The Constitutional Court in Turkey has ruled that the freedom of expression of 9 academics who appealed for peace in the country has been violated.
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Category: Turkey
Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer: Time is up, isolation is continuing!
Öcalan’s lawyer Newroz Uysal recalled the words by Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül who said about the possibility to meet with Öcalan there there was “no legal obstacle,” and added…
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Report exposed relations between Turkey and the Islamic State
The Rojava Center for Strategic Studies (NRLS) published a detailed report on the foreign relations of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization and the Turkish state.
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Human Rights Association: 33 years but still a long way to go
The Human Rights Association (IHD) was founded on 17 July 1986 by 98 people.It was established after military coup of 12 September by the families of prisoners who were arrested, tortured, forcibly disappeared by the junta regime.
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Özgür Gündem case: Prison sentence asked for 7 people
Prosecutor has asked for prison sentences against Özgür Gündem’s Co-executive Editor Hüseyin Aykol, Editor in Chief Reyhan Çapan and 5 others.
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Letter from the United Kurdish Women’s Platform to the UN
United Kurdish Women’s Platform have sent a letter to UN and the political parties regarding the interventions of Turkey to the region and their territorial integrity and the policies they…
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Ilisu/Hasankeyf
News and developments on the destructive Ilisu Dam Project and the threatened 12.000 years old town Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley
Female prisoner battered by wardens in front of her mother
Fidan Karadag, mother of Remziye Karadag who was transferred to the Elazig High Security Prison from the Urfa Type T Prison No.2 9 months ago, went to visit her daughter and witnessed her being battered.
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