Case number exceeds 160 thousand in Turkey
Almost two million people have been tested in Turkey where confirmed cases have exceeded 160,000.
Police brutality in Diyarbakır
A citizen who was forced down on the ground in Diyarbakır and was handcuffed behind his back, was exposed to police brutality along with the watchmen.
TTB: Data of patients using hydroxychloroquine should be shared
Turkey has been using the malaria drug for all Covid-19 patients and should disclose data about their situations, the Turkish Medical Association has said.
DAD: Çorum Massacre was done under state supervision
DAD Ankara Branch which issued a written statement on Çorum Massacre that started on May 1980 and continued until July, ended up with the killing of 57 people, said: "What happened in Çorum was a massacre carried out under state supervision."
People burried underneath the sidewalk to be carried to UN and ECHR
Lawyers for Freedom Association will apply to UN and ECHR regarding the people buried underneath the sidewalk in Kilyos Cemetery. Attorney Serhat Çakmak stated that the aim of the attacks against cemeteries is to deprive the society of its memory.
'Let's unite and protect our cemeteries'
HDP Van Provincial Co-Chair Ökkeş Kava, drawing attention to the importance of national unity, said: "We cannot protect our language, culture, identity and graves if we do not unite."
Documentary film "Siya Avê" freely available on YouTube
The documentary film "Siya Avê" by journalist Metin Yoksu, produced by our agency MA, is freely accessible on the Internet. The film tells the story of two women whose village in Hasankeyf was flooded by the Ilisu dam.
Autonomous Administration extends partial measures till 5 June
The curfew will remain in place from 7 pm to 6 am every day till 5 June.
Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,397
28 more people have died of coronavirus in Turkey where another 948 cases have been recorded during the past 24 hours.
SOHR reports ongoing Turkish military deployment to Syria
From February 2 to date, 6,845 trucks and military vehicles have entered the Syrian territory. The number of Turkish soldiers who were deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during the same period exceeded 10,400.
The mother of Zülküf Gezen: Let's not forget the ones died and embrace the prisoners
Havva Gezen, the mother of zülküf Gezen, who ended his life to protest the isolation on imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, stated she struggles more for the freedom of Kurdish people after her son's loss.
The life is taken captive by hydroelectric power plants
The construction works to build the hydroelectric power plant in Zilan Plain have been accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.
Medical students infected with coronavirus
The senior year students of the Medical Faculty of Adnan Menderes University are infected with coronavirus.
'I have shared my elegy with mountains for 20 years'
Ruhiye Ok reacted to that the grave of her son has been attacked 3 times, as she says she found her son after 20 years, everyday of which she has shared her elegy with the mountains, the stones, with the skies and the far away places.
The family attacked by police told the moments of violence
Gültaş family, who were exposed to the police vioelence in the garden of their house on the first day of the Eid told the moments of police attack.
Öcalan never gave up on the 'solution'
There has been a year over the hunger strike initiated by Leyla Güven have been ended by the call of Öcalan. Although the Minister of Justice states that "There is no obstacle against it", Öcalan was able to see his lawyers only 5 times and his family 4 times. And in each time he gave the message of "solution".
Arrested women: There is no single power that could stand against our struggle
Rosa Women's Association shared the message of its member women who were arrested. Women shared the message that "We will never give up on saying that 'Femicide is political' whatever they do".
987 more diagnosed with coronavirus
Turkey's death toll is announced to have raised to 4,439.
Two separate explosions in Efrîn
Two separate explosions took place in Efrîn, which is under the control of Turkey and Turkey-backed groups.
Ahmet Türk reacted to the arrest of 12 women activists
"Our modesty is not due to that we are afraid, but we have respect for humanity. If they have not understood this till now, I tell them to take a look at the Amed Dungeon back in 80s", said Ahmet Türk, as he reacted to the the arrest of 12 women activists in Diyarbakır.
Dilgeş with kidney disease can not take his medicine in prison
3,5 year old Dilgeş Aslan, who was imprisoned with his mother Gönül Aslan, can not take his medicine that he needs to take due to his renal failure as the prison imfirmary is closed. The clothes taken for Dilgeş were not allowed in the prison as well.
Call for the lawyers on death fast
The family of the imprisoned lawyer Ebru Timtik, who has been on death fast for 142 days together with the imprisoned lawyer Aytaç Ünsal called for solidarity and support for the death fast resistance.
Apê Musa is 100 years-old!
Journalist and author Hüseyin Aykol told that "The ones, who think that they killed him in 1992 are wrong. In all the news published by the Kurdish media, in all the steps Kurdish people take, Apê Musa lives with his philosophical soul and his ideals" regarding the 100th birthday of Musa Anter.
Artist Erkan Benli tells his struggle in Nusaybin and his artworks in prison
Imprisoned musician Erkan Benli tells about what happened in Mardin's Nusaybin district 4 years ago saying that "We resisted till the end".
'The place where the cruelty hits the top'
Cabbar Koç, brother of one of the burrieds, whose deceased body was found to under the pavements of Kilyos in İstanbul described the pavement graveyard as "the pleace where the cruelty hits the top".
After 13 years Israeli plane landed in İstanbul
After 13 years an Israeli plane landed in İstanbul. Israel Embassy announced that this deal "will contribute to a trade in the levels of record."
Sick prisoners are left to die
Aegean Association for Solidarity with Families of Prisoners (TUYAH-DER) Co-Chair Ahmet Ertaş told that the prisoners, who are heavily sick are left to die in prisons.
They destroyed graves, left hanging Turkish flags behind
In Güneşli Village of Hasankeyf district of Batman, the soldiers destroyed a shrine and the graves around it as they hanged Turkish flags on the trees surroinding the graveyard.
3 year old Dilgeş sent to prison with his mother
Three-and-a-half-year-old Dilgeş Aslan is going to prison today. His mother, Gönül Aslan, is one of the persons arrested in Diyarbakır in the course of the investigation against Rosa women's association.
Caliph Hafter: Anyone who sets foot in Libya is our target
“Every Turkish invader on our soil and every wicked mercenary sent by ‘Turkey’s idiot’ is a legitimate target of our soldiers’ gunfire,” said Haftar in a radio address to the armed forces.
Aydeniz: They are afraid of the struggle network of women
Speaking about the detentions and arrests against politically active women , DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz said: "They are afraid of women who created a network of fight against the monist mentality."
Joint struggle move from HDP
At the Central Executive Committee meeting of HDP, organized to discuss the appointment of trustees, the attacks against cemeteries and operations against HDP members and executives, creating a joint struggle line with the democracy forces in Turkey was decided.
İmam Kaplan: They say 'The best Kurd is the one without a grave'
Imam Nizamettin Kaplan, underlining that the dead and the graveyards are untouchable, said that those who said 'The best Kurd is the dead Kurd' 20 years ago, now says that 'The best Kurd is the one without a grave'.
32 people die of coronavirus in the last 24 hours
According to Turkish officials, 32 people died in the last 24 hours because of the coronavirus.
12 women activists remanded under custody
12 of the 18 people detained within the scope of the investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office were arrested on charges of "being a member of the organization".
71 women groups express solidarity with Rosa Women's Association
Activists of 71 women's organizations condemned latest police operation targeting women in a joint written statement.
Journalist Doğru remanded under custody
Journalist Rojhat Doğru was arrested for 'membership of an illegal organization' on the grounds that he sent money to his friend in prison.
Court released 4 of the 18 women on bail
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office released TJA activist Zelal Bilgin, founding member of the Rosa Women's Association, Ayla Akat Ata, Yenişehir Municipality Council member Nevriye Çur and Nazire Tursun on bail today.
Indictment prepared after almost 2 years
The Freedom for Sick Prisoners Initiative explained that while ill prisoner Mehmet Can Demir should benefit from the new Law of Execution, he was not released since the indictment was prepared 15 days before the end of his 2 year imprisonment.
Women protest detentions: Freedoms are being violated
The Women's Councils of the Amed Labor Democracy Platform reacted to the detentions of women on Friday and said: "The government ignores the thoughts and freedom of women."
PACE: Stop attacking journalists!
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for PACE, expressed concern over the detention of journalists going on for many years especially in Turkey.
ÖHD demands investigation on remains buried on sidewalk in Kilyos
In a report about the remains found under the pavement in Kilyos graveyard, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), demanded them to be handed over to the families, and requested that an investigation be open about the illegal burying.
Gergerlioğlu: Attack continued in the absence of the cameras
HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu who was exposed to police violence during his speech against the appointment of trustees, said: "Police kept kicking me in the absence of the cameras."
İHD: Those responsible for the death of Kaya must be investigated
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission issued a written statement about ill prisoner Sabri Kaya who died on the day of his release.
State of Emergency in prison while no precautions taken
Noting that the violations of rights have increased in prisons during the outbreak, ÖHD lawyer Şükran Öztürk said: "The prisons are isolated from society, not from the virus."
Women band together: We won't allow the abuse amnesty
Women from different professions reacting to the "abuse amnesty" brought back to the agenda by the AKP, said that they would not allow the proposal they define as "embarrassing" to be passed through the Parliament.
Number of lives coronavirus claim increases to 4 thousand 276
Another 27 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey today when 952 more people tested positive out of the total 37,507 tests conducted.
Third attack against cemetery in Lice
The cemetery that was previously bombed by air and land in Lice was destroyed for the third time.
New application from the families and lawyers of Öcalan
The families of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in İmralı applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their imprisoned family members.
Kaya's body not delivered to the family due to suspected coronavirus
The body of the severely ill prisoner Sabri Kaya, who died on the day of his release, was not given to his family for suspected coronavirus.