The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) has released a report on the number of violations against journalists in October this year.Read More
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Eren Baskın questions official narrative of Şerali Dereli’s death
Şerali Dereli, who lived in the village of Duranlar in Yüksekova district of Hakkari (Colemêrg) in Turkey, was killed by soldiers who were conducting an operation on 29 October.Read More
Twenty five teachers who are members of the Education and Science Workers Union (Eğitim Sen) were detained in Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey on 6 November.Read More
New allegations were made regarding Şerali Dereli, who was killed by soldiers 50 meters away from his home in Yüksekova, in Hakkari (Colemerg).Read More
The official report written for İslam Kaya, who allegedly “committed suicide” by jumping off from his hospital window, concluded that Kaya suffered from “intracranial injuries and assault”. He was hospitalized following his transfer to the Van Type M prison.Read More
The lawyers of two villagers who were reportedly subjected to mass beatings and torture by Turkish soldiers on 11 September 2020 applied to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that their freedom to seek their rights was restricted.Read More
The objection of the Kurdish refugee, whose asylum application was rejected by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), has been upheld by the Osnabrück Administrative Court, who accepted the application on the basis of unlawful decisions in Turkey.Read More
At least 61 people died in a shipwreck in Lake Van (Wan) on 27 June.Read More
İstanbul Deputy and investigative journalist Ahmet Şık reported on the incidents in Turkey that caused the death of Servet Turgut – who had reportedly been thrown off a military helicopter on 11 September 2020 in Van (Wan) – and the serious injury to Osman Şiban.Read More
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the number of prisoners in Turkey has markedly increased in recent times. Human rights defenders have additionally stated that the conditions of prisoners have worsened.Read More
