Scores detained in Hakkari
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- 12:48 14/8/2020
A large number of people were detained in home raids in Hakkari this morning, within the scope of an investigation against DTK.
A large number of people were detained in home raids in Hakkari this morning, within the scope of an investigation against DTK.
EU foreign ministers will discuss the Eastern Mediterranean issue in an extraordinary meeting.
Police who battered Süleyman Arıkan while they raided his home, figured out later that they raided the wrong adress. Then they threatened Arıkan telling that they will arrest him on charges of 'aiding and abetting a terrorist organization' if he press charges. The complaint of Arıkan, who went to the police station after the incident, was not processed.
Critisizing the ban on demos and activities in Van which has been going on for 1.363 consecutive days, HDP Deputy Co-Chair Ümit Dede said: "The Van Governor acts as the provincial president of AKP."
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
Making a statement in Ankara, Muharrem İnce said: "The problem in Turkey can neither be solved by one man, nor can be solved by the opposition of one man", adressing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. İnce announced that he will start the 'Homeland in Thousand Days Movement' as a new option on September 4.
Non-governmental organizations stated in their latest report on the Imrali Prison that the CPT, which has repeated what has been known for years, deepened the isolation with this attitude.
CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu announced the '2020 July Violations of Rights Report'. According to the report, 162 people's right to life was violated while 110 demonstrations were attacked by the police.
Scores of trees were cut down in scope of the rehabilitation work carried out at the Mufti Stream to make a 'National Garden'.
Seven people were detained in the incidents that started in Hakkari when the police wanted to impose a fine on a driver. It was seen that the police used his gun and dragged a teenager on the ground.
Turkey on Wednesday confirmed 1,212 new cases of the coronavirus bringing the tally to 244,392, according to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
MED TUHAD-FED exposed violence and rights violatoins in Elazığ High Security Prison No 2.
Police intervened against the Ankara Women’s Platform who wanted to make a statement about the İstanbul Convention. Taken into custody in police intervention, 30 women have been released late at night.
The police attacked women protesting the possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in Ankara and detained 24 of them, including our reporter Eylem Akdağ.