193 sick prisoners in Aegean prisons
According to Humans' Rights Association, there are 193 sick prisoners in Aegean prisons. Lawyer Zafer İncin, the head of the branch, stressed that the Ministry of Justice had left the sick prisoners to death and demanded the release of the prisoners.
Paramedics in Cizre arrested for treating 10 year old child
A doctor and three nurses who were detained on 2 August in Cizre were arrested on the allegations of treating a wounded child during the curfew in 2015.
Syria blamed Turkey and ended the conditional ceasefire in İdlib
Syrian Army announced that they ended the conditional ceasefire declared last week in İdlib. Damascus argued that Turkey did not fullfill their obligations undertaken through Soçi Agreement.
Thousands gathered for Kaz Mountains stops for nothing
Tens of thousands participated in the big gathering of the “Water and Conscience Watch" which was initiated against the gold mine that was intended to be established in Kaz Mountains. Despite the gendarmerie blocking the mass, the people managed to get into the construction site where hundreds of trees were cut.
HDP's Beştaş: Isolation is a decision parallel to war
HDP MP Meral Danış Beştaş who drew attention to the balance between the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish problem, said: “Isolation is a decision parallel to war."
Altan: crossing a country's borders 30 kilometers in is occupation
Retired pilot Bahadır Altan who stated: "If Turkey wants to ensure their security and prevent the enterance to its borders, they must do it in their borders" about the 'security zone' Turkey wants to create, said: "Taking advantage of a country's internal conflicts and going across their borders 30 kilometers in, is occupation."
Campaign by the HRA for the implementation of the ECtHR decision to all detainees
Human's Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch President Gülseren Yoleri stated that the ECHR's decision in the State Security Court (SSC) to conduct a fair trial and not a retrial was not applied equally to all prisoners, said all prisoners and their families should apply to HRA.
Decision of deporting immigrants linked to 'security corridor'
'We Are All Immigrants, No to Racism' campaigner Sibel Erduman who stated that the deportation of the unregistered immigrants decision came after the debate of 'Security Corridor', said: Turkey uses the immigrants as a leverage. We have to protect immigrants."
COnfidentiality order to Vedat Ekinci case
Ramazan Kurt, attorney of Vedat Ekinci who got killed by the soldiars in Derecik, said that the prosecutor's office issued a confidentiality order to the case.
HDP: The Yazidis are still threatened with genocide
Despite being recognised as a genocide but all major international institutions,Turkey did not recognise as such the Yazidi massacre of 3 August 2014.
Yeni Yaşam newspaper censored in Siverek Prison
It turned out that Siverek T Type Prison censored Yeni Yaşam newspaper under the pretext that it threatened the security of the institution.
HDP deputy Gülüm asks Justice Minister about journalist Ataman
Ataman has problems with his stomach and intestines. His problems worsened after the hunger strike he joined demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Ocalan.
Hakkari Governership ties the death of Ekinci to richocheting bullet
According to the statement Hakkari Governership made, 14-year-old Vedat Ekinci was killed by a soldier's bullet
Demirtaş criticizes Supreme Court: Why can't you see what commanders did in Sur and Cizre
HDP former Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, reminding of the military officials that has responsibility of the destruction of the cities during the curfews, asked: "How can you believe that the same soldiars bombed the parliament on July 15, did not kill any civillians during the curfews in Sur and Cizre?"
HDP members summoned for deposition instead of AKP's Ergin
Hikmet Erdin, a member of the AKP's Mazıdağı Municipality Assembly, threatened HDP co-mayor Nalan Özaydın with a gun. The Turkish judiciary called HDP members in for deposition.
Snowden to publish his memoir
Edward Snowden will publish his memoir "Permanent Record" on September 17.
Gürkan: The struggle for democracy should be raised in order to remove the isolation
EMEP President Selma Gürkan who stated that the fact that PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is not allowed to be visited by his attorneys is a political decision, stated that the isolation on Öcalan can only be removed by raising the struggle for peace and democracy.
2 million TL worth of irregularity from the Cizre trustee!
Cizre Municipality trustee Faik Arıcan has spent 2 million 43 thousand TL in the parking lot account of the municipality for days before the local elections.
Ilisu Dam is not just a risk is a real threat, say activists
"Let's fight together for Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley, let's unite this struggle with other destructive projects on the agenda."
9 detained in İzmir
Nine people were detained in a anew political genocide operation carried out by police in many districts of Izmir in the morning.
Attorneys applied again to visit İmralı
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients tomorrow.
Criminal complaint from attorney of Yoldaş who was tortured at his home
Mehdi Özdemir, attorney of Ahmet Yoldaş whose ribs and foot was broken while he was being taken under custody by the police in his own home, filed a criminal compaint about the police responsible.
Öcalan's attorneys: The insistance not to respond to our applications is the continuation of the old ways
Attorneys stating that they did not recieve any respond to their applications to visit their client, PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan for 2 months after their 4 meetings, said: "The process of not recieving a response to our applications is a negative process. This is the continuation of the old ways."
Gezi case court board changed
The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) changed the court board of the Gezi case
Van Governor defended the ban going on for 983 days: Bar Association is ‘sadist and monist’
Van defended the ban for the demos and activities going on for 983 days they imposed beating about the bush.The Governor's Office sent a defense to the Administrative Court against the Van Bar Association for halting the execution and accused the Bar of being “monist” and “sadist”.
Irregularities in Urfa Metropolitan Municipality reflected in the TCA report
The auditors of the Court of Accounts, which supervised the Urfa Metropolitan Municipality of the AKP, found that many activities were irregular,the the accounting entries of the immovables were not recieved and the immovables were given to their partizans without tenders.
Claim that ‘KDP and MIT established 4 centers for coordinated work’
As the Turkey's attacks continue, it has come to light that the KDP and MIT have set up four joint headquarters where scouting missions, attacks and plans for recruiting civilian spies are handled.
HDP MP: Reimplementation of isolation will bring chaos again
HDP Şırnak MP Hasan Özgüneş reminded that isolation has been implemented for 20 years without interruption.
Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî remanded in custody
Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî who was detained in operation in Bitlis was remanded in custody by the court.
Four HDP members remanded in custody in Mardin
HDP members Alaattin Semir Zuğurli and Sedat Ay and DBP Mardin Provincial co-chairs Şehmus Sun and Leyla Bozkurt were arrested in Mardin. The co-mayors of Nusaybin and Bismil were released.
4 citizens who have been missing are claimed tı be taken under custody last night
Ankara Security Directorate claimed that the 4 citizens, Özgür Kaya, erkan Irmak, Selim Zeybek and Mikail Ugan who have been missing for 6 months have been taken under custody last night.
Vigil for Hasankeyf banned by gendermerie
A vigil for the preservation of the historic Hasankeyf cultural site has been prevented by the Turkish Gendarmerie forces.
Two children tortured in empty lot
Two children detained after an action against an armored vehicle on July 24 in Diyarbakır’s Yenisehir district were tortured in an empty lot they were taken to.
A city with no lawyers : Beytüşşebap
An apalling truth surfaced that in Beytüşşebap where violations of rights and detentions are intense, there is no law office. Families whose members are taken under custody, are forced to search for attorneys in Hakkari, the neighboring city and pay large amounts of money for that.
Demo for Syrian refugees attacked by racist mob
The protest against the deportation of refugees organised by Mazlum-Der, Özgür-Der, members of the International Refugee Rights Association and the Association of Lawyers has been the target of a racist attack.
Constitutional Court clears 9 academics who signed peace appeal
The Constitutional Court in Turkey has ruled that the freedom of expression of 9 academics who appealed for peace in the country has been violated.
Urgent call to join Hasankeyf Vigil as filling of Ilisu Dam began
The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement have launched an urgent appeal as the filling of Ilisu Dam has started.
Sick prisoner Aktaş is getting worse due to wrong diagnosis
Ergin Aktaş who was diagnosed with pnuemonia in İzmir Menemen Type R Prison learned to be tuberculosis after he was transferred to Silivri Prison. Attorney Gülizar Tuncer stated that Aktaş is getting worse because he is not being admitted to a hospital.
Report exposed relations between Turkey and the Islamic State
The Rojava Center for Strategic Studies (NRLS) published a detailed report on the foreign relations of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization and the Turkish state.
The prison administration not recognizing Supreme Court's decision
Supreme Court who concluded the appeal of Hakan Tunç who was sentenced to life in prison, decided that the prison admininstration's restricting the duration of his visits is unlawful.
Attorneys applied to visit İmralı again
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients tomorrow.
12 people taken under custody in İzmir
Twelve HDP members have been taken into custody in Menemen and Buca, in the province of Izmir for allegedly making "propaganda for an illegal organization".
Statement of Hasankeyf Coordination on fire and the dam gates
Batman Hasankeyf Coordination asked for an independent delegation to investigate the fire place. Coordination also stated that the closure of the Ilısu Dam gates points out to the desire to establish psychological pressure on the public.
Will be prosecuted as the 'KCK executive' of an imaginery village
A citizen called V.R who was taken under custody in Cizre in 2016, was mentioned as the KCK executive of an imaginery village in the indictment.
Karataş: Turkey have come to a dead end with Syria
Journalist Yusuf Karataş, stating that Turkey have come to a dead end with Syria, said the expansionist ambitions of Erdoğan and his policy to see the gains of the Kurds as a threat is pulling Turkey in a regional war swamp.
Crisis analysis from waste paper collector: Every economy based on consumption is doomed to fail
The crisis is deepening against the poor. Workers working in different jobs stated that life keeps getting harder and harder for them evey passing day.Erol Şakakoğlu who earns a living by collecting waste paper, stating that he has the means to analyse the economy because he is walking around the streets and come by every class, said: ""Every economic model based on consumption is doomed to fail."
Co-mayors of Nusaybin and Bismil taken into custody
Mardin Nusaybin district municipality co-mayor Ferhat Kut and Diyarbakır Bismil district municipality co-mayor Gülşen Özer were detained during the raids to their homes. Co-presidents are taken to the Mardin Police Department.
Nusaybin Municipal Co-Mayor Kut has been detained
During the house raids in Mardin, 3 people including HDP Nusaybin Mayor Ferhat Kut were taken into custody.
Bağlar Municipality Council member under custody
Baglar Municipality Council Member Nursel Örmek was detained as a result of a raid to her house.
Curfew declared in 15 villages and hamlets around Bitlis
A curfew was declared in 15 villages and hamlets in Bitlis.