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Police violence

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Journalists to take to the streets to protest police violence
Journalists to take to the streets to protest police violence
Gathering in front of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir Governor’s Offices, journalists will protest the police violence inflicted on their colleagues during the Pride March.
29 June 2021
Police ‘realized Bülent Kılıç was a journalist when he was taken to police station’
Police ‘realized Bülent Kılıç was a journalist when he was taken to police station’
The İstanbul Provincial Security Directorate has released a statement about Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was detained by police violence while covering the 19th İstanbul Pride March on June 26.
28 June 2021
‘İstanbul Convention is annulled, people are made vulnerable to violence’
STATEMENT ON PRIDE MARCH
‘İstanbul Convention is annulled, people are made vulnerable to violence’
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a written statement about the police attack on the 19th İstanbul Pride March in Taksim on June 26, when several people were detained by torture by the police.
28 June 2021
The year 2021 in Turkey: Picnic is forbidden, so is marching
WOMEN’S AGENDA BY EVRİM KEPENEK
The year 2021 in Turkey: Picnic is forbidden, so is marching
LGBTI+s wanted to have a picnic in İstanbul’s Maçka Park a few days ago. It was banned. They wanted to hold a pride march in Taksim Square, one of the most well-known squares of the world. It was also banned. The year is 2021.
28 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek
Deputy minister defends police violence against journalist Bülent Kılıç
İSTANBUL PRIDE MARCH
Deputy minister defends police violence against journalist Bülent Kılıç
Police took AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç into custody by pressing their knees on him at the 19th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride March. While the journalist says that “they wanted to leave him breathless,” Deputy Interior Minister Ersoy defends the violence.
28 June 2021
Police intervention against women naming the street after Deniz Poyraz
DEADLY ATTACK ON HDP
Police intervention against women naming the street after Deniz Poyraz
Despite all attempts of prevention, women have put a signboard on the street where Deniz Poyraz was killed in an armed attack against the HDP İzmir office and named the street after the deceased woman.
23 June 2021
Police officer makes defense: I am the bottom of the hierarchy
VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALIST
Police officer makes defense: I am the bottom of the hierarchy
In the trial of the police officers who battered journalist Beyza Kural during news follow-up, telling her, “Nothing is the same anymore, we will make you learn it,” the defendants made contradictory statements at the first hearing today, on June 23.
23 June 2021
Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'
Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'
Attorney Eren Keskin has made an application to the court, stating that the incident was not actual bodily harm but torture.
15 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek
Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption
Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption
Covering news on corruption in Osmaniye province, journalist Tolga Balcılar’s house was raided by the police three times in one week even though there was no search warrant for the house or a detention warrant against the journalist.
31 May 2021
Police ban journalists from recording police violence
MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police ban journalists from recording police violence
Journalists were prevented from working on May Day after the Directorate General of Security issued a controversial circular prohibiting filming and photographing police officers during demonstrations.
6 May 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu
'We are here, we are recording': Journalists defy ban on filming police officers
'We are here, we are recording': Journalists defy ban on filming police officers
The General Directorate of Security has banned recording images and voices of police officers during demonstrations.
3 May 2021
Lawsuit against police officers who inflicted violence on former bianet reporter Kural
Lawsuit against police officers who inflicted violence on former bianet reporter Kural
Following a ruling of right violation handed down by the Constitutional Court, a lawsuit has been filed against three police officers for “violating the freedom to work and labor” of former bianet reporter Beyza Kural.
27 April 2021 Ayça Söylemez
Court: The shot that killed Festus Okey wasn't unintentional
Court: The shot that killed Festus Okey wasn't unintentional
The court has announced its justified decision in the case of the 2007 killing of Festus Okey, a refugee from Nigeria, at a police station.
20 April 2021 Ayça Söylemez
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
Held in detention in Gazi police station in İstanbul for two days, Sezer and Süleyman Çakmak have made a press statement about the police violence they suffered.
9 April 2021
Police officer sentenced to prison over killing of Festus Okey
Police officer sentenced to prison over killing of Festus Okey
Trial over the killing of Festus Okey from Nigeria at Beyoğlu Police Department in İstanbul has ended after 14 years and the defendant police officer has been sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in prison.
18 March 2021
Prison officer who beat journalist Barış Pehlivan issued a warning
Prison officer who beat journalist Barış Pehlivan issued a warning
Pehlivan's attorney has said that the officer should have been given a "much heavier punishment."
18 February 2021
Ruling of right violation for police violence against former bianet reporter Kural
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Ruling of right violation for police violence against former bianet reporter Kural
Constitutional Court has given its ruling regarding the police violence against former bianet reporter Beyza Kural after 5.5 years. The Court has concluded that it was intended as humiliation to say, “Nothing is the same anymore, we will make you learn this.”
18 February 2021
‘We are punished because we demand justice’
BY DİLEK DOĞAN’S ELDER BROTHER
‘We are punished because we demand justice’
Emrah Doğan, the elder brother of Dilek Doğan, who was killed by the police, says that his family has come under judicial pressure because of their struggle for justice: “And I am arrested because I demanded law and justice for Dilek, for our dearest.”
16 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez
Attorneys: Police threatened families of Boğaziçi protesters
Attorneys: Police threatened families of Boğaziçi protesters
Some families were called and told by the police that their children's future will be "ruined," according to the attorneys.
11 February 2021
‘We are against all unlawful acts and proceedings’
35 BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIRS
‘We are against all unlawful acts and proceedings’
The chairs of 35 bar associations have released a joint statement about the police violence against Boğaziçi University students: “We demand an end to all types of pressure on citizens who use their democratic rights that do not constitute a crime.”
4 February 2021
‘Attack on journalists in Kadıköy targets people’s right to learn truths’
JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS
‘Attack on journalists in Kadıköy targets people’s right to learn truths’
Halk TV journalists Yılmaz and Erkmen were hit by plastic bullets, documentary filmmaker Kızıl was wounded in his brow and journalist Akgül was battered up during the police intervention into Boğaziçi protests. Journalism organizations slam police violence.
3 February 2021
Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released
Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that 83 people who were battered and detained in the capital city have been released.
3 February 2021
Police fire tear gas, plastic bullets at Boğaziçi University students in Kadıköy
SEVERAL STUDENTS DETAINED
Police fire tear gas, plastic bullets at Boğaziçi University students in Kadıköy
After 159 students were detained yesterday, Boğaziçi Solidarity made a call for protest in Kadıköy. While some students are detained on their way, police intervene against students with tear gas and plastic bullets in Kadıköy, taking several of them into custody.
2 February 2021 Dilek Şen
Family to be paid compensation because of 'police violence during home raid'
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING
Family to be paid compensation because of 'police violence during home raid'
Four members of a family were injured by the police during a home raid in the southeastern Antep province.
26 January 2021 Ayça Söylemez
'Listen to this, this is how we killed your brother'
ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING OF METİN GÖKTEPE
'Listen to this, this is how we killed your brother'
Twenty-five years ago today, journalist Metin Göktepe was beaten to death by police officers. We have spoken with his sister about the killing and the aftermath.
8 January 2021 Hikmet Adal
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’
The Constitutional Court has concluded that the strip search of a woman at the tea room of a police station violated the prohibition of ill treatment on procedural grounds.
5 January 2021
Breaking a protester’s arm, police officer sentenced to prison
Breaking a protester’s arm, police officer sentenced to prison
The police officer who broke Danacı’s arm while intervening in a protest has been sentenced to 1 year, 8 months in prison; but, as the court has concluded that “he will not commit a crime again,” the announcement of the verdict has been deferred.
30 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Police officers testify at court: We didn’t see, hear or know anything
Police officers testify at court: We didn’t see, hear or know anything
The colleagues of the police officer standing trial for battering lawyer Zeycan Balcı and breaking her backbone testified at court as witnesses today. The officers argued that “they had not witnessed anything.”
28 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Is there an investigation against police officer who wounded 2 citizens?’
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP
‘Is there an investigation against police officer who wounded 2 citizens?’
In a Parliamentary question addressed to Minister of Interior Soylu, HDP MP Dede has asked whether an investigation has been launched against the police officer who shot two citizens in the leg amid a road rage in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari.
7 December 2020
Battered by police, citizen loses his life
Battered by police, citizen loses his life
Having a heart attack after being battered by six police officers in İzmir, Mehmet Şerif Coşkun has lost his life at the hospital where he was taken after the incident.
26 November 2020
Lawsuit against Saturday People over their 700th gathering
Lawsuit against Saturday People over their 700th gathering
The indictment prepared based on a police report requests that Saturday Mothers/People, who demand justice for their enforced disappeared relatives, be penalized for violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.
23 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison
Tortured by police, 3 children face up to 26 years in prison
Subjected to torture at a police station, three children aged between 13 and 17 now face a lawsuit while there has been no progress in the investigation launched against the police officers who allegedly tortured the children.
23 November 2020
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