Emine Altan, mother of Veysi Altan who is currently on hunger strike demanding the violations in prisons to end and the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan to be lifted, said: "We are all under isolation. We are in prison too. Meet the demands of our children."
American linguist Professor, who continues his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the global partner of Boğaziçi University. Dr. Noam Chomsky said the protests of the students against appointed rector Melih Bulu is courageous and honourable and called for support.
Stating that the government is trying to create a perception that the students are heathens and criminalizing them, the students said: "They can't intimidate us with arrest. We will not take a step back."
The hunger strike prioners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 71. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 50 while it is day 33 in Greece.
Detained over the Boğaziçi University protest in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, 23 people were referred to court. While two people have been arrested, 14 have been placed under house arrest and seven have been released with an international travel ban.
The hunger strike prioners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 70. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 49 while it is day 32 in Greece.
Trying to find his son Ahmet Arif Dağ who joined ISIS for years, Fatih Dağ obtained the information that he is back in Turkey with his own means. Father Dağ is concerned that his son might carry out a suicide attack.
5 more students were taken into custody on grounds that they participated in the demo in Kadıköy staged in solidarity with the Boğaziçi University students.
A citizens house was raided by the police who hung a banner on their window in solidarity with the Boğaziçi University students that reads, "Boğaziçi under siege".
51 people detained during protests in solidarity with Boğaziçi University students in İzmir were released.
Taken into custody in front of the Rector’s Office at Boğaziçi University on Monday evening, 30 of the 51 students were referred to court with a request for their arrest. All have been released by the court.
Being held in Van Type T Closed Prison, journalist Şehriban Abi said their wards was raided two days ago and their blankets were confiscated.
Former DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Garip Kandemir was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
Seven out of 10 people who were taken into custody in the Van-based political police operations carried out on 28 January have been sent to prison.
The letter sent by our imprisoned reporter Cemil Uğur to Evrensel Newspaper was confiscated by the prison administration on grounds that it was 'objectionable' because it included statements regarding the killing of Metin Göktepe and the injustice in the legal system.