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Confidentiality Order for Bombing Attacks in Diyarbakır

Confidentiality Order for Bombing Attacks in Diyarbakır

Criminal Court of Peace gave confidentiality order for bombing attacks in Diyarbakır while prosecution launched an investigation against a reporter and public authorities.

What Do People Think About the Elections in Diyarbakır?

BEYZA KURAL IN DIYARBAKIR

What Do People Think About the Elections in Diyarbakır?

Partisan people of HDP and AKP, women and youngsters shared their feelings and expectations from forthcoming election in the streets of Diyarbakır.

22 May 2015 Beyza Kural

What Do Candidates Think in Diyarbakır About the Elections?

BEYZA KURAL IN DİYARBAKIR

What Do Candidates Think in Diyarbakır About the Elections?

We talked to journalists and candidates from HDP, AKP and independent candidates from HÜDA-PAR; will there be an electoral realignment, how the President’s behavior and resolution process affect voters and how does election battle go?

21 May 2015 Beyza Kural

Decision of Non-jurisdiction in Uğur Kantar’s Case with Judgement “Qualified Torture”

Decision of Non-jurisdiction in Uğur Kantar’s Case with Judgement “Qualified Torture”

Diyarbakır 11th Criminal Court of First Instance gave ruling that the offence was “qualified torture” and decided of non-jurisdiction in case of Uğur Kantar.

14 May 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Surp Giragos Armenian Church Receives EU Prize for Cultural Heritage

Surp Giragos Armenian Church Receives EU Prize for Cultural Heritage

Diyarbakır's Surp Giragos Armenian Church restored after many years received the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.

14 April 2015 Nilay Vardar

Dutch Journalist Charged With “PKK Propaganda”

Dutch Journalist Charged With “PKK Propaganda”

Frederike Geerdink, a Dutch journalist based in Diyarbakır who was detained by the police last month for her tweets, has been charged with “PKK propaganda”.

3 February 2015

Kurdish-Teaching School Unsealed By Officials

Kurdish-Teaching School Unsealed By Officials

Education ministry officials removed the seal on Ferzad Kemanger Elementary School - a Kurdish-teaching school in Diyarbakır province sealed for reasons associated with application deadlines.

6 November 2014

Diyarbakır Municipality FC Adopts A Kurdish Name

Diyarbakır Municipality FC Adopts A Kurdish Name

The soccer club of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality changed its name to Amedspor, referring to the Kurdish name of Diyarbakır province.

29 October 2014

Three German Journalists Released in Diyarbakır

Three German Journalists Released in Diyarbakır

Three German journalists who have detained last night in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır for commanding 20 protestors have been released. They will testify today and attempt to retain their confiscated equipment.

13 October 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Hard to Be a Journalist Under Curfew

Hard to Be a Journalist Under Curfew

Various journalists spoke up on their experience regarding yesterday’s curfew in Diyarbakır province as well as other districts in Turkey’s Kurdish-populated cities.

9 October 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Party Co-Chair Model Rejected By Court in Diyarbakır

Party Co-Chair Model Rejected By Court in Diyarbakır

A court ruled halted the execution of co-chair model in 7 districts of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. According to that, the administrative deeds of co-chairs might be considered as invalid.

30 Released, 2 Declined in KCK Diyarbakır Case

30 Released, 2 Declined in KCK Diyarbakır Case

Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court released 30 defendants yesterday while declining the release of two as “PKK still resumed its activities”.

Gendarmerie Intervention on Diyarbakır-Lice Road

Gendarmerie Intervention on Diyarbakır-Lice Road

Armed forces together with special units staged an operation against PKK’s youth organization YDG-H, due to their blocking the Diyarbakır-Lice road for the past week in protest of the construction of police stations and high-security police bases at the borders of the country.

Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister

Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister

Last night, police hit M.E (10) in the head with a tear gas canister in Silvan district of Diyarbakır (a southeastern city of Turkey). While M.E. was admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital in critical condition, doctors said his health improved throughout the day.

Nationalist Sign Removed in Diyarbakır

Nationalist Sign Removed in Diyarbakır

The sign saying “How happy is the one who says I am Turk” has been removed in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır by the order of Governor’s Office.

7 November 2013

Court Bans March 8 Poster in Diyarbakır

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Court Bans March 8 Poster in Diyarbakır

A Diyarbakır court banned an International Women's Day billboard poster on the ground that it violated Turkish Anti-Terror Act Article 10.

28 February 2013

VIDEO: Farewell Ceremony to 3 Slain Kurdish Women

NİLAY VARDAR REPORTED FROM DIYARBAKIR

VIDEO: Farewell Ceremony to 3 Slain Kurdish Women

Hundreds of thousands people gathered in Diyarbakir early to this morning to say a last goodbye to Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, 3 Kurdish politicians who were cold-bloodedly killed in Paris on January 9.

17 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

New Diyarbakır Police Chief Utters Hopeful Remarks

New Diyarbakır Police Chief Utters Hopeful Remarks

The newly appointed police chief in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır voiced unusual and poignant remarks about the Kurdish issue. Critics expressed hope that the sentiments he voiced will translate into action but struck a cautious note as he still remains an agent of the Turkish state.

8 October 2012 Ekin Karaca

Hundreds of Students Got Poisoned by Milk Distributed

Hundreds of Students Got Poisoned by Milk Distributed

Ministry of National Education began to milk distribution campaign today and many students are poisoned.

2 May 2012 Yüce Yöney

BDP Executive Dies from Gas Bomb during Newroz 'Celebrations'

NEWROZ 2012

BDP Executive Dies from Gas Bomb during Newroz 'Celebrations'

BDP district executive Hacı Zengin died after he was hit by a gas bomb thrown by the police during heavy interventions against thousands of people who wanted to celebrate Newroz. The Ministry of the Interior denied permission for the celebrations this year.

JİTEM Mass Grave in Diyarbakır

JİTEM Mass Grave in Diyarbakır

"The bones of six persons were found in the course of restoration works next to a building belonging to JİTEM" the Human Rights Association announced. The excavation is being conducted in co-operation with the prosecutor's office.

12 January 2012 Ayça Söylemez

More KCK Operations, Custodies, Arrests...

More KCK Operations, Custodies, Arrests...

22 people were taken into police custody in Diyarbakır in the course of the latest KCK operations, among them the Deputy Mayor of Bağlar. Eleven persons were arrested in Istanbul few days earlier.

12 January 2012

Military Operation in Diyarbakır

Military Operation in Diyarbakır

A military operation on the Görese Mountain in Diyarbakır started four days ago. According to the governor, "15 PKK members were killed". Access to the region was denied to members of the Peace and Democracy Party.

20 December 2011

70 Arrests in Istanbul and Diyarbakır

KCK OPERATIONS

70 Arrests in Istanbul and Diyarbakır

34 people were arrested in Istanbul on 26 November. They were part of a group of 46 people, mostly lawyers, who were taken into custody on 22 November in the course of KCK operations. In Diyarbakır, 36 out of 43 people in custody were detained.

28 November 2011

12 People Killed in 4 Days

12 People Killed in 4 Days

A soldier and two village guards were killed in armed conflicts with the PKK in Van. An attack on a police team in Diyarbakır left one police officer dead. A total of twelve people died in armed clashes within the past four days.

23 September 2011

Blast Bomb in Diyarbakır, Noise Bomb in Istanbul

Blast Bomb in Diyarbakır, Noise Bomb in Istanbul

A bomb thrown to a shuttle of the Police Vocational School in Diyarbakır left four policemen injured. A noise bomb placed in a bus in Istanbul was brought to explosion by the bus driver at the side of the road. Nobody was wounded.

16 September 2011

Dozens in Police Custody - 7 Arrests

KCK OPERATIONS

Dozens in Police Custody - 7 Arrests

A total of 24 people including journalist Pamuk, NGO members, politicians and children, were taken into custody in the scope of KCK operations in the pre-dominantly Kurdish cities of Van, Şırnak, Mardin, Muş, Bingöl, Ağrı and Diyarbakır, five people were arrested.

Journalist Attacked while Covering Prime Minister's Visit

Journalist Attacked while Covering Prime Minister's Visit

Journalist Ahmet Yukuş from the Habertürk newspaper was apparently beaten by the bodyguards of Prime Minister Erdoğan in Diyarbakır. He received a three-day sick certificate. The journalist does not consider taking legal steps.

3 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

12 People Arrested after KCK Operations

12 People Arrested after KCK Operations

17 people were taken into custody in the course of operations against the KCK in several provinces last week. Twelve of them were arrested. Lawyer Aktar said that he has only limited access to the file because the investigation was classified.

5 May 2011 Ekin Karaca

DİHA Representatives and Reporters Arrested

DİHA Representatives and Reporters Arrested

Dicle News Agency Diyarbakır representative Kadri Kaya, Batman reporter Erdoğan Altan and two other people were arrested by a Batman Court on Duty under allegations of "membership in an illegal organization". Batman Post newspaper reporter Mehmet Karabaş was released.

Defence Lawyers about to Withdraw from KCK Trial

Defence Lawyers about to Withdraw from KCK Trial

The procedures of the KCK trial heard in Diyarbakır were once more jammed upon the court board's decision not to permit a defence in Kurdish. The microphone was switched off for two defendants. About 100 defence lawyers protested the court.

Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır

Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır

The Foreign Affairs Department of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party issued a press release on their sit-down strike in Diyarbakır, a Kurdish-majority city in south-eastern Turkey.