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Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

'I WANT MY JOB BACK'

Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

Discharged from public service and fined over her press statements during her protests “to get her job back”, Bozkurt faces an attachment of 281 thousand lira on her bank account. She notes that courts have already cancelled these fines.

27 September 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Protesting to get her job back, Nazan Bozkurt released

Protesting to get her job back, Nazan Bozkurt released

In the lawsuit filed into the protests against dismissals by Statutory Decrees, Nazan Bozkurt has been released, while the court has ruled that the other arrested protesters Alev Şahin and Mehmet Dersulu shall remain behind bars.

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Arrested while protesting for her reinstatement, Acun Karadağ, a teacher discharged from public service, has been released. The court has ruled that the other protestors Alev Şahin, Mehmet Dersulu and Nazan Bozkurt shall remain behind bars.

28 January 2021

‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’

‘I want my job back’ protesters behind bars because ‘other measures didn’t prevent them’

Mehmet Dersulu has sent a letter to bianet from prison, explaining the reason for the Yüksel Street protesters' imprisonment.

26 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

'I won't stay at home, of course not'

HOUSE ARREST IN YÜKSEL RESISTANCE

'I won't stay at home, of course not'

Having been sentenced to house arrest three times in three years over the "I want my job back" protests, Nazan Bozkurt says she doesn't recognize the sentence as the authorities don't recognize the Constitution and the laws.

19 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Police Beat, Detain Child in 'I Want My Job Back' Protest

Police Beat, Detain Child in 'I Want My Job Back' Protest

Three people, including a child, have been beaten and detained by the police during the "I want my job back" protests on Yüksel Street in Ankara.

18 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Human Rights Monument Released

Human Rights Monument Released

Police barriers around Human Rights Monument where educators Gülmen and Özakça staged protests have been lifted after 430 days.

Rights Association: 586 Detention Proceedings Carried Out in Yüksel Street Resistance

Rights Association: 586 Detention Proceedings Carried Out in Yüksel Street Resistance

The Human Rights Association in its report of “Yüksel Street Resistance” has said that “police intervened in protesters issuing statement for the press every day and carried out 586 detention proceedings as a result of these interventions”.

10 November 2017

Rights Advocates Detained in Front of Human Rights Monument

Rights Advocates Detained in Front of Human Rights Monument

Rights defenders from the Human Rights Association would issue a statement for the press in protest of the ban on Yüksel Street but they have been detained as soon as they reached the monument. Human rights chair Türkdoğan spoke to bianet from the detention vehicle.

9 November 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Demonstrations Banned in Ankara Ahead of Next Gülmen, Özakça Hearing

Demonstrations Banned in Ankara Ahead of Next Gülmen, Özakça Hearing

Ankara Governorship has banned all demonstrations in Ankara’s town center of Kızılay that also covers the Yüksel street where Gülmen and Özakça had been staging a sit-in protest during their hunger strike.

26 September 2017

Ankara Governorship Bans Demonstrations, Activities

Ankara Governorship Bans Demonstrations, Activities

Ankara Governorship has banned all activities for a month due to the demonstrations held in protest of arrest of educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça.

2 Lawyers Representing Gülmen, Özakça Remanded in Custody

2 Lawyers Representing Gülmen, Özakça Remanded in Custody

Two lawyers representing educators Gülmen and Özakça who have been on hunger strike have been detained and taken to Ankara Security Anti-Terror Bureau, and that Gülmen’s sister was detained as well on Yüksel Street and released following her statement.

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police have raided the houses of Saçılık, Özakça, Karadağ, Onay and other demonstrators protesting on Yüksel Street in Ankara under the motto “I want my job back” after being discharged from their positions through statutory decrees.

Saçılık Demanding His Job Back Shot with Plastic Bullets

Saçılık Demanding His Job Back Shot with Plastic Bullets

Police have attacked protest of sociologist Veli Saçılık, who was discharged through a statutory decree, and Esra Özakça, who went on a hunger strike following Semih Özakça and Nuriye Gülmen being sent to prison. Saçılık has been hit with dozens of plastic bullets.