Thirty-six-year-old Muhammed Helef Süleyman lost his life while tending his sheep in Tell Abyad (Girê Spî). His sheep were grazing around the M-4 railroad when he was shot by soldiers. Süleyman was wounded in the chest by a bullet and taken to Martyr Ömer Elûş Hospital, where he died. Eyewitnesses claim that Süleyman was targeted […]Read More
A petition calling for the release of Cihan Erdal – a 32-year-old PhD student who was detained in Turkey during Kobanî operations on 25 September – has been signed by 2,500 academics worldwide.Read More
The first trial hearing of Special Sergeant Musa Orhan, who is accused of raping İpek Er, took place at Siirt 1st High Penal Court on 16 September.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
Refugees from Haseke region in North East Syria attempted to cross the Syria-Turkish border on 5 October. However, they were killed in controversial circumstances in a minefield.Read More
Journalist Dilan Oyunaş, who was sent to Sincan Women’s Closed Prison in Turkey, stated in her phone call with her family that there are violations of rights taking place in the prison.Read More
In many prisons in Turkey, the number of prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus has increased markedly. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu announced that another person in Menemen T-Type Closed Prison was diagnosed with Covid-19.Read More
Prisoners are increasingly being oppressed in Turkey and the Kurdistan region of the country. Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu’s report noted that there had been 105 human rights violations in prisons in September alone.Read More
A minibus that was carrying agricultural workers overturned in Erdemli district in Mersin, Turkey. Bedriye Kaya, one of the workers, died. Thirty four workers were injured. After the accident, injured workers were transferred to various hospitals in the area by ambulance.Read More
Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), who remains imprisoned under isolation conditions in İmralı High Security F-Type Closed Prison in Turkey, has been banned from making calls for six months. Other prisoners held in the same prison – Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş – have also had these […]Read More
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