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10 September 2021 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center[1][2][3][4][5]

10 September 2021 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/066) Child Died Due to Being Hit by Police Car in Sakarya…

On September 9, 2021, a 14-year-old child (Furkan Murat G.) got hit by a police car in Erenler district of Sakarya, and lost his life in hospital. It is learned that the police officer driving the car was detained.

(09/067) Operations and Attacks…

It is learned that 1 special forces police officer got wounded in a clash between Turkish Armed Forces units and HPG militants in rural areas of Artuklu district of Mardin on September 9, 2021.

(09/068) Asylum Seekers Injured in Van…

On September 9, 2021, 9 asylum seekers got wounded in a minibus that rolled over in Gevaş district of Van.

(09/069) Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of September 9, 2021 that, Abdulhalim Kırtay, an ill prisoner in Izmir Şakran T Type Prison No 2 was subjected to torture and ill-treatment of the correction officers.

(09/070) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan Not Responded…

It is learned that the appeal made on September 9, 2021 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers in order to visit him was not responded.

(09/071) Detained ESP and SEGDF Members and Executives and Other People in Ankara, İstanbul and Antalya…

On September 10, 2021, 15 people are detained in Ankara, Istanbul and Antalya, thorough an investigation against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF).

Some of the detained people are: academicians Sibel Bekiroğlu and Mehmet Mutlu, Mehmet Ali Tosun, Şirvan Çeliker, Ece Şimşek, Gökçe Otlu, Betül Yıldırım, Şükran Yaren Tuncer, Gizem Altınöz.

(09/072) Detained Newspaper Distributor and Other People in Van…

Ejder Sarı, a distributor of Yeni Yaşam newspaper and 2 other people (Yunus Küçükçelebi and Vedat Fidan) are detained in house raids in Van on September 9, 2021. The reason of detention is unknown.

(09/073) Detained People in Şırnak…

On September 9, 2021, 8 people are detained in house raids of gendarmerie in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak. The reason of detention is unknown.

Some of the detained people are: Kemal Adıyaman, Fevzi Temel, Emin Berk, Müdür Ecer, İdris Uca, İbrahim Kılıç.

(09/074) Journalists on Trial in Istanbul…

The retrial of the case against Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç, Mümtazer Türköne and Mehmet Özdemir is held at Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No 13 on September 9, 2021. On September 25, 2020, Penal Department No 6 of the Court of Cassation has reversed the jail sentences given to journalists on the grounds of “lack of investigation”.

Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç and Mümtazer Türköne attended the trial and made their defence declarations. After defence hearings the court adjourned the trial to January 11, 2022.

(09/075) Former MP on Trial in Diyarbakır…

The trial of the case against Ayla Akat Ata, a former MP of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 5 on September 9, 2021. The case was opened through the investigation against Rosa Women’s Association.

Ayla Akat Ata joined the trial from prison via sound and vision system. The court decided to consolidate the case with the Kobanê case.

(09/076) HDP Executives on Trial in Diyarbakır…

The trial of the case against Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır provincial co-chairs Zeyyat Ceylan and Hülya Alökmen Uyanık, is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 5 on September 9, 2021.

The indictment demands sentence for Zeyyat Ceylan and Hülya Alökmen Uyanık on the charge of ‘being an illegal organisation member’ and ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation’.

The court adjourned the trial to January 20, 2022.

Hülya Alökmen Uyanık and Zeyyat Ceylan were detained after the police raid to HDP’s Diyarbakır office on October 22, 2020; and they were arrested by the court on the charge of ‘being an illegal organisation member’ on October 30, 2020. They were released by the court after the first trial on March 23, 2021.

(09/077) Person on Trial in Urfa…

It is learned from the news coverage of September 9, 2021 that, the indictment of Urfa Public Prosecutor’s Office against Emine Şenyaşar, upon the criminal complaint of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP for her expressions during the justice watch at Urfa Courthouse, is accepted by Urfa Penal Court of First Instance.

The indictment demands sentence for Emine Şenyaşar on the charge of ‘insulting a public officer due to the performance of his public duty’. The first trial will be held on November 12, 2021.

On June 14, 2018, Justice and Development Party Urfa MP candidate İbrahim Halil Yıldız and his personal guards had a quarrel with shopkeepers in Suruç district of Urfa which resulted in death of Emine Şenyaşar’s husband Hacı Esved Şenyaşar and her sons Adil and Celal Şenyaşar.

(09/078) Istanbul Pride March Case…

It is learned from the news coverage of September 9, 2021 that, the indictment of Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office against 46 people who have been detained in the police intervention against the Istanbul Pride March on June 26, 2021, is accepted by Istanbul Penal Court of First Instance.

The first trial will be held on November 2, 2021.

(09/079) Ali el Hemdan Case…

The trial of the case against police officer F. K. for death of Syrian citizen Ali El Hemdan (19) is held at Adana Heavy Penal Court No 9 on September 9, 2021. Ali El Hemdan was killed by police gunshot in Seyhan district of Adana on April 27, 2020.

The indictment demands sentence for police officer F. K. on the charge of ‘intentional killing’.

Police officer F. K. joined the trial via sound and vision system and made his defence. The court decided to continue detention of F. K. and adjourned the trial to November 25, 2021.

(09/080) Curfew in Artuklu…

Mardin Governorate’s Office made a declaration on September 10, 2021 and announced curfew in Yardere rural neighbourhood of Artuklu district as of 05.00 on September 10, 2021 until a further notice. The governorate made another declaration on the same day and lifted the curfew as of 15.00 on September 10, 2021.

(09/081) Covid-19 Pandemic…

The Ministry of Health declared that 257 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and the daily number of Covid-19 cases is 23,846 as of September 9, 2021.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 59,596 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 6,566,806 as of September 9, 2021.

[1]The reports on the human rights violations of the Documentation Center are claims unless they are certified. The claim of violation either is certified through thoroughly investigations of HRFT Documentation Center, including by judicial verdicts, and becomes a definite data or it is not included to the annual report.

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[5] Daily Human Rights Reports are prepared on the information gathered by the Documentation Center from its own network and the following dailies and internet portals: Vatan, Milliyet, Hürriyet, Habertürk, Evrensel, Birgün, Cumhuriyet, Fırat Haber Ajansı, Jinnews, ETHA, Mezopotamya Ajansı, Yurt, Yeni Yaşam, NTV, Yeni Asya, Bianet, Halkinsesi.tv, Cnnturk, Tr724, İleri Haber, Siyasi Haber, Alınteri, Kızılbayrak, Sendika.org, Yüksekova Haber, T24, Diken, Gazete Karınca, Gazete Duvar. Haber Sol, El Cezire, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Reuters, AFP.