content tagged with armored vehicle crashes

Security director tells family to ‘not exaggerate’ death in armored vehicle crash

Security director tells family to ‘not exaggerate’ death in armored vehicle crash

The paternal uncle of Abdulgaffar Dayan, who lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in Şırnak’s Cizre, says that the District Security Director told them, “As it is the vehicle of the security, you are creating a diversion.”

31 January 2022

Deaths by armored vehicle crashes ‘not a coincidence, but result of a planned practice’

RIGHTS GROUPS IN İZMİR

Deaths by armored vehicle crashes ‘not a coincidence, but result of a planned practice’

The İzmir branches of three law and rights organizations have staged a protest for Abdulgaffar Dayan, who lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in Şırnak’s Cizre. They have recalled that 18 people have died in such crashes in 4 years.

28 January 2022

Cameras ‘broken’, all children ‘primary negligent’

EFE TEKTEKİN’S DEATH

Cameras ‘broken’, all children ‘primary negligent’

Speaking ahead of the trial over the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin in an armored vehicle crash in Diyarbakır, lawyer Sansarkan says that all children are found to be “primary negligent parties” in such trials, which is also the case for Tektekin.

17 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

16 deaths caused by security forces’ vehicles in 3.5 years

16 deaths caused by security forces’ vehicles in 3.5 years

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, 16 people, including nine children and a person with disabilities, lost their lives by being run over by the vehicles of security forces and public institutions from January 1, 2018 to September 10, 2021.

10 September 2021

Who will protect Kurdish children from armored vehicles?

WOMEN’S AGENDA / EVRİM KEPENEK

Who will protect Kurdish children from armored vehicles?

Hakan, Dilek, Raşid, Berfin… The children who were hit and run over by armored vehicles and lost their lives in Turkey…

6 September 2021 Evrim Kepenek