The first hearing of the trial, fiver years after the murder, was held in Diyarbakır under heavy security measures. The court rejected all demands from the Elçi family lawyers, and decided on hearing the defendant police officers through the Audio and Video Information System (SEGBİS).Read More
The Lazuri (Laz) language – which is spoken primarily along the southeastern coast of the Black Sea in Turkey – has been identified by UNESCO as a “language in danger”.Read More
Erdal Kotan, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Pertek District ex-co-Chair has stated that prisoners are being kept in isolation at Elazığ (Xerpêt) High-Security Prison Number One in Turkey. He also criticized the prison administration for not allowing them to receive books.Read More
The first hearing of the lawsuit relating to the assassination five years ago of Diyarbakır Bar Association’s Chair Tahir Elçi is being held today.Read More
Bahtiyar Fırat (33) is a bus driver from Hakkari (Colemêrg) in Turkey who has been missing since 14 October, soon after he was released from police custody in İstanbul Airport.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan On 7 October, police forces attacked Sherwan Sherwani’s house in Sebrian, a village near Erbil in South Kurdistan. They arrested him in front of his wife and three children.Read More
Yazidi (Êzidî) Journalist Eyüp Burç declares that the “Sinjar deal” between Baghdad and Hewlêr, which was signed on 9 October, was “to send a message to the Kurds. The operation against Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî started on the same date last year and led to new massacres”.Read More
Four refugees from Hasekê reportedly lost their lives in a mine explosion after the Turkish Gendarmerie in Mardin province in Turkey, which borders Syria, forced them into a minefield whilst they were trying to cross the border into Kızıltepe.Read More
Fires broke out again at three points of Mount Cudi in Turkey. The fires have been spreading after further military operations were launched in the region.Read More
Special Sergeant Musa Orhan, who reportedly raped İpek Er in Siirt (Eruh) and caused her death via suicide, will attend the first hearing of the case from Ankara via Audio and Information System (SEGBİS).Read More
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