Restrictions imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Ocalan and three of other prisoners in Imrali island prison are not acceptable, said the CPT (Committee for the Prevention of Torture) in a report published on Wednesday.
Siirt Municipality council member Mehmet Zekeriya Çığır has been detained by the police.
Over the past two months, the country has seen a sharp increase in the need for intensive care for Covid-19 patients. Occupancy rates in coronavirus hospitals in Ankara, the capital, have reached 100 percent, according to a report by the provincial medical chamber.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has hit the Pütürge district of Turkey’s eastern Malatya province, the country’s Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute announced.
Former SDLP leader and Noble Peace Prize winner John Hume passed away late on Sunday night.
A person died as a result of fire opened by soldiers in Çaldıran district.
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
Azadiya Welat Newspaper Editor İsmail Çoban, who is being held in Tarsus Prison stated that 5 prisoners were diagnosed with coronavirus and they are not being treated.
Kurdish Teachers Initiative Spokesperson Mehmet Ay, who noted that only 2 teachers were appointed this year in the Kurdish Language and Literature Department, which has 100-120 graduates every year, said that the problem cannot be solved without the state's “monolingual” education.
Turkish police arrested an activist who has been on hunger strike in solidarity with imprisoned lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal on death fast.
The HDP Women's Council issued a statement on the anniversary of the genocide carried out by ISIS against the Yazidi people in Shengal.
A demonstration was held in Istanbul for imprisoned lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Both have been on death fast for months and were taken to a hospital two days ago where they are threatened with forced feeding.
72 Bar Associations condemning the detention of Hatay Bar President demanded those responsible to be prosecuted.
A.Ç who was detained and tortured by the gendermerie in Side where he went for holiday. A.Ç who still has bruises on his body said: "I am afraid to live in this country"
The blockade on the Ormaniçi village of Güçlükonak has been lifted following the bombardement carried out from helicopters. While the 3 citizens detained yesterday were released, a shepherd grazing his animals and two farmers were taken into custody.