DW

The Turkish human rights activist has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2017. Erdogan's government considers Kavala an enemy of the state. DW was able to contact him and learned why he still has hope in spite of it all.

DUVAR ENGLISH

A Turkish court on April 24 delivered a verdict of acquittal for İzmir Bar Association's chair and ten board members from the 2018-2021 term in the highly publicized case concerning their reaction to Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) President Ali Erbaş's comments targeting the LGBTI+ community and diverse lifestyles in Turkey.

DUVAR ENGLISH

For the second time, the Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM), which is the highest court for individual appeals in the country, has found violation of rights in the ban on Saturday Mother’s ("Cumartesi Anneleri" in Turkish) 700th vigil.

BIANET

Eren Keskin, the Chairperson of Human Rights Association who speaks to bianet about the banning of Remembrance Days on April 24 says that the Justice and Development Party has become the implementer of the official ideology which they were once complaining about.

DUVAR ENGLISH

Turkish police once again attacked and detained members of Saturday Mothers ("Cumartesi Anneleri" in Turkish) on April 22, and barricaded them and press at Istanbul’s Galatasaray Square for three weeks in a row.

The police did not allow the group to make a press statement, who have been gathering since 1995 to demand justice for their relatives who were allegedly disappeared and killed by undercover units.

DUVAR ENGLISH

A Turkish court on April 24 delivered a verdict of acquittal for İzmir Bar Association's chair and ten board members from the 2018-2021 term in the highly publicized case concerning their reaction to Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) President Ali Erbaş's comments targeting the LGBTI+ community and diverse lifestyles in Turkey.

BIANET

Thirty-three bar associations in Turkey have issued a joint statement calling for the removal of restrictions on access to legal counsel and for the release of the lawyers who were recently detained as part of a wider investigation targeting Kurdish-linked groups.

BIANET

Police prevented human rights defenders in Istanbul from holding their annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 24.

The event, which had taken place in the Sultanahmet quarter in İstanbul's historical peninsula since 2005, was once again banned this year.

As a result, the Human Rights Association (İHD) attempted to hold the event on the street outside their office in Beyoğlu. However, the police also denied this request.

Jiyan Tosun


UPDATED: 06/01/2023 - 15:32

Lawyer Jiyan Tosun is a rights defender and a relative of an enforced disappearance victim. She was only 10 years old when she joined the Cumartesi İnsanları movement (Saturday Mothers / People). She has been working at the Legal Aid Bureau against Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody under the Human Rights Association (İHD) for 17 years. In 2008, she was taken into custody during the banned 700th-week meeting of the Saturday People and was sued along with 46 others.

Ufuk Beytekin


UPDATED: 04/17/2023 - 14:48

Marmaris City Council Chairman Ufuk Beytekin has been involved in the union movement throughout his career. He served as the chairman of the Media Communication and Postal Employees Union (Haber-Sen) which is affiliated with the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK). He continued rights defending at the Marmaris City Council in the following years. Beytekin has been sued for “unfair competition” due to his statements about the construction project of a hotel and time-share by Sinpaş GYO in İçmeler, Marmaris.

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