Tag: Turkiye
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Turkey’s Instagram Ban and Rising Social Media Censorship: A Closer Look at Recent Developments
Turkey imposed a ban on Instagram on August 2, 2024, affecting millions of users who rely on the platform for social interaction and information sharing. This ban is part of a broader trend of increased social media censorship in the country. Turkish authorities defend the measures on grounds including national security concerns and the need…
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Freedom Activist Huda Kaya unlawfully detained, again
Last update (30/06/24): Huda Kaya, on her second hearing, has been released on the condition of sign-in once a month and travelling ban on the 25th June 2024. As this is a sign of fairer justice system; we demand the same conditions for other unlawfully detained people due to political motivations of the current ruling…
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The Turkish Julian Assange, Can Dündar is still on trial
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist, columnist, documentarian who has worked in various TV channels and newspapers since 1991 with many pieces of books, documentaries, columns and awards. On 29th May 2015, he published a piece on a Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet about the footage showing the weapons discovered in a truck to Syrian Islamist fighters…
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Serife Sulukan: a disabled teacher in prison
Serife Sulukan was put in prison on 3rd May 2022 for 6 years and 3 months. The reasons include: working as an insured physics teacher at a school associated with Gulen Movement (GM), sending her kid to attend the same school associated with Gulen Movement, and allegedly using the app ByLock that was found on…
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75-year-old mother arrested for legally sending money into prison in Turkiye
75-year-old mother Hatice Yildiz is sentenced to 4 years and 2 months for sending pocket money to her daughter and daughter’s friend in prison through legal ways. As her charge for “providing finance for a terrorist organisation” was confirmed, the police went to arrest her on 23rd March 2024. Her medical conditions include hypertension, lumbar…
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Freedom Activist Huda Kaya unlawfully detained, again
Last update: An additional indictment was presented for Huda Kaya and 4 other people on the Kobani trial (Serpil Kemalbay, Fatma Kurtulan, Garo Paylan and Pero Dundar) while the others on the trial resulted. While some have been freed, the most charges were given to Selahattin Demirtas with 42 years in which the European Court…
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83 years old woman Makbule Ozer was sent to prison for the second time, after she was found unwell in the first time
Makbule Ozer, 83-year-old woman living in predominantly Kurdish, Southeast region of Turkiye was arrested in April 2024. She was charged for being a member or a terrorist organisation, and “willingly aiding a terrorist or a terrorist organisation”. This refers to an occasion when someone was brought to her house for help that was later found…
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Exiled Journalist of Turkiye
The plight of exiled journalists from Turkiye, such as Cevheri Guven, Adem Yavuz Aslan, Said Sefa, Ahmet Bozkus, Ahmet Donmez, Abdulhamit Bilici, Erk Acarer, Levent Kenez, Can Dundar, Abdullah Bozkurt, Ahmet Nesin, Sevgi Akarcesme and many more, reflects a distressing trend of persecution and suppression of free speech and independent journalism in Turkiye. These journalists…
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Freedom Activist Huda Kaya unlawfully detained, again
Huda Kaya; a writer, activist and a former politician focusing on women’s rights and minority ethnic population’s rights in Turkey has been unlawfully detained in early November on ‘suspicion of escaping (fleeing) the country’ and is being kept in solitary confinement. Her previous work on defending against the hijab ban in public during February 28th…
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The Alleged 15 July military mobilization in Turkiye: Human Rights Violations and EHRC Court Decision
On 15 July 2016, Turkiye experienced a dramatic and controversial event known as the “15 July military mobilization.” This event marked a significant turning point in the country’s history, leading to widespread repercussions that continue to impact Turkish society and its international relations. The aftermath of this military mobilization has been marred by allegations of…