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30 July – 1 August 2022 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

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

30 July – 1 August 2022 Daily Human Rights Report

(08/001) Operations and Attacks…

The Ministry of National Defence announced that 1 soldier (Mehmet Burak Keçe) died due to bee sting allergy on July 30, 2022 during the Claw-Lock military operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.

(08/002) Person Died in Prison…

It is learned that Şükrü Tuğrul Özşengül, a 54-year-old ill prisoner held in Istanbul Silivri L Type Prison No 8, died on July 30, 2022 after having a heart attack.

(08/003) Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of July 30, 2022 that, Ayla Akat Ata and Ayşe Yağcı were subjected to disciplinary proceedings for greeting and shaking hands with visitors of other prisoners, and were penalised with “prevention from some activities for 1 month” as a result.

(08/004) Prevention of Right to Health in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of July 30, 2022 that, prisoners who have symptoms of Covid-19 in Aksaray T Type Prison were not taken to prison infirmary and to hospital.

(08/005) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan Not Responded…

It is learned that the appeal made on July 29, 2022 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by families and tutelary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, and Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in Imralı Prison, in order to visit them was not responded.

(08/006) Attacks on Cemevis and Alevi Associations in Ankara…

On July 30, 2022, attacks were carried out against Şah-ı Merdan Cemevi (Alevi House of Worship), Turkmen Alevi Bektashi Association, Tuzluçayır Democratic Alevi Association, Ana Fatma Cemevi, Gökçebel Village Association, and Batıkent Serçeşme Cemevi.

As a result of 6 attacks, it is learned that 2 people (1 person in Şah-ı Merdan Cemevi and 1 person in Turkmen Alevi Bektashi Association) were injured.

It is reported that 1 person was detained in connection with the attacks.

(08/007) Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…

It is learned that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Party Assembly member Livan Orman’s mother and father were subjected to torture and ill-treatment as their house in Istanbul was raided on July 29, 2022.

Livan Orman’s father Mehmet Orman stated the following to the press: “In the early hours of the morning, the police tried to break into our door without knocking. While trying to open the door, I fell to the ground as the police broke the door. They laid us down, saying, ‘Get down’. Almost 20-23 policemen attacked us at the same time. They dragged me on the ground and started kicking me. I was kicked in the shoulder and back. Not one or two people, but all of them walked towards us (…) When my wife tried to intervene, they beat her as well (…) We were constantly insulted during the house search (…) They distributed the books in the house and the beds. They even broke the board under the bed”.

(08/008) Police Intervention to a Protest in Ankara…

The police intervened the press declaration of Şişli Municipality workers in front of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Ankara on July 29, 2022 and forced people away from the building by using physical violence.

(08/009) Detained People in Istanbul…

On July 29, 2022, 3 people who protested the Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor at the exit of the mosque were detained in the Güngören district of Istanbul.

(08/010) Police Intervention to Union Members in Şırnak…

It is learned that the members of the Confederation of Public Employees’ Unions (KESK) who distributed leaflets about the tree felling in Şırnak on July 30, 2022 were intervened by the police and they were prevented from distributing leaflets.

(08/011) Detained District Council Members and HDP Executives in Mersin…

21 people including Akdeniz District Council member and HDP provincial co-chair Bedriye Kuş and 4 other members of the district council (Nevzat Baran, Ali Tanrıverdi, Nuriye Aslan and Mehmet Bitkin) have been detained on the grounds of ‘being an illegal organisation member’ and ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation’, in house raids in Mersin on July 28, 2022. 5 members of the district council and 12 more people are released by the court, 4 people are arrested on July 29, 2022.

(08/012) Detained People in Hakkari…

6 people (Kemal Polat, Halit Polat, Şıvan Polat, Murat Polat, Nihat Polat and Şükrü Polat) who have been detained on the grounds of ‘aiding an illegal organisation’ in house raids in Zevkan village of Yüksekova district of Hakkari on July 27, 2022, are arrested by the court on the charge of ‘aiding an illegal organisation’ on July 30, 2022.

(08/013) October 10 – Ankara Massacre Case…

It is learned that the Penal Chamber No. 3 of the Court of Cassation decided on the appeal filed against the local court’s verdict for 19 defendants in the case filed regarding the October 10 – Ankara Massacre, on July 28, 2022. The court did not consider the bomb attack on the Labour, Peace and Democracy Rally in which 103 people lost their lives, as a crime against humanity, and upheld the prison sentences given to all the defendants except Erman Ekici. The court also rejected the appeals of the parties participating in the rally and the demands for the prosecution of public officials.

(08/014) Ban of Concert in Mardin…

It is learned that the concert to be given by the opera singer Pervin Çakar at Mardin Artuklu University was cancelled as the Rectorate did not provide a concert hall due to the repertoire of Kurdish songs.

Pervin Çakar made the following statement: “We wrote a petition to the Mardin Artuklu University concert hall to give a concert in May. Rector was very positive. Then they asked for my concert repertoire. Since I have Kurdish works in my repertoire, they did not give me the concert hall.”

(08/015) Ban of Access to Web Contents…

It is learned that the news reports about the child who was found locked in a house in Bursa, published on https://www.diken.com.tr, https://sendika.org, https://www.birgun.net websites are banned to access on the grounds of “violation of personal rights” by Bursa Penal Court of Peace No. 3 on July 28, 2022.

It is learned that 2 contents of https://ifade.org.tr website are banned to access websites are banned to access on the grounds of “violation of personal rights” by Istanbul Anadolu Penal Court of Peace No. 3 on July 28, 2022.

It is learned that the news reports about the attack on Hürriyet newspaper, published on https://www.diken.com.tr, https://www.birgun.net, https://sendika.org, https://haber.sol.org.tr, https://bianet.org, https://www.hurriyet.com.tr websites are banned to access on the grounds of “violation of personal rights” by Bursa Penal Court of Peace No. 3 on July 29, 2022.

(08/016) Covid-19 Pandemic…

The Ministry of Health declared on July 24, 2022 that 157 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and the number of Covid-19 cases is 365,424 between July 18 and 24, 2022.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 99,341 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 15,889,495 as of July 24, 2022.

[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.