Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center[1][2][3][4][5]
13 September 2022 Daily Human Rights Report
(09/103) Operations and Attacks…
It is learned that 4 people (Özgür Babat, Dindar Benek, Mervan Bilen and a person named Hasan whose surname could not be learned) were injured as a result of the explosion that occurred during the passage of a vehicle that was reported to be carrying the felled trees in the Besta region of Şırnak on September 12, 2022.
(09/104) Labour Killings…
On September 13, 2022, the Worker Health and Worker Safety Council (ISIG) revealed that at least 186 workers including 12 women, 9 children and 12 migrant workers died while working in August 2022. 1202 workers died in labour killings in the first eight months of 2022.
(09/105) Racist Attack…
It is learned that a Kurdish family who went to Arapdere village of İncirliova district of Aydın on September 12, 2022, to buy a house was subjected to a racist attack of a group saying “We do not want Kurds in the village”, and that 8 people were injured as a result of the attack.
Semra Türkan, one of those who were subjected to the attack, stated the following in her to the press: “After leaving the village, we saw that the road was blocked with a pickup truck. The beds of the trucks were full of iron sticks. 7-8 people blocked us. My husband, Cengiz Türkan, and my 8-year-old son were in the car in front. They took the sticks out of the car without asking anything. My husband said, ‘We bought a house from here’. Then they said, ‘We do not accept Kurds’. (…) They hit my husband and brother on the head and injured them (…) We got into the car with my mother. We went the other way, but they closed that place too. They were looking at their phones. They had already taken our photo, video, license plate. When we saw them, we changed the way. We wanted to take the forest road. We went after a while. There was another group there too. They were all armed. While coming towards us, we took another road and 3-4 cars followed us. There were old cars and commercial vans behind us. They closed all three roads. We stopped. They got us out of the vehicle. They started hitting without asking questions. They also started beating my brother and his friend (…) There were 15-20 vehicles on the third road we entered, they blocked the two-way road to Tire with vehicles. They also took a video of us while committing violence. ‘How we beat terrorists should be a lesson to others. Don’t you know that they cannot enter our territory?’ After my brother vomited blood, I threw myself on him so that they could not beat me more. They held a long-barrelled gun to my head (…) They broke our phones. They tried to strangle my mother with the handle of her purse. They threatened us with rape, murder, with sexist insults (…) We called the gendarmerie. He told us that it was not the zone of their responsibility.”
(09/106) Torture and Il-Treatment in Prison…
It is learned from the news coverage of September 13, 2022 that, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel who was arrested on September 3, 2022 is being kept in a solitary cell in Istanbul Marmara (Silivri) Prison.
(09/107) Hunger Strike in Prison…
It is learned from the news coverage of September 12, 2022 that, journalists Safiye Alağaş, Neşe Toprak, Remziye Temel and Elif Üngür in Diyarbakır Women’s Prison started a 5-day hunger strike to demand an end to right violations.
(09/108) Hunger Strike in Prison…
It is learned from the news coverage of September 12, 2022 that, 3 prisoners (Hüseyin Osmanpur, Hüseyin Aydın, Uğur Taşdeviren) in Kilis L Type Prison started a hunger strike to demand an end to right violations. It is learned that 3 prisoners were taken out of their wards and put in solitary cells.
(09/109) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan Not Responded…
It is learned that the appeal made on September 13, 2022 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by the lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, in order to visit him was not responded.
(09/110) Police Intervention to a Protest in Izmir…
The police intervened in the members of Sky is Our Roof movement, who set up a tent at the urban forest in Inciraltı, Izmir on September 12, 2022 and detained 4 people (Barış Kırmızıtaş, Ayhan Bakır, Taha Cihan and Murat Boztaş) by using physical violence. Detained people are released after statement procedures on the same day.
(09/111) Arrested Journalist in Bitlis…
Bitlis Journalists’ Association chair Sinan Aygül is arrested on September 13, 2022 on the grounds that he did not pay the administrative fine of 1,500 Turkish Liras, which was given in the case upon the complaint of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Bitlis MP over a news report about him.
(09/112) Journalist on Trial in Van…
The first trial of the case against Jinnews reporter Rabia Önver, for her social media posts, is held at Van Heavy Penal Court No. 2 on September 13, 2022. Rabia Önver joined the trial and made her defence declarations. The court adjourned the trial to September 23, 2022.
(09/113) Investigation Against CHP Executive…
It is learned from the news coverage of September 12, 2022 that, Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Party Assembly member Nevaf Bilek, over his statements “Diyarbakir is indeed an important and historical city in Turkish Kurdistan. It is a huge city” in Kurdish to a television channel interviewing him at the provincial congress.
(09/114) Person on Trial in Urfa…
The first trial against Emine Şenyaşar, on the grounds of insulting İbrahim Yıldız in her statements at the “Justice Watch” protests that she holds in front of the Urfa Courthouse, is held at Urfa Penal Court of First Instance No. 4 on September 13, 2022. Emine Şenyaşar joined the trial and made her defence declaration. The court adjourned the trial to March 9, 2023. 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.
(09/115) Removal of Banner and Detained Victory Party Executive in Istanbul…
It is learned that the banner reading “Local and National Escobar” hung by the Victory Party on a street in Fatih district of Istanbul on September 12, 2022, was taken down by the police. It is also reported that the Fatih district chair of the Victory Party, who interfered with the police was detained.
(09/116) Ban of Event in Izmir…
It is learned from the news coverage of September 13, 2022 that, the Lawyers’ Sports Events which is organized by the Izmir Bar Association to be held on September 17-24, 2022 is not permitted by Izmir Governorate’s Office.
(09/117) Detentions and Arrest in Alleged Link to Coup Attempt…
It is learned that 4 people are detained in Bodrum district of Muğla in an alleged attempt to illegally flee abroad on September 12, 2022.
(09/118) Covid-19 Pandemic…
The Ministry of Health declared on September 13, 2022 that 89 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and the number of Covid-19 cases is 25,143 between September 5-11, 2022.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 101,068 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 16,852,382 as of September 11, 2022.
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