Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center[1][2][3][4][5]
10 July 2024 Daily Human Rights Report
(07/092) Operations and Attacks…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that 2 militants died in a clash between the Turkish Armed Forces units and HPG militants in the Zap area of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on July 4, 2024.
(07/093) Refugees Who Lost Their Lives in Izmir…
Ministry of Interior announced on July 9, 2024, that the bodies of 8 refugees were found on Karaada beach in the Çeşme district of Izmir, and 19 refugees stranded on the beach were rescued.
(07/094) Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Mardin…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 10, 2024, that during house raids conducted by the gendarmerie in the Eskihisar village of Nusaybin district of Mardin on July 9, 2024, 1 person named Hafsadi Aslan (77, f) was pointed a gun and verbally assaulted by the gendarmerie and police officers, the raided house was searched with a dog, 2 children named S. A. and R. A. and 1 person named Abdurrahman Okan were subjected to physical violence by the gendarmerie and police officers and the places on the bodies of 3 people were cleaned with water to prevent the marks of physical violence from being visible. 2 people in the house were subjected to threats of the police and gendarmerie officers for speaking Kurdish.
1 person named B., who was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by the police and gendarmerie, stated the following to the press: “When they called me during the raid, I went to them, but as soon as I went to them, they started hitting me. They slapped me in the face. Then they brought me to my uncle’s house and made me lie face down on the ground. I stayed like that for about two hours. They kept hitting me there. They kept asking me, ‘Where is your father? I told them that he was not at home, he was in Nisêbîn, but they started insulting and swearing at me. Then they pushed me against the wall and started to choke me. They asked me to bring my ID card because I didn’t have it with me. When I went to get my ID card, they said, ‘Run away, if you don’t run, we will shoot you’. Then we were made to wait in a car for about two hours in front of the Nezirhan Gendarmerie Station and then we were released. They insulted me and my whole family…We went to the hospital to get a medical report and we will file a complaint”.
Zeynep Aslan, who was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by the police and gendarmerie, stated the following to the press: “They brutally raided the house while we were all still in bed. They pointed guns at us. They put my brothers on the ground and started beating them. We reacted by saying ‘Why are you doing this, is this inhumane’. Then they pointed a gun at our heads and said ‘If you speak one more time, we will shoot you in the head’. My grandmother reacted to this in Kurdish. But they told her, ‘Speak Turkish, not Kurdish’. There was someone among them who spoke Kurdish. But they did not allow my grandmother to express herself in her language. During the search, they searched the house with a huge dog… They entered with their shoes and ransacked the house. They swore at us and made sexist remarks and insults. They threatened us with death. They tried to beat our neighbor and my uncle’s son, who is a dialysis patient. They told him ‘You are not sick, you are pretending to be sick’. When they walked on him, his wife reacted. However, they made unspeakable sexist remarks to his wife. Because they were talking loudly and insulting us, people who heard the voices in the village were worried about us and tried to come home, but they threatened them with death. When we objected to the torture, their superiors said, ‘This is me on my good behavior, wait, I will come back in 3-4 days and this time I will do to women what I do to men. I will torture you too,’ he said. My brothers and my uncle’s son were tortured and beaten in front of our eyes… They came on us a lot because my father was not at home. Since my father was not at home, they detained my mother and said, ‘We will not let your mother go until your father comes back’. My mother was detained unofficially. My mother was detained without an arrest warrant. My mother was not detained, she was kidnapped. They kept her in the car for hours. We also had two guests that day, they were siblings and they suffered the worst attack. They were subjected to torture and insults”.
(07/095) Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Prison…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that many prisoners in Ankara Sincan High-Security Prison No 1 got poisoned from the breakfast given to prisoners and were referred to the emergency room. It is also claimed in the news reports that at least 850 prisoners in Sincan Open Prison got poisoned by the food given to them. It is not known how many prisoners were poisoned and how they were treated.
(07/096) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan not Responded to…
It is learned that the appeal made on July 10, 2024, to the chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by lawyers in order to visit their clients PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in İmralı Prison was not responded.
(07/097) Police Intervention Against a March in Ankara…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that the police intervened with tear gas against Eğitim-Sen members who marched from the Ministry of National Education (MEB) in Ankara to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on July 9, 2024, to protest against the Law on Teaching Profession, and detained 15 people by using torture and ill-treatment.
(07/098) Person Detained in Izmir…
Gönül Yılman Saygan was detained at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport on July 9, 2024, on the grounds of a search warrant and was released the same day after statement procedures at the prosecutor’s office.
(07/099) People Detained in Batman…
14 people who were detained on July 6, 2024, in the house raids in Dereiçi village of the Gercüş district of Batman and Bayındırlık neighborhood of Batman central district on the allegations of ‘being a member of an illegal organization’ and ‘financing an illegal organization’, were released by the criminal peace judgeship to which they were referred on July 9, 2024.
(07/100) A Child and Others Detained in Mardin…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 10, 2024, that 3 people including 1 child who were detained by the gendarmerie with torture and ill-treatment during house raids in Eskihisar village of Nusaybin district of Mardin on July 9, 2024, were released after being kept in a car in front of Nezirhan Gendarmerie Command.
(07/101) People Detained in Afyon…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that 11 people were detained in relation to racist attacks against Syrian refugees/asylum seekers in Afyon.
(07/102) Journalist on Trial in Istanbul…
The final hearing of the retrial of the case against journalist İhsan Çaralan, who was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison for ‘making propaganda for an illegal organization’ for participating in the ‘Editor-in-Chief on Watch’ campaign in support of Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was shut down by a state of emergency decree, upon the Constitutional Court’s decision on violation of freedom of expression, was held on July 9, 2024. The court ruled to dismiss the case due to the expiration of the 5-year supervision period.
(07/103) A Journalist and Others on Trial in Ankara…
The final trial of the case against 24 people including Jinnews reporter Öznur Değer, who were detained in the police intervention against “We cannot make a living” protest in Ankara on November 28, 2021; on the charges of ‘violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations No 2911’ and ‘resisting to prevent duty’ was held at Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No 18 on July 9, 2024. The court sentenced 5 people to 6 months each on the charge of ‘resisting to prevent duty’, 7 people to 5 months each on the same charge and deferred the announcement of the verdict, and acquitted 12 people including Öznur Değer.
(07/104) Journalist on Trial in Istanbul…
The trial of the case against journalist Tolga Şardan for his news reports on alleged irregularities in the judiciary started on July 9, 2024, at Istanbul Penal Court of First Instance No 2. The prosecutor declared the final opinion on the case and demanded a sentence for the journalist on the charges of ‘publicly disseminating misleading information’ and ‘insulting the judicial organs of the state’. The court adjourned the hearing to December 17, 2024.
Tolga Şardan was arrested on November 1, 2023 and released on November 6, 2023.
(07/105) Person on Trial for a Social Media Post in Urfa…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that Ceylanpınar Penal Court of First Instance accepted the indictment prepared by the Ceylanpınar Public Prosecutor’s Office against S. K., who took photographs at Ceylanpınar municipality building in Urfa after March 31 elections and put a victory sign emoji on Atatürk, Turkish flag and President’s photographs. The indictment demands a sentence for S. K. on the charge of ‘insulting and ignoring the signs of soveregnity of the state’. The first hearing of the case will be held on September 17, 2024.
(07/106) ECHR Decision on the Ankara Train Station Massacre Application…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024 that, European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected the application for compensation for the suicide bomb attack of ISIS to the Peace Rally in Ankara on October 10, 2015, in which 103 people lost their lives, on the grounds that Turkey violated the right to life by not taking necessary security measures to protect the right to life, and ruled that Turkey took necessary security measures and fulfilled its international obligations.
(07/107) ECHR Decision on the Book Series That Were Not Delivered to a Prisoner…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 10, 2024, that ECHR, which evaluated the appeal against the decision of Imrali Prison Education Board not to give the book series titled ‘Democratic Civilization Solution’ written by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and containing his defenses, to Veysi Aktaş in Imrali Prison, ruled that Aktaş’s right to opinion and information was prevented and freedom of expression was violated.
(07/108) Statements of the Defendant in the Sinan Ateş Case…
It is learned from the news coverage of July 9, 2024, that Doğukan Çep, who is on trial on the grounds of being an instigator in the case against 22 people for the murder of Sinan Ateş, former chair of Ülkü Ocakları in Ankara on December 30, 2022, gave a statement on July 1 – 5, 2024, at the hearing of the case on Ankara Heavy Penal Court No 32: “I attacked the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) Maltepe district office, I wounded Cebrail Günebakan, I shot ESP members”. It is reported that ESP filed a criminal complaint against Doğukan Çep for these statements.
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