Journalists Yaşar and Hacıoğlu released from prison
Three arrested defendants, concession holder Ihsan Yaşar and editors Mehmet Ali Çelebi and Reyhan Hacıoğlu were present at the fifth hearing of the case at the Istanbul Courthouse.
Duymak who lost her husband in the basements of Cizre, sentenced to 3 years 1 month of prison time
Lütfiye Duymak, wife of Mahmut Duymak who was killed in the basements of Cizre that were set on fire during the curfews, was sentenced to 3 years 1 month and 15 days of prison sentence as a result of witness statement.
Toğrul: Democracy alliance should step forward for a new constitution
HDP Antep MP Mahmut Toğrul who stated that the discriminating policies of AKP forced the people to a new path, said: "Democracy front and the opposition parties must come together and take immediate steps for a new constitution the people of Turkey desperately need."
People of İstanbul: Democracy alliance must continue
People of İstanbul who went to the polls on June 23 elections,stating that it is time for change for Turkey, said the democracy alliance must continue.
14 years sentence in the case of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper
In the hearing where 14 employees of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi (Libertarian Democracy) Newspaper, 3 of whom were detained pending trial, the court board announced their decision. The journalists were sentenced to 14 years and 4 months of prison time.
Families applied to visit İmralı
The families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners in Imrali, applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office asking permission to visit their relatives during the Ramadan Feast.
3 people died and 5 wounded from the same family in the bombardment
The number of the civillians killed in the bombardment of Turkish war planes' attack to Kandil became clear. The father and 2 children were killed and 5 people were injured in the bomb attack.
AYM President Arslan: It cannot be a crime that Kavala join and support Gezi Protests
Zühtü Arslan, President of the Constitutional Court (AYM), said:" It does not show that he committed a crime because he joined and supported the Gezi Park Protests" for businessman Osman Kavala who is being accused of financing the protests.
Motion for ‘Corruption and irregularities’ inquiry in Yüksekova Municipality rejected by AKP votes
The motion for the inquiry of corruption and irregularities in the Yüksekova Municipality which was debitten by the trustee for 680 million TL in 2 and a half years, was refused by AKP votes. HDP MP Sait Dede said that the municipality, which is bonded, continues its activities with public support.
100 prisoners files criminal complaint in Tarsus Prison
Attorney İbrahim Kaya from İHD Mersin Branch Prison Monitoring Committee who stated that some guuardians are applying pressure on the prisoners who were on hunger strike in Tarsus No 1 Type T Closed Prison, said 100 prisoners have filed a criminal complaint about the torture.
HDP Uludere Co-chair under custody
Three people including HDP District Co-Chair Feride Ender were detained in Şırnak Uludere.
Senoglu: It is time to crown the people's will to live together
HDK Co-Spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu stated that the government suffered a major defeat in the 23 June elections and said: "The quantitative difference in the election results will be an indicator of qualitative changes. It is time to crown the will of the people to live together”
Beşikdüzü Prison Administration: This is not a prison, this is a military school
According to the information obtained, the guards have been quoting from the torturer Esat Oktay Yıldıran and say 'This is not a prison, this is a military school' to the prisoners n Trabzon Beşikdüzü Type T Closed Prison in which the pressures have been increasing since the hunger strikes.
Eleven civilians from Afrin remain in Turkish custody
The trial of eleven civilians from Afrin continued in the Turkish city of Hatay bordering Syria. The defendants had been arrested and severely tortured after the occupation of Afrin.
Prosecutor demanded 7 people in the Dink case to be sentenced
In the Hrant Dink case, the public prosecutor demanded the punishment of seven people, including Yasin Hayal, Erhan Tuncel and Ogün Samast. The prosecutor asked to punish the accused for allegedly 'establishing and managing an organization', 'intentionally attempting murder' and 'being a member of an organization”.
Attorneys applied to go to İmralı
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients tomorrow.
HDP Municipal Councilor's house raided: whole family in custody
Municipal Council Member Dilan Ablay from the HDP in Urfa’s Ceylanpinar district was subjected to a political genocide operation in her home in the early morning. The house was surrounded and drones were used in the raid where the police broke down the door and conducted a long search.
Ankara police rejects giving the security footage of the offenders to the prosecutor
A shocking detail turned out regarding the investigation about the attack on the symbolic monument made for those who lost their lives in the Ankara Massacre.The security footage that was confirmed by the police to be recorded have gone missing after the prosecutor demanded it.
Ecologist Yalnıç: Government has to abandon their policies that destroys the nature
Ecologist Güner Yalniç stressed that the government should abandon the policies of war that destroy nature and produce central policies that reconcile with nature and human beings.
Sentenced to 59 years despite the disproved evidence
Dersim Bar President Kenan Çetin, attorney of Univercity student Baran Barış Korkmaz who was sentenced to 59 years of jail time, stating that they disproved 90 percent of the evidence they had on their client, demanded the unlawfulness to be eliminated.
UN questions Turkey on the Armenian genocide
"What measures has Turkey taken to establish the facts, including the fate or whereabouts of Armenians who were subjected to forced internal displacement, detention, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances during the period of 1915-1923?"
Prosecutor asks for 15 years in prison for Journalist Canozer
The prosecutor asked for 15 years in prison in the hearing for the case against Journalist Beritan Canozer.
Evacuation imposed on the villages in Tigris Valley
Works are being carried out for the evacuation of 199 settlements that will be left under water in the Tigris Valley due to the Ilisu Dam.
The border is surrounded by ‘security dams’
Dozens of high-cost dams that will swallow historic Hasankeyf are under construction in the region. Although it is stated that the dams that surround the borders are made under the name of “energy and irrigation", the actual aim is "security".The fact that the construction work of the dams are being given to AKP supporters attracts attention.
UN Special Rapporteur: Turkey's problem with press freedom
UN Special Rapporteur: Turkey's problem with press freedom
The health condition of Kemal Özelmalı is getting worse day by day
Wernicke Korsakoff patient Kemal Özelmalı who is being kept at Adana Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison is getting worse day by day according to his brother Alaattin Özelmalı. Brother Özelmalı demanded his brother to be released.
Artists took stage for Hasankeyf: We must do our best
Artists who gathered around the Initiative for Keeping Hasankeyf Alive, made a call and said: "Everyone should do their best to keep Hasankeyf from submerging.
Armored vehicle hit in Cizre
An action was carried out against an armored vehicle in the neighborhood of Yafes in Cizre.
Aksakoğlu released from prison: Justice needs to come to this country
Yigit Aksakoglu, who has been detained for 7 months for Gezi case, got out of prison. Aksakoğlu said: "There are many people unjustly detained inside. We were lucky. Justice should come to this country as soon as possible."
Provided logistics to ISIS with the company he established in Ankara, now in the hands of QSD
Citizens of both Turkey and Germany, jihadist Yunus Emre Sakarya aka "Abu Muhammed Almani" is one of over one hundred German members of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist militia who are under the arrest of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria. He talked to ANF on how, with the help of the Salafist association “Helfen in Not” [Help in Need], based in Neuss, ambulances for the so-called ISIS were brought from Germany via Idlib to the self-declared caliphate.
Attorneys of Öcalan made an application to go to İmralı
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients tomorrow.
Sick prisoner Yılmaz not released because he joined the hunger strikes
Sick prisoner Nizamettin Yılmaz who is being kept in Mardin Prison, will stand trial again tomorrow. In the case where the witness statements were withdrawn, the prosecution who requested Yılmaz's release earlier, now demands sentence fo Yılmaz after he joined the hunger strikes.
Historic Hasankeyf cave flooded with concrete
A 10.000 year old cave in the ancient city of Hasankeyf was buried in concrete. Guide Sehmus Turgay said the thousands of years of story the cave had was destroyed for a dam that has a lifecycle of 50 years.
Cizre victim Aslan’s body identified after 40 months
The bodies of people who lost their lives during the 79 days of curfew declared in Cizre, Sirnak on December 14, 2015 are still kept in nameless cemeteries.
KESK: Istanbul election has shaken the one-man regime
KESK Central Executive Board commented on the re-run of the Istanbul elections and said that the heavy defeat of the regime candidate has shaken the one-man regime.
Kubilay: Its time for Turkey to go back to peaceful policies
HDP spokesperson Günay Kubilay said that the AKP-MHP policies boasted with the election in Istanbul and pointed to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan for a democratic solution.“Local democracy should be strengthened”
Prosecutor's Office requested the documents of the torture: They might be shelved
Erciş Chief Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation on the denunciation of the attorneys of 3 citizens who were taken under custody and tortured in Erciş, Van. The prosecutor's office who send a note to the Erciş Gendermerie Command ,demaneded the information to be sent ASAP because they might be shelved.
Kavala on Gezi trial: Hundreds of thousands protested peacefully
Osman Kavala and 15 other suspects are on trial in the first hearing of the Gezi case.
Bachelet on ISIS prisoners: States must assume responsibility
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that 55,000 captured Islamic State fighters, including foreigners, and their families detained in Syria and Iraq should face fair prosecution or be freed.
Statement from YSK President Güven
Supreme Board of Elections (YSK) President Sadi Güven announced the number of valid votes, participation rate and the votes candidates recieved while informing about the appeal process.
Temelli: The Kurdish people and the HDP best understood Öcalan
Evaluating the mayoral elections held in Istanbul, HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli said that the third way means a new policy not just a new constitution.
First hearing of Gezi Resistance Trial opens today
The first hearing of the trial against 16 people involved in the Gezi Resistance will be held today.
Buldan: Kurds are the winner in today’s election
Speaking about the unofficial results of the renewed Istanbul election, HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan said; “Kurds and the HDP are the winner today.”
CHP’s Imamoğlu: The outcome not a "victory" but a "new beginning"
According to unofficial results, Ekrem İmamoğlu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has won the mayoral election repeated in Istanbul city today.
Provincial Election Board announced the results of Istanbul
According to the unofficial results announced by the Istanbul Provincial Election Board Ekrem Imamoglu recieved 4 million 741 thousand 868 votes in the election of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality while Binali Yildirim received 3 million 935 thousand 453 votes.
Binali Yıldırım throws in the towel congratulates İmamoğlu
AKP candidate Binali Yildirim said in his first statement: "As of now, my opponent Ekrem Imamoglu is leading the elections. I congratulate him. I wish you success.”
55 percent of the ballot boxes are open: Vote difference is 11 percent
ANKA announced that 55.19 percent of the ballot boxes are opened. According to the ANKA data, CHP's Ekrem İmamoğlu is about 11 points ahead.
Voting process ended in renewed Istanbul elections
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Renewal Election voting process ended at 17.00.
YSK decided to deem the parliamentary election sealed envelopes valid
YSK decided to deem the envelopes that has the wrong seal, or wrong number of seals to be valid.
Violations in İstanbul elections
There were many election violations in Istanbul, where voting continues. Some people, allegedly from the AKP toured the schools and asked for the list of non-voters from the presiding officers.