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Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Put on trial “because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk” and released to house arrest last week, Ayten Öztürk has been taken into custody again upon the prosecutor’s objection to her release.

Boğaziçi constituencies, HDP’s Gergerlioğlu granted freedom of expression award

Boğaziçi constituencies, HDP’s Gergerlioğlu granted freedom of expression award

This year’s Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to the constituencies of Boğaziçi University and to arrested and dismissed HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu.

UN rapporteur urges Turkey to 'stop misusing the law to detain human rights defenders'

UN rapporteur urges Turkey to 'stop misusing the law to detain human rights defenders'

The case of imprisoned businessperson and rights advocate Osman Kavala is an "emblematic of a pattern of judicial harassment against human rights defenders in Turkey," according to UN Special Rapporteur Lawlor.

Rights defenders sentenced to 24 years, 3 months in Turkey in a year

Rights defenders sentenced to 24 years, 3 months in Turkey in a year

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, 17 rights defenders stood trial in 7 separate cases in 2020; seven rights defenders were sentenced to a total of 24 years, 3 months in prison.

His family searching for his grave for 40 years: Where is Veysel Güney?

His family searching for his grave for 40 years: Where is Veysel Güney?

The Revolutionary 78s Federation has released a statement about Veysel Güney, who was executed on June 10, 1981 following the military coup in 1980 and whose deceased body was buried in an unknown place by a soldier.

Murder of journalist Hafız Akdemir, Hezbollah and missing guns

Murder of journalist Hafız Akdemir, Hezbollah and missing guns

My maternal uncle Hafız Akdemir was massacred in Diyarbakır 29 years ago today. The only witness to the murder was me, the court did not even ask for my statement. Sentenced to life imprisonment, convict C.Y. is among us.

8 June 2021 Veysi Polat

‘Demirören thought that it could get away with unlawfulness’

‘Demirören thought that it could get away with unlawfulness’

Amid allegations that Demirören Holding has not paid back 750 million dollars of loan it received from a public bank to buy Doğan Media, we have spoken with journalist İpek Yezdani, who was dismissed from daily Hürriyet over a year after the sale.

8 June 2021 Hikmet Adal

Saturday Mothers/People: Murderers are free all around

Saturday Mothers/People: Murderers are free all around

In the 845th week of their protest for the enforced disappeared, Saturday Mothers/ People asked who killed Kurdish businesspeople Savaş Buldan, Hacı Karay and Adnan Yıldırım: “We won’t give up demanding justice for our all losses.”

Communications director demands 15,000 lira from social media user who called him a 'swine'

Communications director demands 15,000 lira from social media user who called him a 'swine'

With all his "good intentions," Fahrettin Altun does not seek further compensation and will be satisfied if his attorney's fee is covered, according to his petition.

3 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

'Tomorrow may be too late for Mehmet Emin Özkan'

'Tomorrow may be too late for Mehmet Emin Özkan'

Another application has been made for the deferment of the execution of the prison sentence of 83-year-old Mehmet Emin Özkan, whose court records show that he has been in prison for 25 years for a crime he did not commit.

3 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

Unsolved murders, disappearances, tortures... The struggle of rights organizations in Turkey for more than a quarter of a century... Rights defenders Eren Keskin and Akın Birdal have spoken to bianet.

2 June 2021 Dilek Şen

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

According to the report of Civil Society in the Penal System Association, the food offered to prisoners is cold and of poor quality, it is not hygienic or filling, meat is replaced by rice and pasta, the number and weight of bread in grams have been reduced.

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

'Laying claim to one's living space is not a crime'

The chairs of 58 bar associations have made a joint statement about the intervention against the villagers resisting the marble quarry attempted to be built in Van’s Gürpınar district: “Give up the project, apologize to villagers.”

Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

In the wake of a ban imposed by the Beyoğlu Governor’s Office, the Taksim Solidarity platform has made a press statement on the 8th anniversary of Gezi under police blockade. “The darkness passes, Gezi remains,” they have stated.

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

The İzmir Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) held a press statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that protest marches and public protest meetings have been banned in the province for 15 days.

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Covering news on corruption in Osmaniye province, journalist Tolga Balcılar’s house was raided by the police three times in one week even though there was no search warrant for the house or a detention warrant against the journalist.

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Prevented from going back to France without any legal grounds for two years, Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has received his passport.

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

According to the report of the TİHV, the freedom of assembly and demonstration was violated 4,771 times in Turkey in 2015-2019. 3,102 students faced violations of rights while exercising their freedom of assembly, demonstration and association.

Police officer investigating Kutlu Adalı murder is now Director General of Police

Police officer investigating Kutlu Adalı murder is now Director General of Police

Cyprus Press Union Chair Ali Kişmir has spoken to bianet about the unsolved murder of journalist Kutlu Adalı in 1996. He has said that they expect the current Director General of Police to reopen the investigation amid recent statements about the murder.

27 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

'Children think that Kurdish is banned'

'Children think that Kurdish is banned'

From the report of the Migration and Humanitarian Assistance Foundation: "Though it is not forbidden to speak Kurdish, children’s expressions reveal that they were subjected to de facto obstructions and exclusion when speaking in their mother language."

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

In a statement released by the ESU amid the debates on Sedat Peker’s statements, it has been underlined that the murders of 60 Syriac people in the Turabdin region have not yet been cleared up.

Student arrested for the 6th time on the charge he was acquitted before

Student arrested for the 6th time on the charge he was acquitted before

Put on trial over his alleged membership of four outlawed organizations and acquitted of the offense charged, Rıdvan Akbaş is now behind bars for the 6th time, again on charge of “organization membership”.

26 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and behind bars for 37 years, Ali Osman Köse’s treatment for cancer is being delayed, say his attorneys, raising concerns that his applications are also left unanswered.

26 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Lost his life on a hunger strike, Mustafa Koçak billed for food

Lost his life on a hunger strike, Mustafa Koçak billed for food

Koçak's father has said, "Those who did not even give sugar and vitamin B to my son for 10 months sent bread and food bills. My son died from hunger... from hunger!"

25 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Serhat Albayrak demands 100,000 for damages from Prof. Akdeniz after an incident of "blockception," where reports about censorship are also censored.

25 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

Journalism organizations: Whoever stays silent now is a party to this crime

Journalism organizations: Whoever stays silent now is a party to this crime

Journalists’ Union of Turkey, Reporters Without Borders and DİSK Press Union have made statements about Sedat Peker’s allegations implying former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar’s role in the unidentified murders of journalists Mumcu and Adalı.

20 people, including HDP, DBP executives, detained

20 people, including HDP, DBP executives, detained

In house raids carried out in Adana, Şırnak and Dersim provinces, 20 people, including the executives of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and the Democratic Regions Party, have been taken into custody.

27th access block to JinNews

27th access block to JinNews

The Information Technologies and Communications Authority has blocked access to JinNews, the only women’s news agency in Turkey.

‘Recognize Circassian Genocide, grant Circassians their rights’

‘Recognize Circassian Genocide, grant Circassians their rights’

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Labor Party (EMEP) have released statements about the Circassian Genocide, urging the authorities to grant Circassian people their rights and to fulfill their demands.

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

'Is massacre the punishment for smuggling?'

Soldiers opened fire on two young people at the Hakkari border. Speaking to bianet, HDP MP Sait Dede and Bar Chair Ergün Canan have said that the main reason for the incidents is the policy of impunity and lack of solution to the Kurdish question.

20 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

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