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12 March 2025 Daily Human Rights Report
(03/069) No Answer to the Application for Meeting with Abdullah Öcalan…
It is learned that the appeal made on March 11, 2025 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa in order to visit PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in İmralı Prison was not responded.
(03/070) Police Intervention to a Protest in Istanbul…
On March 12, 2025, the police intervened the press declaration in front of Çağlayan Courthouse in Istanbul for the closure of Y and S type prisons and detained 1 person (Ferdi Sarıkaya).
(03/071) Former Mayor of Municipality Detained Through an Istanbul Based Investigation…
Şükrü Genç, former mayor of Sarıyer district of Istanbul, was detained on March 12, 2025 through an Istanbul based investigation on the allegation of ‘providing finance to an illegal organization’.
As part of the same investigation, 34 people, including municipality employees and executives, were detained in house raids in Istanbul, Samsun, Bursa and Izmir on March 11, 2025.
(03/072) Journalist on Trial in Antalya…
The trial of the case against Serhan Asker, executive director of Halk TV, on the grounds of a news report published in 2021, started on March 12, 2025 at Antalya Criminal Court of First Instance No 31. The indictment demands sentence for Serhan Asker on the charge of ‘failing to fulfill the judge’s decision on blocking access in accordance with the conditions and in due time’. The court issued a warrant for Serhan Asker who did not attend the hearing and adjourned the trial.
(03/073) Journalist on Trial in Ankara…
The trial of the case against T24 reporter Asuman Aranca, for her news reports on the killing of Sinan Ateş, former President of the Grey Wolves, continued on March 11, 2025 at Ankara Criminal Court of First Instance No 52. The indictment demands sentence for the journalist on the charge of ‘violation of confidentiality’. Following the defenses, the court adjourned the hearing to September 16, 2025.
(03/074) Journalist on Trial in Mardin…
The indictment prepared by Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against journalist Öznur Değer for her social media posts was accepted by Mardin Heavy Penal Court No 2 on March 12, 2025. The indictment demands sentence for the journalist on the charge of ‘making propaganda for an illegal organization’. The first hearing of the case will be held on May 22, 2025.
Öznur Değer was arrested on February 7, 2025.
(03/075) People on Trial in Istanbul…
It is learned from news coverage of March 12, 2025 that Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office prepared an indictment against actors Halil Ergenç and Rıza Kocaoğlu, who testified as witnesses through an investigation against manager Ayşe Barım about 2013 Gezi protests, on the charge of ‘bearing false witness’.
(03/076) Special Security Zone in Şırnak…
Şırnak Governorate made a declaration on February 12, 2025 and announced that Gabar Mountain, Bestler Dereler, Cudi Mountain, Kurt Mountain, Kelmehmetler, Dönmezler, Kovankaya, Tahtareş, İncebeldağları, Altındağlar Oyakaya areas in the central, Güçlükonak, Silopi, Cizre, Uludere and Beytüşşebap districts of Şırnak province have been declared as temporary security zones for 15 days between March 13, 2025 and March 27, 2025.
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