The court of appeal in Southern Kurdistan upheld the death penalty ruling for Mazlum Dağ and Muhammed Beşikçi.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman As global concerns over environmental pollution have increased, several organizations have campaigned and acted to save the environment. Despite this, ecosystems continue to face increasing threats.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Muş deputy Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit stated that 82-year-old prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, who has been in Diyarbakır D-Type prison for 24 years, is seriously ill.Read More
The Third Penal Chamber of the İstanbul Regional Court of Justice in Turkey upheld the prison sentences of the journalists who joined the campaign ‘Editors-in-Chief on Watch’ for the newspaper Özgür Gündem which had been shut down by legislative decree in 2016.Read More
“Hate Crimes in Turkey and Racist Attacks: A Special Report” has just been released by the Human Rights Association (İHD). The association records and reports hate crimes and racist attacks in Turkey. It also monitors gender-based crimes, rape, and sexual violence.Read More
As the Covid-19 death toll and case numbers increase in Turkey, a hospital in Diyarbakır (Amed) refused to test seventy workers for Covid-19 who were displaying symptoms.Read More
Aygül Doku has stated that a comprehensive investigation into the disappearance of her sister Gülistan Doku has not yet been conducted. Gülistan Doku has been missing for 264 days in Tunceli (Dersim), Turkey. Aygül noted that the authorities want to close the investigation file regarding her disappearance.Read More
Forest fires have been raging in Mount Cudi and Mount Gabar in the province of Şırnak (Şirnex), southeast Turkey, due to security operations of the Turkish state. The forest fires have spread to other villages in the area.Read More
The historic settlement of Hasankeyf, located in the Batman Province in southeastern Turkey, was submerged once the Ilısu Dam became operational in early July.Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) sent a committee to the city of Van (Wan) in Turkey after hearing reports that Osman Şibal and Servet Turgut had been subjected to torture after being detained and thrown from a military helicopter.Read More
