Yüksekdağ will face the judges for the 12nd time tomorrow
The 12th hearing of the case in which Figen Yüksekdağ is being imprisoned and requested a prison sentence of up to 83 years, will be held tomorrow in Ankara 16th High Criminal Court.
HDP Co-mayors met to discuss local government issues
HDP district co-mayors met with Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı in Diyarbakır to discuss solution of local government problems.
Conflict and fire in the Omarian region: No intervention allowed
Clashes reportedly began between HPG and the soldiers Nusaybin’s Omeryan region. Firefighters are not allowed to intervene in the fire on the grounds of "security".
U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism to travel to Turkey
U.S. Ambassador Nathan A. Sales, the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, will travel to Ankara, Turkey during the week of June 10th.
Silopi Municipality has also canceled the transfer of immovable property: We will sue if they're not returned
Silopi Municipality Council of HDP also canceled the decisions taken for transferring the immovables belonging to the municipality to different institutions during the trustee period. Municipal Co-Mayor Adalet Fidan, said they will sue those institutions in the case they won't return what was transferred to them.
Yiğit who was on hunger strike for 142 days: We have to keep fighting to crack the doors wide open
Halef Yiğit, who had been on hunger strike for 142 days against isolation, commented on Öcalan's declaration of 7 articles assessing it is a project of equal life for the peoples, said: "We have to keep fighting to crack the doors wide open. All of the society should consider this and respond to this call."
The police who tortured the children not investigated
Not even an investigation was launched against the police who tortured 3 children aged between 14 and 17 under custody.
Mehmet Ayvalıtaş hearin: Prosecutor wants the defendants acquittal
In the hearing of the Mehmet Ayvalıtaş case who was ran over by a car during a protest, the prosecutor wanted the acquittal of the defendants claiming there was no evidence.
Attorneys are on the way to İmralı
Attorneys of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan who is being kept at İmralı High Security Type F Prison Rezan Sarıca and Newroz Uysal are on their way to İmralı island to visit Öcalan.
Allegations of torture in the police bus in Hasankeyf
HDP members detained in Hasankeyf were tortured in the police bus. The police battered detainees and shot tear gas into the vehicle.
33 detained as police attacked HDP youth in Hasankeyf
HDP youth set to denounce the destruction in Hasankeyf were attacked by the police. 33 people, including a journalist, were taken into custody.
Police Intervention in front of the AYM to families who lost their relatives in
Police intervened to the vigil the relatives of the people who lost their lives in the train accident in Çorlu. One citizen was injured.
Investigation against murdered Editor in Chief of Azadiya Welat and 26 employees
Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against Editor-in-Chief Rohat Aktaş and 26 employees who were killed in the basements of Azadiya Welat newspaper in Cizre in 2016.
Choice of the voters is clear: No votes for those who take down our signposts
Voters talkin about the İstanbul elections, drawing attention to the signposts being taken down in Bitlis,stated that the government is not sincere about the Kurdish and said that this will reflect on the elections polls.
HDP mobilizes party administration for the İstanbul elections
HDP Central Executive Board that gathered yesterday, made important decisions about the İstanbul elections. HDP will make an effort not to waste a single vote in Istanbul.
Argentina: Plaza de Mayo grandmothers identify 130th grandchild
The Plaza de Mayo grandmothers confirmed in a press conference that they have managed to locate and identify grandson number 130.
Letter to UK Foreign Secretary about Hasankeyf
Dozens of associations, groups, academics, journalists from the UK wrote to Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to express their concer about the future of Hasankeyf.
'Prisoners must be treated in the hospitals'
IHD MYK Member Nuray Çalışkan who stated that after the hunger strikes being called off, prisoners are facing with problems like being examined and x-rayed while in handcuffs, said the inhumane practices must end.
Hasankeyf Festival held after 3 years of silence
The festival promoted to commemorate Imam Abdullah was held in Hasankeyf for the first time after 3 years of silence. The festival issued a call to safe the historical site.
Ilisu Dam reservoir not being filled yet
AKP government did not start filling the Ilisu Dam reservoir on 10 June as originally planned. In a press release, the government confirmed that “tests are still underway”.
Temelli: A real reform can not be mentioned before TMK is repealed
HDP Co-chair Sezai Temelli, stating that Anti Terror Law (TMK) is the 'clandestine constitution' of Turkey, said: "A real reform can not be mentioned before TMK is repealed."
Sinn Féin MP Maskey: Öcalan must be released
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey said PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan should be released and called for the resumption of negotiations.
An application was made to the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission for torture in Halfeti
HDP Siirt MP Meral Danış Beştaş applied to the Presidency of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission on the threats of torture, harassment and rape in Halfeti. Beştaş said the commission should immediately determine the torture onsite.
Attorneys made an application to the prosecotur's office to visit İmralı
Attorneys of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan who were able to visit him after 8 years on May 22, made an application to visit Öcalan to Bursa Chief Prosecutor's Ofice.
Gergerlioğlu: The factory where the refugees died was exempt from inspection
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from HDP who brought the fact that Akpınar Textile Factory where 4 refugee workers lost their lives in the fire belongs to an individual who is known to have close relations with AKP and therefore was exempted from inspection, said that the confidentiality order on the case strenthens the allegations.
The 'unrecorded' expense of the trustee for one year: 10 Million 380 Thousand TL
The trustee, who handed over Cizre Municipality with a debt of TL 220 million, made a payment of TL 10 million 380 thousand 731.51 for "purchases of other consumer goods and materials" only in 2018.
ÖHD: The prisoners was not treated in an healthy environment
ÖHD Headquarters Executive Attorney Veysi Eski who pointed out that there were violations in the treatment of the prisoners on hunger strike in the Marmara Region, stated that social sensitivity is important in eliminating the violations
Release Demirhan who lost his eye for treatment
Family of Bayram Demirhan who lost one of his eyes during the hunger strike he joined in Mardin Type E Closed Prison and has a risk losing the other eye, demanded his relase for his treatment.
'Öcalan draws attention to the importance of living in peace'
Celalettin Can, a member of the Wise People Delegation, stating that there is a need for social reconciliation against polarization in Öcalan's message, said: "Öcalan draws attention to the importance of living together in peace."
Mehmet Öcalan told about İmralı
Mehmet Öcalan who told about his brother PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan who is being kept at İmralı Prison for over 20 years, stated that his brother is still has the same opinion since the first time he saw him in İmralı and still keeping his hope for a democratic solution and an honourable peace.
British Unions continue to work for freedom for Öcalan
At the annual conference of the General Workers' Union in Britain, a special session was organized for the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign”.
Koçyiğit: People of the region knows their true colours from Sur, Cizre, Silopi and Nusaybin
HDK Co-spokesperson Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit who mentioned AKP İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Candidate Binali Yıldırım's words when he said 'The deputies of Kurdistan', said: "The people of the region knows their true colours from Sur, Cizre, Silopi and Nusaybin. They can't win the Kurds over by speaking a few words in Kurdish in order to look pretty."
Signpost response from HDP's Gaydali: Kurds will respond as needed
HDP Bitlis MP Mahmut Celadet Gaydalı who reacted to the fact that AKP have removed the signposts written in Kurdish in the municipalities they won in Bitlis and Tatvan, said:" No one buys it anymore. The Kurdish People will respond to them as needed on June 23."
Warplanes bombed Lice's countryside
The rural area of Çavundur district of Lice was bombed by war planes and military operations were started in the region.
Beko from CHP: The essence is to secure a permanent peace
Kani Beko from CHP who evaluated the message of Öcalan and the resistance of the hunger strikers, said: "The essence is to secure the permanent peace in this country. Unless we do that, all the pain and suffering that happened in these lands, will happen again."
Former ANAP MP Erdoğmuş: We can achive the honourable peace on a democratic basis
ANAP former MP Abdülbaki Erdoğmuş said that negotiations and dialogue are needed for the solution of the Kurdish problem and said, “We can only achieve honorable peace on a democratic basis. For this, the negotiation method with a third eye should be taken as a basis."
Tuma Çelik: 2013 declaration must be put into practice
HDP Mardin MP Tuma Çelik who stated that with the start of the dialogue with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan a mistake was corrected, said the 2013 declaration still survives and it must be put into practice.
Protest for Hasankeyf in Paris
Activists promoted a protest in Paris against the Turkish government plan to flood Hasankeyf.
Women from İHD will go to Halfeti
Women from the IHD İzmir Branch, said that torture is a crime against humanity, and that they will visit women and children who were tortured in Halfeti.
Pervin Buldan in Iğdır: We will win again on June 23
HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan who spoke in Iğdır, said: “Do your best for the June 23 elections in Istanbul. Ask your relatives and acquaintances to go to the polls. This is the election that we make the forces of democracy win and AKP to lose."
13 Yazidis rescued from ISIS reunited with families
The 13 Yazidis rescued from ISIS gangs by the SDF have been reunited with their families.
World Organisation Against Torture: Allegations of torture must be investigated
World Organisation Against Torture, sent a letter to President Erdoğan regarding the torture cases in Halfeti and Ankara, demanded a full investigation of the torture allegations.
What did Öcalan say in the visit?
Mehmet Öcalan spoke to the Mesopotamia Agency (MA) about his visit with his brother Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Internet freedom declined in Turkey under Erdoğan
Internet freedom, said the Freedom House report, “declined in Turkey under the authoritarian tenure of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Karadağ's ‘judicial reform’ comment: I'm going to do very bad things to you, but let me say good things first ’
Judiciary Union Former President Mustafa Karadağ who states that he does not find the 'Judicial Reform Strategy Document' convincing and that Turkey is no longer believe in these words, said: "Political power must first learn to obey the decisions of the judiciary, then we'll talk".
What they want is that torturers don't go unpunished
10 people who got arrested following the armed clash in Halfeti, told about the torture they were subjected to. Torture victims who were subjected to all kinds of torture, wants the torturers to be punished.
Visits İmralı after 4 years: If I could express what I felt in that one hour it would be a book
Families of the prisoners that were taken to İmralı as 'secretariat' during the solution process, was able to see their relatives in İmralı after 4 years. Sabiha Aslan who visited her brother Veysi Aktaş after all these years, said: "If I could express what I felt in that one hour, it would be a book."
“Kurdish Struggle” panel discussion at British Parliament
A panel discussion titled “The Kurdish People’s Struggle for Democracy in Turkey” was held at the British Parliament.
Prisoners suffered from food poison in Şakran jail
On 22 May, PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan told hunger strikers in a message given to his lawyers to end the action. The hunger strikers called off the action but many prisoners were not treated properly after the end of the fast.
Sur Children Festival to kick off on Friday
The Sur Children Festival organized in a collective way by civil society organizations in the city, will begin on Friday.