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5 March 2020 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

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

5 March 2020 Daily Human Rights Report

(03/056) Operations and Attacks in Southeast…

It is learned from the news coverage of March 5, 2020 that, 2 militants died in a clash between Turkish Armed Forces units and HPG militants in Hakurk area of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government on February 9, 2019.

(03/057) Military Operation to North and East Syria…

It is learned that 2 soldiers died and 6 soldiers got wounded in an attack of Syrian Army to Turkish Armed Forces personnel in Idlib city of Syria on March 4, 2020.

(03/058) Police Intervention Against “I Want My Job Back” Protest in Ankara…

The police intervened the press declaration of public labourers who had been dismissed by a state of emergency decree and have been struggling 1212 days to regain their jobs, in front of Human Rights Monument in Yüksel Street on March 4, 2020 at 13.00, and detained 3 people (Nuriye Gülmen, Melek Çetinkaya and Nazan Bozkurt). Detained people are released on the same day.

Melek Çetinkaya, who was interviewing with journalists before the press declaration at 18.00, is forcefully moved away by the police. Nuriye Gülmen, who reacted against them was also forcefully moved away by the police.

(03/059) Police Intervention to a Protest in Ankara…

The police intervened the press declaration of university students in front of General Directorate of Credit and Dormitories Agency in Ankara on March 4, 2020 and detained 25 people by using physical violence and handcuffing them behind their backs. Detained students are released on the same day.

(03/060) Detained Local Authority and Other People in Diyarbakır…

Abdullah Kızılboğa, local authority of Kumrucak neighbourhood of Sur district of Diyarbakır who was detained in a house raid on March 3, 2020, is released by the court on judicial control conditions on March 4, 2020. It is learned that Abdullah Kızılboğa’s house was search without a warrant. 3 people (Eyüp Kızılboğa, Serhat Tosun and Hüseyin Gökmen) who were also detained in the same neighbourhood are released after statement procedures on March 4, 2020.

(03/061) Detained Journalists in Istanbul…

Oda Tv website news editor Barış Terkoğlu who was detained in Istanbul, and journalist Hülya Kılınç who was detained in Manisa and was brought to Istanbul on March 4, 2020, are arrested by the court according to Article 27 of The Law on the State Intelligence Services and National Intelligence Organisation, on March 5, 2020. Two journalists were detained in relation to a news report on a national intelligence officer who were died in Libya and was buried in Manisa.

(03/062) Journalist Detained in Edirne…

Mezopotamya News Agency reporter Naci Kaya, who was detained in Edirne on February 29, 2020 is released on March 4, 2020.

(03/063) Detained People in Tunceli…

On March 4, 2020, 2 people (Gökhan Karakuş and Sertaç Can) are detained in house raids in Pertek district of Tunceli. The reason of detention is unknown.

(03/064) KESK Executives on Trial in Ankara…

The final trial of the case against 7 executives of Confederation of Public Employees Unions (KESK), for the declaration on Turkish Armed Forces operation to Afrin, is held at Ankara Heavy Penal Court No 4 on March 4, 2020. The court acquitted 7 people for no elements of crime found.

(03/065) People on Trial in Sinop…

The final trial of the case against 17 members of Sinop Anti-Nuclear Platform, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Sinop MP Barış Karadeniz and Sinop mayor Barış Ayhan, for the protest in front of Sinop Governorate on February 6, 2018, is held at Sinop Penal Court of First Instance on March 4, 2020. The court acquitted all defendants.

(03/066) People on Trial in Ankara…

The first trial of the case against 7 people (Mısra Öz Sel, İsmail Kartal, Hüseyin Şahin, Burak Arı, lawyers Gökmen Yeşil, Mürsel Ünder and Selvi Yüzbaşıoğlu Saltan), for “Justice Watch” held in front of Constitutional Court on June 12, 2019, by lawyers and families of victims of the train crash in Çorlu on July 8, 2018, is held at Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No 50 on March 4, 2020. The court adjourned the trial to April 13, 2020.

(03/068) Former HDP MP on Trial…

The first trial of the case against Selma Irmak, former Hakkari MP of People’s Democratic Party (HDP), for the hunger strike on September 5, 2016, is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 9 on March 4, 2020.

Selma Irmak joined the trial form prison via sound and vision system. After defence hearings the court acquitted Selma Irmak.

(03/069) Former HDP MP on Trial…

The final trial of the case against Esad Canan, former Hakkari MP of HDP, for participating in meetings of Democratic Society Congress (DTK), is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 9 on March 4, 2020. The court sentenced Esad Canan to 7 years and 6 months for ‘being an illegal organisation member’.

(03/070) Former Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair on Trial…

The final trial of the case against Fethi Gümüş, former chair of Diyarbakır Bar Association, for participating in meetings of Democratic Society Congress (DTK), is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 9 on March 4, 2020. The court sentenced Fethi Gümüş to 7 years and 6 months for ‘being an illegal organisation member’.

(03/071) Suspended Local Authorities in Mardin…

On March 4, 2020, local authorities of 3 villages (Yusuf Yar from Üçköy village, Haşo Dinç from Eskihisar village and Yusuf Kılıç from Düzce village) in Nusaybin district of Mardin, are suspended by Ministry of Interior, on the grounds of an investigation through which they were detained on January 9, 2020.

(03/072) Detentions and Arrests in Alleged Link to Coup Attempt…

On March 4, 2020, 7 people are detained in operations covering 6 cities through a Bolu based investigation; 18 people are detained in Ankara and 53 people are detained in Izmir.

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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.