Attorneys of Öcalan applied for the 788th time
The lawyers of PKK leader Öcalan have applied to the Bursa Chief Prosecutor's office for the 788th time to see their client.
HDP and DBP executives under custody
In scope of an operation against HDP in Mardin, District Co-chair Ali Sincar and the district executives were taken under custody. DBP Party Assembly member Beritan Önen was taken under custody in a raid from her home in Adana.
Ömer Öcalan: The action of Leyla Güven is a spark
HDP Urfa Deputy Ömer Öcalan who assessed the 92 day hunger strike of the DTK Co- chair Leyla Güven as a 'spark', said: " We have to respond to Leyla Güven and our friends in prisons for they laid their bodies to death for us."
'Rent Project' is on the agenda again before the elections
Kanal Ankara Project, which was canceled after Melih Gökçek, is on the agenda again. Chamber of Architects Ankara Branch Chairman Tezcan Karakus Candan said that the project that provides a large rent opening to the tender before the election is noteworthy.
'The struggle ambition of Güven is an example for the laborers'
Fatma Yıldırım from EKA who stated that the hunger strike of Leyla Güven is an example for the laborers, said: "Her action is a spark that echoes in all four corners of the world."
3 possible perpetrator of Tahir Elçi is identified
Diyarbakır bar will announce the 3 possible suspects of the Tahir Elçi murder which does not have a single suspect in the investigation file during the passed 3 years.
Banners of Leyla Güven in Plenary Session
HDp group entered the plenary session with banners that have photographs of Leyla Güven who has been on a hunger strike for 91 days.
Application of the attorneys to visit İmralı was rejected
Bursa Chief Prosecutor's office have denied the 787th application of the attorneys made to visit PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan
Can Dundar's case has ben seceded for the main case on MIT Trucks
Can Dündar's case has been seceded from the MIT (National Intelligence Service) Trucks in which he was being tried with Enis Berberoğlu and Erdem Gül.
DTK watch is in its 7th day
The watch started in solidarity with DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven who is on the 91st day of her hunger strike is in its 7th day.
Support with the slogan ‘Bijî berxwedana zindana’
HDP members including Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Presidency candidate Ahmet Türk, went in fornt of Mardin Type M Closed Prison in solidarity with the hunger striker prisoners, chanted ‘Bijî berxwedana zindana’ (Long live our prison resistance)
The hearing of journalist Kaya will be held tomorrow
Abdullah Kaya, the imprisoned reporter of DİHA, which was closed by a statutory decree (KHK), is facing the judiciary for the 6th time tomorrow on the grounds that he was shooting at the festival which was permitted by the Ağrı Governorate.
Ceylanpınar Co-chair candidate who was assaulted by the police with pepper spray was brought to Urfa
HDP's municipal co-presidency nominee Narin Gezgör who was taken under custody in the election office where the police intervened with gas bombs was brought to Urfa.
'Peace watch' ended in the parliament: The freedom will come with the termination of isolation
The 'Peace Watch' started in solidarity with DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven yesterday, have ended. HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan said: " We will definately bring peace, justice and freedom to this country. Our belief that this will be possible with the termination of isolation is absolute.
Unemployed people applied for being a mukhtar: 40 candidates in a 37 block neighborhood
Until now, 40 muKhtar candidates made an application in the neighborhood of Kardelen, which consists of 37 blocks. The residents attribute the number ofapplications to unemployment.
Three years have passed since the Cizre basements: ECHR will announce its decision
3 years have passed since the killing of 137 people who were stranded in the basements of their homes during the ban in Cizre. ECHR will hear its decision on 7 February, the anniversary of the incident, where the families who lost their loved ones say 'We will never forget.'
Vitamin B1 is not given to the hunger strikers in Şakran Prison
HDP member Gülay Gün Bilici who was released from Şakran Women's Closed Prison drawing attention to the health status of the 3 hunger striker women in her ward, said vitamin B1 is not being given to those prisoners.
Öztürk who stayed under custody for 6 months was not brought to court
Ayten Öztürk who turned up 6 months later than her being taken under custody in Ankara Counter-terrorism Unit, was not brought to her hearing for security reasons.
HDP Deputy asked about the children who lost their lives
HDP Diyarbakır Deputy Remziye Tosun brought the killings of Berivan Karakeçili and İbrahim Halil Oruç to parliamentary agenda.
Bilgen: Turkey will be forced to pay the price of the wrong policies
HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Ayhan Bilgen, critisized AKP President Erdoğan's Syria policies compared to their attitude about Venezuela and said: " Why don't you put the constituent assembly and the constitution-making process in Syria into the center of your politics? Turkey will be forced to pay the price of the wrong policies."
'They fear the women's power to change'
HDP Executive Suzan İşbilen who stated that the detentions and arrests of women politicians and candidates have increased lately, said the system is afraid of the women's power to change.
CHP PM Kılıçaslan: Hunger strikes are the subject of self-criticism for all of us
CHP PM member Zeki Kilicaslan said that the local elections are the area of resistance to anti-democratic practices, while the hunger strikes in prisons have to be made more visible by the opposition, said: "Hunger strikes are the subject of self-criticism for all of us".
Decision of non-prosecution given based on the police reports
Decision of non-prosecution was given for the criminal complaints against the torture and ill-treatment in Ankara Courthouse and Ankara Provincial Security Directorate Counter Terorism Unit. The Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation without camera footage.
The fax prisoners sent to announce their hunger strike was found inconvenient
The letter of prisoner Mustafa Filitoğlu who is being kept at Eskişehir Type H Closed Prison was found inconvenient and was not sent.
Theater play was dedicated to the hunger strikers
The play “Bûn An Jî Nebûn” staged by Amed City Theater was dedicated to the hunger strikers. Egîdê Cîmo was commemorated after the play.
Selim Temo had a heart attack
Writer Selim Temo who had a heart attack while he was visiting his brother in hospital is being treated.
‘Our village does not have access to water while people out there is traveling to space’
The residents of Konakpinar (Eynqesr) village in the Kurtalan district of Siirt, complained about the failure to provide services to their villages since 1993, even though they are located 6 kilometers away from the district center. The village residents said "People go to the moon, in 2019 there is no water in our village. It's a shame". The village residents only request is the water to be brought to their villages.
Hunger striker Çeper’s father: The demand of our children are our demands
Abdulgafur Çeper whose son Ramazan Çeper is on hunger strike for 49 days in Edirne Type F Closed Prison, said:” Our children does not deserve this kind of unlawfulness. They want what is within their rights. Their demands are our demands.”
Standing up count imposed on 52 percent disabled prisoner
The prisoners in Manisa Type T Closed Prison said the disiplinary penalty given due to objection to counting standing up is actually aiming suspending the execution. Özgür Bektaşoğlu who is 52 percent disabled said counting standing up is being imposed on him.
Our hunger strike will soon end in victory
DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven who is on the 86th day of her hunger strike video called the watch on Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and said: "There may be people falling on this way but our hunger strike will soon end in victory'
Investigation initiated despite acquittal decision
SES Diyarbakır Branch Co-chair Recep Oruç, who was suspended by an investigation opened against him, was acquitted of this case and a new administrative investigation was launched while he was waiting to be reinstated.
Istanbul Kurdish Film Festival begins in March
Istanbul Kurdish Film Festival meets with audience on March 6-10 with the intitiative of 'Mezopotamya Cinema'. Speaking of the festival , Veysi Altay said: " Our goal is to make the films made about the Kurds made by Kurdish directors to be seen by the audience both in Europe and in Turkey.
'It will be a shame of humanity if steps are not taken'
IHD Izmir Prison Commission Member Lawyer Barış Işık who emphasized that the prisoners are having difficulty accesing water and sugar, said: " The absolute must of democracy is to listen to the demands. It will be a shame of humanity if steps are not taken."
Hearing of Tuncel and Kışanak will be held tomorrow
The hearing of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality Co-Chair Gültan Kışanak and DBP Co-Chairperson Sebahat Tuncel will be held in Malatya 1st Criminal Court tomorrow.
'We will be the voice of Güven and the other political prisoners'
HDP Adana Provincial Women's Council stating that they will be the voice of Güven and the other political prisoners, said they will struggle to get the demand of the hunger strikers met.
Confession from the witness of the assault on the funeral of Tuğluk: I heard them saying 'You can't bury her here'
İsa Kaya who witnessed the attack on HDP former Vice-co chair Aysel Tuğluk's mother Hatun Tuğluk's funeral, said he heard the crowd saying 'You cannot bury this body here' and the crowd disbanded after the funeral.
Leyla Güven: The facts will lead us to reality
DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven who video called the watch HDP Deputies have started to draw attention to the isolation and the hunger strikes, said: "Although it is a grueling way, the facts will lead us to truth."
257 summaries prepared for HDP members in the last 4 months
During the 27th Legislative Period of the parliament, a total of 257 summary of proceedings were prepared about 33 HDP deputies. 159 of those summaries are about the 16 women deputies.
HDP Parliemantarians started a watch for isolation and hunger strikes
HDP Parliamentarians started a watch in the DTK building to draw attention to the isolation and the hunger strikes. HDP Deputy Rıdvan Turan who spoke at the watch warned the government, saying: "Isolation policy must end."
Even the death of the sick prisoner could not convince AYM: Release request is ill- founded
AYM who passed a verdict about the appeal of release of sick prisoner Celal Şeker 9 months after his death, decided his request is ill-founded and denied his release.
Hunger strikes expanding in prisons: 281 prisoners in indefinite non-rotating hunger strike
The indefinite non-rotating hunger strikes initiated for the termination of the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is expanding. 281 prisoners have joined the hunger strike Leyla Güven have initiated.
Police have testified at the hearing of the battered journalists
The police testified in the trial of 22 journalists who were assaulted in the raid of Özgür Gündem newspaper which was closed down by a law decree. The trial was postponed.
Refugees wait in queues for 10 days for temporary I.D
The temporary identity process that the 205 thousand 784 Syrians living in Mersin want to have turns into suffering. Some refugees are waiting in line for 10 days.
Law suit against the 41 attorneys who left the court room after 5 years
A law suit was filed against the 41 attorneys who left the court room in KCK case to protest their client's being roust out the the courtroom. A sentence of 82 years was requested for the 41 attorneys.
For the refugee children of the world: Kefernahum
Every angle of the film Kefernahum directed by Director Nadine Labaki, the story of a 12-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit against his family saying, "Why did you give birth to me?" is a frame of life we are very familiar in our daily lives. The film makes it necessary to look at children's rights in a different angle inside this 'crisis of refugees'
Objection against the 'Killer Robots' is growing
HRW has conducted public opinion surveys in 26 countries on unmanned robot guns, defined as Killer Robots . 61 percent of respondents oppose "robotic weapons". Highest support to these robotic weapons came from India where 78 percent of Turkey's people oppose.
They made themselves heard by Güven with ululations
HDP members and executives who came by the house of DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven who is continuing her hunger strike from her home which is surrounded by the police and their armed vehicles and supported Güven with ululations.
HDP Cizre Co-mayor candidate have been detained
DBP provincial chairperson Ayşe Altay, HDP Cizre Co-Mayor candidate Berivan Kutlu and many female politicians have been detained as a result of the house raids.
Attorneys of Öcalan applied for the 786th time
The lawyers of PKK leader Öcalan have applied to the Bursa Chief Prosecutor's office for the 784th time to see their client.
Leyla Güven is in the 83rd day of her hunger strike: Difficulty in fluid intake
DTO President Mehmet Şerif Demir who stated that Leyla Güven is suffering from fatigue, she has a loss in her apetite and she has difficulty in fluid intake from time to time, said she had lost a great deal of weight and has decreased muscle power .