CHP Avoids Kurdish Question"

Opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu talked to the Prime Minister and proposed five suggestions for a solution of the Kurdish question. Former President of the Diyarbakır Medical Chamber İpekyüz criticized that the proposals are insignificant in the present situation.

16 July 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Torture Continues - Impunity Prevails

DAY OF SOLIDARITY FOR TORTURE VICTIMS

Torture Continues - Impunity Prevails

In demonstrations organized in Istanbul, Diyarbakır and Ankara, rights organizations drew attention to ongoing torture in Turkey. They emphasized that torture cases have increased since 2005. The organizations criticized impunity and official expertise.

28 June 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

International Observers Follow Trial against Human Rights Advocator

International Observers Follow Trial against Human Rights Advocator

The second hearing of the against the President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, Prof. Dr. Korur Fincancı, was observed by representatives of the Human Rights Committee of the Norwegian Bar Association and the Kurdish Human Rights Project.

21 June 2010 Berivan Tapan

73 out of 100 People Say Definite "No" to Torture

STRUGGLE AGAINST TORTURE

73 out of 100 People Say Definite "No" to Torture

According to a research on "Othering and Discrimination in Turkey", 27 out of 100 people would approve of torture "in certain situations". Turkish Human Rights Foundation President Korur Fincancı claims that the according percentage among physicians amounts to 34 percent.

28 May 2010 Tolga Korkut

2009: 36 Deaths in Prison, 36 Deaths for Ignoring "Stop Warning"

İHD-TİHV 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

2009: 36 Deaths in Prison, 36 Deaths for Ignoring "Stop Warning"

According to the annual report of the Turkish rights organizations İHD and TİHV for 2009, 36 people died in prison, 6 in detention, 61 were shot by village guards, 36 died for ignoring the police's "stop warning". 50 soldiers and 91 armed militants died in conflicts.

3 May 2010 Tolga Korkut

Human Rights Defenders' Views on bianet

BIANET: 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Human Rights Defenders' Views on bianet

Fincanı from the Turkish Human Rights Foundation says that "bianet means facts in human rights and free, independent and true journalism". Türkdoğan from the Human Rights Foundation states, "Awareness of human rights is raised by the news from bianet".

28 April 2010 Tolga Korkut

12 Extra-Judicial Killings in Three Months

RIGHT TO LIFE - TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION REPORT

12 Extra-Judicial Killings in Three Months

According to the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, seven people died in detention in the first quarter of 2009 and another five in extra-judicial executions by the police and the gendarmerie. Two people died in detention in April, one was severely injured by police bullets.

20 April 2010 Tolga Korkut

Human Rights Activits Tried for Criticising Forensic Medicine Institute

Human Rights Activits Tried for Criticising Forensic Medicine Institute

Board Chair of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation Prof. Dr Ş. K. Fincancı faces prison sentence for her statements about N. Bilgen, chair of the Institute for Forensic Medicine 3rd Specialization Chamber. Fincancı had criticised Bilgen and the Institute in an interview.

19 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Human Rights Foundation - Struggle against Torture Enters 20th Year

Human Rights Foundation - Struggle against Torture Enters 20th Year

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey was established on 30 December 1990. In the last 19 years, the organization provided help and support services to more than 12,000 torture victims. Several times, the foundation was awarded for its work, including dozens of acknowledged books and reports.

31 December 2009 Tolga Korkut

Human Rights Foundation Speaks out on Kurdish Question

Government's Kurdish İnitiative

Human Rights Foundation Speaks out on Kurdish Question

In a document which the foundation handed the Minister of the Interior it outlined its own vision of progess towards a solution of the Kurdish question.

18 August 2009 Tolga Korkut

Rights Activists Call for Torture to Be Punished

Solidarity with Torture Victims

Rights Activists Call for Torture to Be Punished

Rights activists have warned that there has been a rise in cases of maltreatment and torture since 2005. Perpetrators mostly remain unpunished.

26 June 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

Report: 53 People Killed by Police in Two Years

Police Violence

Report: 53 People Killed by Police in Two Years

The Turkey Human Rights Foundation has published a report on police violence, which it claims has risen since amendments were made to a law on duties and rights of the police.

17 June 2009 Tolga Korkut

Students face daily human rights violations in books:

School Books are Turkish, Muslim, Male, Heterosexual and Racist

The findings of the second project of monitoring Turkish school books for human rights violations, run by the History Foundation and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, have been published as a book.

16 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

Too Many Deaths in 2008

The Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TIHV) has published its annual report, in which it states that unsolved murders as well as deaths in detention or prison are the highest in eight years.

14 January 2009

452 Claims of Torture in 2007, Says TIHV

452 Claims of Torture in 2007, Says TIHV

The Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TIHV) has published its annual report, in which it says that 452 people applied to its centres with claims of torture and maltreatment.

20 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

IHD and TIHV: Do Not Close DTP

The human rights organisations argue that elected MPs are only supposed to leave parliament with new elections. They are concerned about antidemocratic attempts to suppress dissident thoughts.

19 November 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

End Violence - But How?

End Violence - But How?

DTP, ÖDP and human rights organisations have countered the mainstream discourse on an intensification in the fight against terrorism with a call for an end to violence and democratic reforms.

9 October 2007 Tolga Korkut

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