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Turkey Weekly 24 – 30 January 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 31.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former HDP MP Aysel Tu\u011fluk diagnosed with dementia will be kept under observation at the Forensic Medicine Institude for 3 weeks, her lawyer Ali Bozan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 9th hearing of the Koban\u00e9 Case in which 108 politicians are on trial including former HDP Co-chairs Selahattin Demirta\u015f and Figen Y\u00fcksekda\u011f are on trial continues at Sincan Prison Campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP \u015e\u0131rnak Deputy Nuran Imir, who brought the pressure on Kurdish media organizations to the agenda of the Parliament, demanded the establishment of an investigation commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has given the microphone to a 10-year-old child at his Trabzon rally for him to refer to main opposition CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu as a \u201ctraitor.\u201d 
Police stormed Farplas automotive factory, where workers were protesting for their union rights and dismissed friends. Union has announced that nearly 200 workers, including union representatives, have been detained. 
Turkish police have prevented a group of street musicians from singing in Kurdish on the famous \u0130stiklal Street in Istanbul. Four of the musicians have been detained and exposed to physical and verbal violence.
Journalist Canan Kaya has been asked to provide her statement in an investigation launched against her per complaint by the Demir\u00f6ren News Agency. The complaint’s been filed for a news report she’d penned. Kaya will provide her statement during the week.
Covid-19: 93,261 new infections and 182 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Today – 30.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five months before his scheduled release, Mehmet Hanifi Bilgin, a Kurd who has been imprisoned for 30 years, has died in prison. According to the prison administration, the cause of death was a heart attack.
President Erdo\u011fan has appointed Bekir Bozda\u011f as the new Justice Minister in place of Abdulhamit G\u00fcl. Erdo\u011fan also removed Sait Erdal Din\u00e7er as chairman of the Turkish Statistical Institute T\u00dc\u0130K and appointed Erhan \u00c7etinkaya in his place.
Turkish President Erdo\u011fan threatened Turkey\u2019s media against disseminating content that damaged the \u201ccountry\u2019s core values,\u201d in a notice published in the Official Gazette. 
Xwebun newsletter’s Editor-in-Chief on the access block imposed on the newsletter “They target the Kurdish language.”. 
\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 321. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 88,145 new infections and 189 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mehmet Sait Dayan, uncle of Abdulgaffur Dayan, who died as a result of being hit by a Ranger type armored vehicle in Cizre, said that the District Police Chief, who visited them at the hospital, said, “You are twisting the subject into something else because the vehicle belongs to the security directorate.”
Democratic Regions Party Diyarbak\u0131r Provincial Co-Chair Seval G\u00fclmez was detained by the police early this morning. 
Police forces raided several houses in Van, Mersin, Siirt, Hakkari and Urfa provinces this morning as part of an investigation launched by Diyarbak\u0131r Chief Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office and detained four members of HDP Youth Council. 
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a one-year prison sentence against former HDP Co-Chair Y\u00fcksekda\u011f for alleged terrorist propaganda.
Saturday Mothers came together in week 879 to ask those responsible for the death of Ay\u015fenur \u015eim\u015fek who disappeared on 24 January 1995 in Ankara. 
Covid-19: 94,783 new infections and 174 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forensic Medicine Institute will examine the situation of the ill political prisoner Aysel Tu\u011fluk. 
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet their clients.
24-year old Abdulgaffar Dayan was hit and killed by an armored police vehicle on his way to class in the Cizre district of the southeastern province of \u015e\u0131rnak. Police are now saying the murder \u201cdoes not concern the public.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th hearing of the trial where nine people including journalist Kenan K\u0131rkaya face \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Ankara. Four people, including K\u0131rkaya are acquitted of all charges. The court’s sentenced other defendants to prison for the “membership in a terrorist organization” charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Mehmet G\u00fcle\u015f was sentenced to 9 years, 4 months in prison over his news and social media posts. Turkey\u2019s Constitutional Court has concluded that his freedom of expression was not violated. 
Journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f, who was arrested last week for “insulting the president” because of her remarks during a live broadcast, has filed a criminal complaint against Justice Minister Abd\u00fclhamit G\u00fcl.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 93,586 new infections and 210 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can’t stay in prison. After refusing to be handcuffed to bed she was not treated. 
President Erdogan said journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f’s crime will not go unpunished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1st hearing of the trial where since-shuttered Azadiya Welat\u2019s reporter Velat \u00d6ztekin faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court’s decided that Velat \u00d6ztekin, who lives abroad be brought to the next hearing by force so that his statement can be taken and adjourned the trial until May. 
The 4th hearing of the retrial where since-shuttered \u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem\u2019s Editor-in-Chief Eren Keskin Managing Editor Reyhan \u00c7apan face \u201cdefying the Press Law no. 5187\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to issue an invitation to call Keskin and \u00c7apan to be present at the next hearing and adjourned the trial until May. 
The 2nd hearing of the retrial where since shuttered Azadiya Welat newspaper reporter \u00c7etin Kur\u015fun faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Mardin. Kur\u015fun and his lawyer excused themselves from the hearing. The court’s accepted the excuses submitted by Kur\u015fun and his lawyer. Trial adjourned until May.
Covid-19: 82,180 new infections and 174 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 summaries of proceedings against 9 HDP MPs and one DBP MP have been delivered to the Parliamentary Speaker\u2019s Office. Since the beginning of this year, 62 summaries have been submitted against 36 MPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police raided the Democratic Regions Party provincial building in Diyarbak\u0131r. 
A Court has dismissed the appeal against the arrest of journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f by indicating that her arrest is \u201cnot without due process of law or against the law.\u201d
The 2nd hearing of the trial where journalist Derya Okatan faces \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Ankara. Giving time for the defense to prepare their statements, the court adjourned the trial until April. 
The 7th hearing of the trial where Yeni Ya\u015fam newspaper reporter Hatice \u015eahin faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to continue the international travel ban. Trial adjourned until April.
The National Survival Movement, a group close to the government, has filed a criminal complaint against \u0130stanbul Mayor \u0130mamo\u011flu for going to restaurant amid snowfalls. The same group threatened singer Sezen Aksu last week. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 77,437 new infections and 188 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison on charges of “insulting” former Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu.
The ECtHR found that Y\u00fccel’s “right to freedom and liberty” and “freedom of expression” were violated through an unlawful detention and ordered Turkey to pay 12.300 Euros for non-pecuniary damage.
5 prisoners held in Tekirda\u011f No 2 Type F Prison in which Vedat Erkmen lost his life under suspicious circumstances, announced that they went on a hunger strike because their lives are in danger.
President Erdo\u011fan has filed a criminal complaint against CHP MPs Aykut Erdo\u011fdu and Engin \u00d6zko\u00e7 on charge of \u201cinsulting the President\u201d. 
A lawsuit has been filed against lawyer Efkan Bola\u00e7 for \u201cinsulting the President\u201d over two Carlos Latuff cartoons that he shared on Instagram. When the posts were shared, Erdo\u011fan was not the President. 
Covid-19: 76,341 new infections and 174 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the trial over the killing of Deniz Poyraz in HDP \u0130zmir office, arrested defendant Onur Genc said, “I don\u2019t regret the bloody raid that I carried out. If I had been there five minutes earlier, I would have launched an attack with lots of corpses.\u201d. Trial adjourned until April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the final hearing of the case against 16 people who are on trial for commmorating the 34 people killed in Roboski by Turkish war planes was postponed, the prosecutor requested prison sentence for the relatives of the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP Diyarbak\u0131r MP Remziye Tosun submitted an application to the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission requesting that the violations of rights in the Tekirda\u011f Prison be investigated.
Twenty bar associations have released a joint statement about former HDP MP Aysel Tu\u011fluk, who is kept behind bars despite her deteriorating health, demanding her release.
AKP branches file criminal complaints against journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f in 81 provinces. 
Media watchdog RT\u00dcK has issued a monetary fine on TV channel Tele 1 and suspended one of its programs for five episodes as a result of journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f’s comments critical of President Erdo\u011fan. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 67,023 new infections and 156 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 17 – 23 January 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Alican Uludag has been threatened with “a car accident or falling off a building like in Russia” for his news report uncovering that the judge who ordered the detention of journalist Sedef Kaba\u015f is the same judge who ordered the detention of Osman Kavala in 2020. 
\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 321. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. 
Police raided a music event of New Democratic Youth in Hatay detaining 30 people.
Two Syrians were attacked with guns in the Osmangazi district of Bursa. One of the Syrians died.
Covid-19: 65,503 new infections and 185 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against Human Rights Association (\u0130HD) chair \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan charging him with \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization.\u201d
Journalist Sedef Kabas has been arrested over her remarks on tele1comtr. It is reported that she was taken from her home at 2 am for “insulting the president.” 
Hayati Kaytan, being held in prison for the last 19 years, has a dysfunctional right hand, toes of his left foot are cut and he has brain tumour. His release is blocked by Forensic Medicine Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has targeted Sezen Aksu over her song, saying that it is his “duty to cut those tongues who defame Adam and Eve.” 
Following reports that there have been thousands of \u201csuspicious deaths\u201d of soldiers in the last two decades, opposition MPs asked Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to release the official number of soldier suicides. The Minister refused to do so.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 72,856 new infections and 184 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her legal opinion as to Turkey\u2019s withdrawal from the \u0130stanbul Convention by a Presidential decision, Council of State prosecutor Mucukgil has written that the decision is contrary to law and should be annulled. 
Another request for the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity has been filed against HDP MP Remziye Tosun. 
The sixth hearing of the trial where journalist Rustem Batum faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d and \u201cinciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charges was held in Istanbul. The court decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued for journalist Batum and adjourned the trial until March.
The 38th hearing of the trial where since-shuttered Taraf\u2019s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin \u00c7ongar and Y\u0131ld\u0131ray O\u011fur, reporters Mehmet Baransu, and Tuncay Op\u00e7in face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until March. 
Giving time for his lawyers to watch the footage sent by the police, the court’s adjourned the trial where journalist Vedat \u00d6r\u00fc\u00e7 faces \u201cdefying the Law n. 2911\u201d and \u201cinsulting a public officer\u201d charges until July. 
Turkey’s media watchdog RT\u00dcK’s Vice President \u0130brahim Uslu personally called music channels to not to play Sezen Aksu’s song titled “\u015eahane Bir \u015eey Ya\u015famak (Living is a Wonderful Thing).” Uslu claimed to have only “warned them about grave sanctions.” Last week, a criminal complaint was also filed against the musician. 
Covid-19: 72,555 new infections and 181 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the trial over the Sivas massacre, which claimed the lives of 35 people in Mad\u0131mak Hotel, the court has rejected the requests for hearing three the then state officials \u201cbecause it will not affect the verdict\u201d. 
The 17th hearing of the trial where nine people including journalist Kenan K\u0131rkaya face \u201cmembership of a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Ankara. At the hearing, which started two and half an hour late, the court’s decided to adjourn the trial until January 28.
The 4th hearing of the trial where journalist A. Rahman G\u00f6k faces \u201cmembership in an armed terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. A new case file has been merged with the current file. G\u00f6k photographed the moment when Kemal Kurkut was shot to death by police during the Diyarbak\u0131r Newroz in 2017  The court’s adjourned the trial until March. 
Turkey\u2019s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RT\u00dcK) probes Fox TV for \u201cviolating the principle of impartiality\u201d by criticizing the economic policies of the government during the main news bulletin. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 71,843 new infections and 166 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP has requested a parliamentary inquiry into the killing of journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated in \u0130stanbul 15 years ago today. The proposal was voted down by the majority of votes. 
Lawyer Hakan Bak\u0131rc\u0131o\u011flu pointed out that the Hrant Dink murder is not clarified in its entirety and added that the social sensitivity that emerged after his murder should continue to give support to the case that is intended to be closed.
The Ad\u0131yaman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has reportedly sent the recently revealed pictures of HDP Diyarbak\u0131r MP Semra G\u00fczel to be added to the file of the HDP closure case as \u2018additional evidence’. 
31 citizens, including journalists, writers and artists, have expressed their support for HDP Kocaeli MP Dr. \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu in the face of an investigation due to his social media messages about Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tu\u011fluk.
Covid-19: 72,615 new infections and 176 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wounded during the police intervention against the Gezi resistance in 2013, Beycan Ta\u015fk\u0131ran made an individual application to the Constitutional Court. The Court concluded that the prohibition of ill treatment as per the Article 17 of the Constitution was not violated. 
As per the latest decision by the Van Judgeship of Execution, imprisoned journalist Nedim T\u00fcrfent’s meetings with his lawyers will be limited, monitored and surveilled by an official for 3 months because of an academic project interested in translating T\u00fcrfent’s works.
Police detained nine women in Ankara for attempting to deliver a statement in front of parliament as part of a protest calling for menstrual products to be made free of charge across the country.
A law suit was filed against Sami Tay, who was detained in Van for listening to the Kurdish song “Erdale Pirs\u00fbs\u00ee” on his phone, on charges of “propagandizing a terrorist organization”, demanding up to 5 years in prison.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 69,658 new infections and 157 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP Van provincial manager and Law Commission Spokesperson, Lawyer Sedat D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnmez, was detained during a house raid. 
Charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” and “being a member of a terrorist organization” in Turkey, journalist and translator Me\u015fale Tolu, also a citizen of Germany, has been acquitted. 
Describing the violations of rights in Antalya Type S Prison, prisoner Harun \u00d6lmez said that they were given one bread and 4 spoons of food a day. 
HDP Diyarbak\u0131r MP Ta\u015f\u00e7\u0131er has submitted a Parliamentary question about Seyit Narin, a former Co-Mayor of Sur district who got sick in prison and whose request for being transferred from Rize to Diyarbak\u0131r, where his family lives, has been rejected.
Ahead of general elections Supreme Election Council (YSK) has announced that 24 political parties have been found eligible to enter the elections. 
Trans woman G\u00fcnay \u00d6zy\u0131ld\u0131z has been murdered in front of her apartment building in \u0130zmir by an unknown perpetrator.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Today – 16.01.2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The body of two refugees was found at the Turkish-Iranian border. Despite massive snowfalls, mainly refugees from Afghanistan try to cross the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the aim of building an democratic alliance HDP is going to meet with representatives of several left parties on January 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murat E., who was arrested by security officers in Van province on January 11 for alleged “theft”, died suspiciously and his body was found dead on the morning of January 13. The prison management, which did not inform the family or the lawyers for a long while, claimed that he had “committed suicide because of drug effects”.\u015eenya\u015far family\u2019s search for justice continues on day 314. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z’s bodyguards and relatives. 
Covid-19: 54,100 new infections and 136 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former HDP MP Leyla G\u00fcven, who has been jailed in a women\u2019s prison in Elaz\u0131\u011f on terrorism charges since December 2020, has received threats from a prison guard, her daughter Sabiha Temizkan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u015eakran women’s prison, prison guards accompanied by dogs searched the prisoners’ cells. 
Saturday Mothers came together in week 877 to ask those responsible for the death of Abdullah Canan who disappeared after detention on January 17, 1996 in Van. His torture-ridden body was found on 21 February 1996. 
A house owner in Istanbul wanted to increase the rent more than double for his house where a Syrian refugee family resides. The owner broke the tenants’ door and raided the house after the refugee family refused the exorbitant price hike. Despite his actions, the owner was released from detention by a court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey lifted the requirement for unvaccinated individuals to take a PCR test for COVID-19 before using transportation, including planes and buses, in addition to ahead of attending events, including concerts and movies.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 63,967 new infections and 177 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial of the racist attack on Dedeo\u011fullar\u0131 family in Konya was held in Konya. Police attacked relatives in the courtroom who shouted ‘Don’t lie’. Three members of the family have been detained after a protest at the Konya Palace of Justice and taken away for police questioning. 
CHP Adana Chair Mehmet \u00c7elebi has made a call for Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tu\u011fluk\u2019s release. 
President Erdo\u011fan who met the EU countries\u2019 ambassadors in Ankara: “Despite all the injustices we were subjected to, the EU remains to be our strategic priority. Indeed, we continue to endeavor to this end,\u201d. 
Raising concerns about worsening working conditions in #Turkey, TTB Chair Korur-Fincanc\u0131 says that \u201cthe number of physicians who get a document of good conduct to work abroad has increased from 59 to 1,405\u201d.
Covid-19: 67,857 new infections and 167 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their clients. 
The local journalist who reported on Enes Kara\u2019s death in Turkey\u2019s eastern province of Elaz\u0131\u011f has been removed from office as the managing editor and the related news report has been removed from the website. Kara committed suicide after posting a video about the pressure he faced at the dorm of a religious community. 
The fifth hearing of the trial where journalist Rojda O\u011fuz faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Van. Journalist O\u011fuz who lives abroad and her lawyer who submitted an excuse to the court did not attend the hearing. Trial adjourned until April 2022.
According to Health Ministry Koca Omicron is now the dominant variant in Turkey as well. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 75,564 new infections and 153 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th hearing of the trial which commenced almost 5 years after lawyer and human rights defender Tahir El\u00e7i was murdered was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court’s decided to reject the request to hear former Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu as a witness, the request to arrest the suspects ans the request to hear the police officers named in the witness letter. Trial adjourned until June. 
The appeal court overturned the decision to pay compensation to the family, claiming that Kemal Kurkut was an “aggressor protester” and that the conditions for using weapons were met in his murder. Kurkut was killed by the police during the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbak\u0131r in 2017. 
A prison in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bolu evaluated the novel ”Efsun,” written by jailed former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f, as “obscene” and ruled not to deliver Demirta\u015f’s book to the prisoner Mustafa Ta\u015ftan. 
The eighth hearing of the trial where journalist Ruken Demir faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in \u0130zmir. In his opinion, the prosecutor requested that journalist Demir be sentenced for the membership charge claiming that she is a member of KCK Press. Giving time to Demir and her lawyer to prepare their defense, the court’s adjourned the trial until February 2022.
Naif Elnaif’s room mate M.A. said one of the attackers was wearing police vest. A group of racists had entered his flat in Bayrampa\u015fa and murdered the young man. 
Covid-19: 77,722 new infections and 145 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Kurdish politicians were detained in the raids on houses in the G\u00fcrp\u0131nar district of Van in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the death of Garibe Gezer, who died under suspicious circumstances in prison, many in Kocaeli prison chanted her name. Now, fifteen prisoners, among whom are HDP politicians, have been placed on disciplinary probation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial where journalist \u0130skender Kahraman faces \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Hakkari. Hakkari 2nd High Criminal Court declared lack of jurisdiction, arguing that Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court has the jurisdiction for the case file. The case file has been referred to the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the retrial of since shuttered Zaman newspaper columnists \u015eahin Alpay, Ali Bula\u00e7, M\u00fcmtazer T\u00fcrk\u00f6ne and editor Mehmet \u00d6zdemir was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until April 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 12th hearing of the trial where 15 people including journalists Eylem Sonbahar and Sema Karakurt face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d charge was held in Antalya. The prosecutor requested that the defendants be acquitted. Trial adjourned until February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Istanbul office of the Human Rights Association reported the racist murder of a Syrian refugee named Naif al-Naif. Accordingly, a group of racists entered his flat in Bayrampa\u015fa and murdered the young man. MHP Chair Bah\u00e7eli has once again said the HDP and the Turkish Medical Association should be closed. He has accused the doctors\u2019 group of lying about Turkey\u2019s domestic coronavirus vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 74,266 new infections and 137 deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attacker Muhammed Eren S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc, who was involved in an armed attack on HDP in \u0130stanbul\u2019s Bah\u00e7elievler District was arrested upon the objection of the prosecutor’s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A right-wing extremist mob of around 30 people attacked three Kurdish students with knives and machetes at the law faculty of Ankara University. Two of the attackers were released with the instruction of the prosecutor’s office. 
HDP MP \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu’s motion for torture was returned on grounds of the words used to describe sexual assault with a baton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the trial where 97 Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University students who attended protests face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911 on Assemblies and Demonstrations\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to exempt those who have provided their statements from future hearings and to decline the acquittal demands of the lawyers at this stage, and adjourned the trial until June 2022.
Former deputy chief of staff to President Erdo\u011fan Yusuf Yerkel, known for kicking a protester after the Soma mine disaster in 2014, has now been appointed as commercial attach\u00e9 at the Turkish consulate in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 65,236 new infections and 141 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 3 – 9 January 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Peace Mothers Council Nebahat I\u015f\u00e7i and MEBYA-DER (Association for Assistance, Solidarity with the Families Who Lost Their Relatives) member H\u00fcseyin Inedi were taken into custody during a police raid in Cizre. 
\u015eenya\u015far family\u2019s search for justice continues on day 307. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z’s bodyguards and relatives. 
Sevtap Ayman, who worked for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, resigned from her job saying she feared for her safety. Ayman had been targeted by pro-government newspapers for allegedly being a terrorist. 
According to Turkish Medical Association Chairwoman Dr \u015eebnem Korur Fincanc\u0131 Turkey\u2019s domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, the TURKOVAC, does not have completed phase 3 studies. 
Covid-19: 61,727 new infections and 173 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Turkish forces bombed Kobane. 11 civilians were injured, including a four year old boy who lost his leg, one died. 
4 areas in Kars have been declared \u201ctemporary special security zones\u201d for a while. 
Saturday Mothers came together in week 876 to ask those responsible for the death of Ahmet Kaya who was detained on 15 January 1996 in \u015e\u0131rnak and shot dead. 
Groups in Turkey act like femicides don\u2019t happen anywhere else, president of Turkey\u2019s Court of Cassation Mehmet Akarca said in an assessment meeting for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish Medical Association Secretary General Vedat Bulut has said that the domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine Turkovac cannot qualify as a vaccine. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 66,237 new infections and 141 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Yesterday, former HDP MP Abdullah Zeydan has been released after more than five years in jail. Zeydan was former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f\u2019s fellow inmate in the Edirne Prison.
An investigation has been launched against HDP MP Gergerlio\u011flu over his social media post about Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tu\u011fluk, whom he was not permitted by the Justice Ministry to visit in prison. 
The tombstones of those who lost their lives during the curfew declared in 2015 and 2016 were vandalised in the Asri Cemetery in Cizre.
An Istanbul court on Jan. 7 released two students who were arrested in October in connection with their participation in a protest against appointed rector in front of the Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University rectorate building.
12 people have been acquitted in the trial over the lynch attempt against fashion designer Barbaros \u015eansal at \u0130stanbul Atat\u00fcrk Airport.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court of Turkey announced its pilot judgment on the application filed by leading independent news outlets and journalists against the court decisions which blocked access to 129 news reports. The Court’s ruled that the blocking of the news reports for indefinite period of time without any investigation or prosecution was disproportionate and violated freedoms of expression and press. 
Covid-19: 63,213 new infections and 157 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Justice Ministry has not permitted HDP MP and medical doctor Gergerlio\u011flu to visit Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tu\u011fluk. 
Journalists Adnan Bilen, Cemil U\u011fur, Zeynep Durgut, Nazan Sala & \u015eehriban Abi who reported on the torture of two villagers by soldiers are acquitted of “membership in a terrorist organization” charge in the trial known as ‘the Helicopter Torture’ case. 
The fourth hearing of the trial where journalist Caner Ta\u015fp\u0131nar faces \u201cinsult\u201d charges per complaints by \u0130smail Kahraman and AKP founding members \u0130hsan Arslan and Ali \u0130hsan Arslan was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until end of January. 
The 13th hearing of the trial where former Gel\u00ee Kurdistan TV cameraman Rojhat Do\u011fru faces \u201cdisrupting the unity and integrity of the state\u201d, \u201cattempted murder\u201d and terrorism charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The court’s deferred the announcement of the verdict for the propaganda charge. The court’s also ruled to issue an arrest warrant for Do\u011fru’s immediate arrest.
Abiding by the Constitutional Court verdict, an administrative court in Ankara has concluded that the state was negligent in the October 10 Ankara massacre in 2015 and accepted the request for damages. 
On the day when Turkey reported the highest number of daily coronavirus cases, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the quarantine period for positive cases has been reduced from 14 days to 7 days.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 68,413 new infections and 156 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


18 areas in Tunceli and \u015e\u0131rnak provinces have been declared \u201ctemporary special security zones\u201d for a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Ferhat \u00c7elik, Editor in Chief of Mesopotamia Agency who was sent to court to give his statement was detained again in scope of another investigation right after he was released.
Lawyers from around the world have announced support for the Progressive Lawyers Association (\u00c7HD), whose members have been on trial for seven years. 
Several non-governmental organizations and political parties came together in Diyarbak\u0131r and called for the release of the sick prisoners and other prisoners who are supposed to be released.
Covid-19: 66,467 new infections and 143 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office of the Parliamentary Speaker has published 40 summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 28 opposition deputies, including 24 from HDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to CPT demanding a visit on Imrali prison Island and an end of torture. 
Prosecutors have dismissed the investigation into the allegations of prisoner Garibe Gezer who died suspiciously on December 9, shortly after claiming that she had been tortured and sexually assaulted by correction officers.
Families of prisoners from various cities, who went to Ankara to demand justice, were attacked by the police while marching towards the Ministry of Justice.
\u0130stanbul Mayor \u0130mamo\u011flu should be dismissed if \u201cterror ties\u201d of municipal personnel proven, says MHP chair Bah\u00e7eli.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 54,724 and 137 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.01.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammed Eren S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc, who attacked the Bah\u00e7elievler District Organization of HDP with a knife and a gun on December 28, has been released from detention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul police forcefully intervened in a press statement held by HDP regarding last week’s attack on party branch and detained several people. 
Re\u015fit Ilhan, who was held in G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fhane E Type Closed Prison, told his family, in his weekly phone call, that the guards tried to strangle him. 
Turkish prosecutors are asking up to two years in prison for actor Ilyas Salman over a social media post they said insulting “the Turkish nation”. 
Covid-19: 44,869 new infections and 160 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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