Erdal Kuzu, who is the lawyer of the file regarding the disappearing of nine people by Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (JİTEM) in Turkey, says the comment of the prosecutor -that the disappeared “might have joined the Kurdistan Workers’ Party” – is a result of the “impunity regarding the covering up of state crimes”.Read More
At the hearing of the Şenyaşar family in Malatya, the mother of the imprisoned Fadıl Şenyaşar asked: “What kind of justice is this?”Read More
Mesopotamia Agency (MA) and sendika.org websites have been blocked by a decision of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) in Turkey.Read More
Servet Turgut, who was thrown from a military helicopter that belongs to the Turkish armed forces, lost his life. Both villagers, Osman Şiban and Servet Turgut were thrown from a helicopter on 11 September. Hospital records and eyewitness statements confirm that the incident took place.Read More
Translated from Yeniyaşam Newsletter Syrian refugees living in Mersin in Turkey stated that they work for eight hours in the fields each day to earn 56 Turkish lira. Some employers pay them even less.Read More
Fifty-year-old Osman Şiban, a father of eight children, is one of two people in Van, Turkey, who were picked up by soldiers on their land and allegedly detained, tortured, and thrown from a helicopter. Şiban, who has just come out of intensive care, suffers from memory loss due to the torture he was subjected to.Read More
According to Mesopotamia News Agency, Ali Boçnak (76), who was detained during an investigation carried out as part of the operations against the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), lost his life in Patnos L-type Prison, in the Kars (Qers) province of Turkey, on 23 September.Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) called the Assembly Human Rights Inquiry Commission to an emergency meeting regarding Osman Şiban and Servet Turgut, who were thrown from a helicopter after they were detained by soldiers in Turkey.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
“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
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