content tagged with child deaths

Driver of armored vehicle crushing and killing 7-year-old Miraç Miroğlu acquitted

Driver of armored vehicle crushing and killing 7-year-old Miraç Miroğlu acquitted

In its statement following the decision, the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center pointed out that the acquittal decision was based on a report inadequately prepared for the police officer.

17 January 2024

File sent back for forensic medicine examination in the case of armored vehicle caused child death

File sent back for forensic medicine examination in the case of armored vehicle caused child death

In the case related to the death of seven-year-old Miraç Miroğlu who was hit by an armored vehicle, the file was sent back to the Forensic Medicine Institution in order for the speed of the vehicle to be determined.

Refugee child drowns in Euphrates River

Refugee child drowns in Euphrates River

A while after he entered the river to swim, the child was caught in the current. Rescue teams have recovered his body.

‘Kurdish children in Turkey die in armored vehicle crashes or explosions of war remnants’

DİYARBAKIR BAR CHAIR

‘Kurdish children in Turkey die in armored vehicle crashes or explosions of war remnants’

According to the report of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, 67 children lost their lives as a result of armored vehicle crashes and remnants of war in Turkey in the last 10 years. Bar Chair Eren says that the deaths occur in Kurdish-majority provinces.

3 March 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Playing with a hunting rifle, child kills sister in Antep

Playing with a hunting rifle, child kills sister in Antep

A 12-year-old child injured her/his 5-year-old sibling while playing with a hunting rifle that s/he found at home. Paramedic teams arrived at the scene of the incident, finding out that the child lost her life there.

12 January 2022

Hit by a police vehicle, child loses his life

3 DEATHS IN 2 WEEKS

Hit by a police vehicle, child loses his life

Going to school with his bike, 14-year-old Furkan Murat G. was hit by a police vehicle in Sakarya. The child has lost his life at hospital.

10 September 2021

‘Deadly armored vehicle crash’ on Parliamentary agenda

‘Deadly armored vehicle crash’ on Parliamentary agenda

HDP Ağrı MP Taşdemir has submitted a Parliamentary question about the incident where 10-year-old Eyüp Kırtay was run over by an armored vehicle in Bitlis province and lost his life: “Has an investigation been launched into Kırtay’s death?”

Six children drown in sea or ponds in four days

Six children drown in sea or ponds in four days

Children have lost their lives by drowning or have been rescued while they were about to drown in sea or ponds in different provinces of Turkey.

‘COVID-19 could reverse progress toward eliminating child deaths’

‘COVID-19 could reverse progress toward eliminating child deaths’

Surveys conducted by UNICEF and WHO have revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to health services that threaten to undo decades of progress towards eliminating preventable child deaths.

10 September 2020

Lawsuit into Explosion That Killed 13-Year-Old Ahmet to be Filed 12 Years Later

Lawsuit into Explosion That Killed 13-Year-Old Ahmet to be Filed 12 Years Later

13-year-old Ahmet Polat lost his life in Erzurum in 2008 when the ammunition that he collected as scrap exploded. The suit for non-pecuniary damages filed into the incident will be held again after 12 years.

19 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Wedding Guests Fire Their Guns into Air, One Child Loses His Life

Wedding Guests Fire Their Guns into Air, One Child Loses His Life

The guests of a wedding in Antep fired their shotguns and pistols into the air. Hit by a bullet to his stomach, 12-year-old Hüseyin Cennet has lost his life.

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

CHP MP Tanrıkulu has presented a report documenting the right to life violations committed against children in recent years. The report has shown that while child mortality from violence and occupational homicides has not decreased, extrajudicial executions have seen a dramatic increase in 2015 and 2016.

One Child killed in Silopi

One Child killed in Silopi

It has came out that 16-year-old Aydın Mete from whom no news had been received for four days, had been killed in Silopi district of Şırnak province which is still under curfew.

Boats Carrying Refugees in Ayvalık and Dikili Capsized

Boats Carrying Refugees in Ayvalık and Dikili Capsized

Rubber boats carrying refugees who wanted to cross over to Greece from Ayvalık and Dikili have turned upside down, at least 20 refugees have lost their lives.

A Woman Sleeping on the Roof Killed in Southeastern Turkey

A Woman Sleeping on the Roof Killed in Southeastern Turkey

Fatma Ay and her child B.Ö. (14) sleeping on the housetop in Şırnak province were opened fire. Mother died while the kid got wounded.

12 Childen Dead in Kobane Protests

12 Childen Dead in Kobane Protests

According to a report by a children’s association, at least 12 children lost their lives within protests related to ISIS’s advance in Kobane. 55 children were arrested.

24 October 2014