HDP youth: We will spread Güven's resistance
HDP youth who stated that they support DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven's hunger strike, said they will spread this resistance and raise the struggle.
November 25 was celebrated for the first time in Girê Spî': The whole world will hear our scream
Arab woman Nupelda Girêspî, who attended the first November 25 event after Girê Spî was liberated from ISIS, said: "Syrian women are shouting out with the same soul and same language today. This scream will be heard by the world. Now, Arab women begins to find their own element."
The confidential investigation in Elçi murder makes no headway
No progress made in the confidential investigation of Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi's murder even though 3 years have passed. Attorney Muharrem Erbey who drew attention to the fact that 2 Attorney Generals, 4 prosecutors have shanged through the investigation, the police firing towards elçi are still considered witnesses.
Local election campaign swing in Dersim: We will tkae back our occupied municipalities
HDP Dersim Provincial Co-chair Hıdır Çiçek who announced the kick start of the local election campaign said they will take back their occupied municipalities.
Demirtaş : ' Countermove' and 'Finishing the job' definitions are crystal clear
Selahattin Demirtaş indicating that it is clear there is political pressure about his sentence of 4 years and 8 months, said: "It is getting quite clear what is the operation the government means by saying 'countermove' and 'finishing the job'.
Detainee women politicians: We support Leyla's resistance
The detainee politicians kept in Kandıra Prison said: "We are supporting the resistance Leyla has started. Her demands are our demands." in a message they sent regarding the hunger strike.
'Guidebook of Peace' was sent to Presidency
The Peace Foundation sent the pamphlet "The Handbook of Peace" to the Presidency and other political parties, including the presidents, academics, intellectuals and members of parliament.
Families applied to visit İmralı
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's and the other 3 prisoner's families applied to Bursa Chief Prosecutor's Office to go to İmralı .
Çavuşoğlu gave the signal of not abiding to the ECHR verdict
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu gave the signal of not abiding to the ECHR verdict saying that ECHR have gone political.
Police blocakde to HDP in Diyarbakır due to the local elections
The police blocade continues with the start of the campaign swing for the local elections of HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Organization on November 20. Provincial Co-chair Filiz Buluttekin reacting to the camera surveillance system located in front of the HDP building, said that the purpose of this blocade is to tag people going in and out.
'Leyla Güven is one step ahead'
People of İzmir evaluating the hunger strike action of DTK Co-chair and HDP Hakkari Parliamentarian Leyla Güven said Güven have stepped forward and assume the peace demands of the people.
766th application from Öcalan’s Lawyers
The lawyers of PKK leader Öcalan have applied to the Bursa Chief Prosecutor's office for the 766th time to see their client.
Criminal Lawyer Kanar: Erdoğan is committing a crime!
Criminal Lawyer Ercan Kanar who evaluated the ECHR verdict emphasized that releasing Demirtaş and the other parliamentarians and stop making political hostages is the lawful way. Kanar said President Erdoğan is committing a crime with his statements.
EU Representative Mogherini: We hope Demirtaş be released
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mogherini criticising the academicians taken under custody, said ‘We are hoping Demirtaş be released’
Did Erdoğan spoke to Attorney General Kocaman?
It turned out , AKP President Tayyip Erdoğan have met with Ankara Attorney General Yüksel Kocaman on the day ECHR decided former Co-chair of HDP Selahattin Demirtaş should be released.
15th day of hunger strike to stop the segregation
DTK Co-chair an HDP Parliamentarian Leyla Güven is in her 15th day of hunger strike she started to protest the segregation against PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. While the health of Leyla Güven who faces up to die fort his cause detoriates, public opinion’s expectation is that her demand to be met.
They made a prisoner take medicine by force
Hacer Usta , mother of Ersin Ürkek a prisoner kept in Bolu Prison, applied to the prosecutor’s office recieved a response claiming her son had committed suicide. While Usta asserted that her son was forcefully took those medicine, the prison administration claimed, “There are suicides occuring in the prison but this has nothing to do with what’s going on in the prison.”
Police called the families of the journalists and threatened them
Our reporter Berivan Altan and Jinnews reporter Habibe Eren’s families were called by the police and was threatened under the pretense of “conversation”. The police who said “It would be a pity for your children’ to disquet the families, said the order came from Ankara.
743 children in jail for crimes they did not commit
As the existing laws is not being applied properly , İHD manager Ercan Yılmaz reminds that hundreds of children are staying in prisons together with their mothers. Ercan Yılmaz called on the political parties and the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission to produce a solution for children who were subjected to the same rights violations as adults.
Verdict passed for Güvenpark bombing
In the case of Ankara Güvenpark bombing, one defendant was sentenced to 37 times aggravated life imprisonment , 2 defendant was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment .
From Erdoğan to ECHR: Decide whatever you want!
AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who keeps making claims about the former Co-chair of HDP, whom ECHR recently decided towards his release, said: "We are saying, decide whatever you will in your glass house. Vote anything you want. We will keep doing whatever is best for our country."
Demirtaş comment from Kılıçdaroğlu: We have to abide the ECHR verdict
CHP President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said " We have to abide the verdict of ECHR regarding Selahattin Demirtaş. I wish the same verdict would have been given by the supreme court."
Erdoğan applied to ECHR 3 times
President Erdoğan, who said that the judgement of the ECHR regarding arrested politician Demirtaş is not binding for Turkey, appealed to the court three times before, demanding that the obstacles preventing him from engaging in politics be removed.
The funerals he attended considered to be crimes
Urfa BDP member Bozova Mayor Zeynel Taş was sentenced to 11 years of prison time on charge of "providing finances for Kandil". His being a delegate for DTK, his social media shares and even his attending funerals considered to be crimes.
Disciplinary punishment to Leyla Güven who's in a hunger strike
The prison administration have punished DTK Co-Chair and HDP Parliamentarian Leyla Güven who is in a hunger strike to draw attention to the segregation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan wih "Deprivation of waged labour for a month".
Kerestecioğlu: ECHR verdicts binded us when Erdoğan applies, and it doesn't bind us when Demirtaş does?
HDP Ankara Parliamentarian Filiz Kerestecioğlu reminded Erdoğan about his application ito ECHR in 2002 and that ECHR decisions concerned Turkey back then when he applied and asked him "ECHR verdicts concern us when Erdoğan applies, and it doesn't when Demirtaş does?"
A woman with a 6 months old baby was taken under custody
In a house raid conducted by the police, a woman with a 6 months old baby was taken under custody and brought to Diyarbakır.
Lawyer's of Demirtaş will apply to the court with the request of release
Lawyers of Demirtaş, previous Co-chair of HDP will apply to court with the request of release after the ECHR verdict.
Erdoğan's Demirtaş decision: ECHR verdict does not concern us
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commented on the ECHR verdict regarding the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş and said " ECHR verdict doesn't concern us."
Demirtaş statement from Minister of Justice Gül: We'll see the verdict first
Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül reacted to the verdict of ECHR on Demirtaş's immediate release. Gül said "Let's see the verdict first."
765th application to visit Öcalan
The lawyers of PKK leader Öcalan have applied to the Bursa Chief Prosecutor's office for the 765th time to see their client.
Kobané Film Festival is over
Kobané International Film Festival that was held for the first time this year ended with the presentation of the rewards. Some of the juries were not able to attend and decide watching the movies on the internet due to not being allowed passage by the Federal Kurdistan Region Government.
ECHR verdict: Demirtaş must be released immediately
ECHR decided that Selahattin Demirtaş should immediately be released because he is detained because of political reasons.
14 years passed: We never got over that day
Mother Makbule Kaymaz said "We never forgot that day and what they did to us afterwards" for her husband and 12 year old son who was murdered with 13 bullets in front of their home.
Call for embracing DÎSA-DER from Kurdish Authors
Kurdish writers existing withing the structure of Language Culture and Arts Research Association (DÎSA-DER) that is established to work on Kurdish Language, said: "Language is the most fundamental value that establishes a community." and called for embracing the association.
Dr. Yerlikaya: Bag law must be withdrawn
Dr. Halis Yerlikaya who stated that the problems in health are caused by the mentality that sees the hospital as a business and the patient as a customer emphasized that some of the articles in the bag law made the professional organizations inoperative and the bag law must be withdrawn.
Murder suspect of Musa Anter have become a candidate for nomination from AKP
Hamit Yıldırım who was released from prison after 5 years of jail time on charges of murdering Musa Anter and was claimed to be the perpetrator of the murder by ex Jitem Abdulkadir Aygan, have become the candidate for nomination from AKP for Şırnak, Kumçatı.
Özsoy: Instead of putting them in lists, responsibility must be taken for peace and negotiations
HDP member Hişyar Özsoy who indicated that the peace process must be restarted in Turkey and to consider North and East Syria a threat must stop, said: "To put the leaders of PKK in reward lists will complicate things.Instead of putting them in lists, responsibility must be taken for securing peace and negotiations.
Clashes intensified in Efrîn
There are intensive clashes in Efrin where a curfew was announced between National Army which is supported by TSK and Ehrar Şerqiye group consisting of Şeitat Tribe members. It has been learned that TSK supports National Army with air strikes.
İmralı application of the families denied
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's and the other 3 prisoner's families application to Bursa Chief Prosecutor's Office to go to İmralı was denied.
Support to Kurdish Language Platform from poets and writers
Kurdish writers and poets who declared that they will not abdicate of their responsibilities and support the Kurdish Language Platform that was establish to maket the language an official laguage in education, indicated that the only way to forestall the assimilation policies is to use the Kurdish language in every aspects of life.
No water for thousand of peasants for 9 days now
8 villages in Şırnak’s water is cut by DEDAŞ because the electricity bills of the water wells are not paid. Ahmet Erdem, headman of one of these villages reacted: “ Either give us our water back, or come sent us out of here.”
The reason for sentencins Journalist Turay to 9 years: Not asking another question!
In the hearing of Abdulkadir Turay who has been arrested for more than 2 years and who were sentenced to 9 years of prison time, the fact that he did not ask another question to the source and he did not wrote an article about the person who was taken under custody that he just learned considered to be a crime.
Prison Guards confiscated the rad doll of a 3 year old
Hacice Başkalane who is a prisoner with her child, said the guards confiscated the rag doll of her 3 year old child. Başkalane: “They say the children are the future but both my children in here and out there are mentally depressed.
They drew attention to migration with their short films
The students participated in the Project “Being drown in the archives” made significant short films to draw attention to migration. Young directors indicated that they first had to face themselves before the audience they want to create awareness.
TBB: The judiciary is turning into a tool of oppression
TBB President Metin Feyzioğlu made an evaluation about the operation against Anatolia Culture Association which includes academiscians as "Unlawful" and said: "Procedures violating the code of criminal procedures are turning the judiciary into a tool of oppressio
Support action for Leyla Güven in Adana
HDP Adana District Organization will support DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari Parliamentarian Leyla Güven's hunger strike with a support hunger strike on
Diyarbakir Governorate imposes a ban on all support actions for Leyla Güven
Diyarbakır governorate imposed all actions and activities supporting Leyla Güven with the authority given to them during the state of emergency and blockaded the HDP District Building.
Families applied to go to İmralı
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's and the other 3 prisoner's families applied to Bursa Chief Prosecutor's Office to go to İmralı .
The demands of Leyla Güven are the demands of a community
The female politicians embracing the hunger strike of HDP Parliamentarian and DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven said those are the demands of a community.