From political parties to CPT: Fulfil your duty
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- 10:53 11/8/2020
Stating that the CPT report is important but insufficient, political party representatives called on to the CPT to fulfil its duties.
Stating that the CPT report is important but insufficient, political party representatives called on to the CPT to fulfil its duties.
The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 5,858 and the total number of cases to 241,997. 14 people have died of the virus and 1,193 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
An application has been made to the Constitutional Court for the release of death-fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. It has been noted that the lawyers are held in pandemic hospitals in conditions worse than prison.
The HDP building in Bakırköy, Istanbul was attacked. A suspected perpetrator who has been arrested is turned out to be an AKP supporter.
26 non-governmental organizations and initiatives have released a joint statement in defense of İstanbul Convention amid ongoing debates on Turkey’s possible withdrawal. “İstanbul Convention keeps one alive,” the statement has emphasized
Kurdish journalists Çağdaş Kaplan and Berçem Mordeniz, who have been detained for trying to film police violence in Greece, are expected to be referred to the courthouse.
Two special forces police officers lost their lives as a result of their armoured vehicle rolling over.
A fire broke out in the Oleka Jor village of Bitlis. The fire, in which the fire department did not intervene, reached the Garzan Cemetery.
Çiğdem Şenyiğit, who was arrested and released twice for protesting the Soma Massacre and was arrested again on the grounds that she had "violated house arrest", has turned out to be 'gray listed' by the Ministry of Interrior after her arrest.
HDK Co-Spokespersons who stated that the core of all problems is the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, said the key to democracy is to break the isolation.
Garo Paylan, HDP Deputy Co-Chair for Economy, made a written statement regarding the historical summit of the dollar exchange rate and the general course of the economy, and said that the government's choices of war, the palace and its supporters exacerbated the economic crisis.
The families of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in İmralı applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their imprisoned family members.
It was stated that along with 2 other inmates, Hüseyin Bağ in Elazıp Type T Prison have started a hunger strike, protesting the violations of rights.
Underwater exploration work has resumed in Uzun Çayır Dam. The water level has been lowered for a while to find the lost Gülistan Doku.