While Altan Tan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Gülfer Akkaya have been released on probation, 17 people, including Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen, have been arrested as part of the Kobani investigation launched by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Turkey continues crackdown on HDP, detains co-mayor, party members in Kars
Duvar English Turkey’s crackdown on the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) continued on Oct.
Taken into custody on September 25 as part of an investigation into the Kobani protests from six years ago, 14 of the detained HDP politicians have been taken from the security directorate to the courthouse.
Releasing a written statement, the Academics for Peace have demanded the immediate release of the people who have been taken into custody in operations against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
A prisoner in Şakran Prison wanted to send his drawing to bianet. “We want a fair trial” was written on the drawing. But the prison administration censored it. When the prisoner wanted to write to bianet about this censorship, it was censored as well.
Servet Turgut dies after being ‘dropped from a military helicopter’
Turgut was one of the two people who were revealed to be in intensive care treatment two days after they were
Main opposition CHP former MP Barış Yarkadaş, also a journalist himself, has released his report on “Violations of Rights in Turkey’s Media” for September 2020.
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