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
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Şerali Dereli reportedly murdered by soldiers in Hakkari (Colemerg)
Şerali Dereli (61) was reportedly murdered by soldiers in Duranlar (Awyan) village of Esendere region in Hakkari (Colemerg) in Turkey on 29 October. His family claimed that soldiers opened fire on them as they tried to reach his body. After the incident, footage was publicly released that shed further light on the attack.Read More
A Syrian mercenary has claimed that the Turkish state promised him $100 for every Armenian he killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.Read More
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) coordinated celebrations across cities in Turkey on 1 November, ‘World Kobanê Day’.Read More
The Kurdish poet and writer Celal Melekşa has died at the age of 69.Read More
Cities across Europe celebrated World Kobanê Day on 1 November.Read More
The Makhmur People’s Assembly has protested the death penalty of Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er (Muhammed Beşikçi).Read More
As human rights violations increasingly soar in Turkey, the families and human rights associations struggle against the violations.Read More
They roam from city to city to earn their livelihoods like Koçers (nomadic people). They are seasonal agricultural workers, and they pick tomatoes, oranges, hazelnuts in turn. Some of them left school due to the economic crisis. Some study in university, others are child workers.Read More
HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar has visited İzmir and criticised the unearned income system, following Friday’s earthquake which has left 26 people dead and more than 800 injured.Read More
