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Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament since 2018 for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) representing Kocaeli province, was found guilty in February 2018 of “spreading terrorism propaganda” on the basis of a 2016 social media post that did not advocate violence. Turkey’s top appeals court upheld the conviction and sentence of two years and…
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Rumors are spreading on social media that Abdullah Öcalan has died in prison. The Asrin Law Office, which represents the PKK founder and other prisoners on Imralı, demands immediate communication with their clients. International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” calls on international institutions to act immediately. The Commission on Foreign Relations of the…
After a meeting promoted by Bingöl Bar Association, presidents of 14 bar associations in the Kurdish region released a joint statement. 14 bar associations in Turkey’s Kurdish region warned that hunger strikes in Turkish prisons have serious consequences for the health of prisoners and called for the legal demands of the prisoners to be fulfilled…
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At least 80 journalists and media employees are currently in prison in Turkey, according to the media rights organization MLSA. The IFJ describes the country ruled by Erdoğan as the “largest jailer of journalists in the world”. At least eighty journalists are currently in prison in Turkey. This was announced by the media rights organization…
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Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a statement about the detention of students and politicians in several provinces across Turkey over the past two days. At least 143 people were detained, according to the party. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Law and Human Rights Commission released a statement on Saturday (February 13) and announced that at least…
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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar makes propaganda with the PKK POWs killed in the Gare invasion. Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, who himself was a POW, says: “A state that massacres its own soldiers is capable of anything.” Tayyip Erdogan announced glad tidings on February 8 in his “speech to the nation” on Wednesday. Then on Wednesday,…
Lawyer Ozgur Fayek Arul, “the attorney of the leader Ocalan,” explained that the Imrali prison system was built on conditions for imposing isolation, and now during every political and legal event in Turkey this question is raised, “How will this situation affect Imrali?” He stressed the need to abolish this system for Imrali. Any way….
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A twenty-year-old was allegedly shot in the back by soldiers in Van. Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları reports on the army attack, in which he was heavily injured. On 7 February, 20-year-old Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Van with a gunshot wound in the back and traces of…
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