Justice & Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for applications for human rights defenders at risk to participate in Shelter City. The deadline for applications is 4 April 2023 at 23:59 CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Tolga Bektaş is a defender of right to the city and the chairman of the foundation Komşu Kapısı. He has been sued by the company responsible for the construction project that was opposed by Teşvikiye Sakinleri (Residents of Teşvikiye) - an initiative also founded by Bektaş. Claiming that their company’s “commercial reputation was sullied and its brand value attacked”, project owner DAP Yapı has sued Bektaş and four others for damages of 50,000 Turkish Lira each. The Court ruled on the second hearing that the company was not eligible for damages.
It has come to light that the board of directors of Istanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University on Feb. 8 changed the regulations on dormitories which was in effect since 2007. The decision came as Turkey’s agenda was preoccupied by the major earthquakes of Feb. 6.
Activists from the Mor Dayanışma (Purple Solidarity) group visited the Güzelburç village in Hatay, one of the most heavily affected areas by the massive earthquakes on February 6.
The İstanbul 18th Heavy Penal Court on November 11 announced its decision in the trial of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and the People's Law Bureau (HHB).
Maside Ocak, one of the Saturday Mothers, filed an individual application with the Constitutional Court over the police response to a gathering of the group on August 25, 2018.
The Union of Turkish Bar Associations and 81 provincial bar associations reacted against the threatening posts made on social media against Diyarbakır Bar Association Head Nahit Eren and his family members. Diyarbakır is one of the provinces that is mainly populated by the Kurdish population.