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Detainees forced to listen to Turkish nationalist song during trustee protests, says rights group

Detainees forced to listen to Turkish nationalist song during trustee protests, says rights group

Hundreds of people have been detained in protests against the government’s takeover of pro-Kurdish municipalities in early November.

22 November 2024

Protest march in Diyarbakır: We will resist, we will not let them pass

Protest march in Diyarbakır: We will resist, we will not let them pass

MPs, citizens and representatives of civil society organizations marched in Diyarbakır against the trustee appointment and demanded the reversal of the decision.

10 June 2024 Mizgin Tabu

9 lawyers who protested trustees put on trial upon police officers’ complaint

9 lawyers who protested trustees put on trial upon police officers’ complaint

Upon police officers’ criminal complaint, a lawsuit has been filed against nine lawyers who made a press statement in İstanbul in protest against the dismissal of the HDP's elected metropolitan co-mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin in 2019.

2 November 2021