In the case of the Gezi Park protests of 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Cassation has delivered an opinion for upholding the imprisonment sentences against the six others who are imprisoned and standing trial, but for the reversal of the sentence against Mücella Yapıcı.
Osman Kavala on June 20 made a statement about Turkish state television TRT's depiction of him as the main character of a black propaganda series called "Metamorfoz" and said that public resources are being used to create the perception that he is a criminal.
The Marianne Initiative for Human Rights Defenders aims to better help Human Rights Defenders in their struggle (www.initiativemarianne.fr/en/).
The hosting programme in France provides for an accommodation near Paris, the payment of a monthly grant to cover daily needs, personalised support, and networking with Human Rights Defenders for a period of 6 months.
After the 6 months, participants no longer benefit from the grant, the accommodation and the support provided in the programme.
To protest her being ill-treated by jail authorities, Gezi Park trial prisoner Mücella Yapıcı, 72, has taken a decision not to go to hospital.
Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) co-chair Eren Keskin has announced that architect and activist Mücella Yapıcı, 72, took a decision not to go to hospital after suffering from bruises due to handcuffing.
The decision by a Turkish court to overturn baseless convictions of Amnesty International Türkiye’s Honorary Chair and three other human rights defenders is a huge relief, yet also highlights the politically motivated nature of the prosecutions, Amnesty International said today.
Boğaziçi University’s trustee management has announced that the university will not hold a collective graduation ceremony this year, as has been the case for 2021 and 2022.
In an e-mail sent to students, the university said that departments will hold their diploma award ceremonies separately between July 5-7 in different salons.
Pride Month, which commenced today (June 1), marked the final day of a marathon of three hearings involving 70 students, exchange students, an academic, and a journalist.
A prison sentence of 4 years and 5 months was given to Adem Taşkaya, a member of the Victory (Zafer) Party, who after the bomb attack that killed 6 people on the İstiklal Avenue in Taksim, İstanbul on November 13, portrayed lawyer Jiyan Tosun as the attacker.