GENERAL REPORT : Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) September 2013

01-02 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report / (09/001) Coercion in prison…

On 1 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 23 prolonged the pre-trial detention period of Ali Haydar Yıldız (a pre-trial detainee in Metris (İstanbul) R Type of Closed Prison) despite the report of the Forensic Medicine Institute that documents he could not maintain his life by himself due to his paralysis, given on 23 January 2013.

(09/002) Coercion in prison…

Suat Bahadır had set his goods on fire to protest the torture and ill-treatment in Sincan (Ankara) Prison for Juveniles. The administration of the prison sentenced him to a fine of 21,900TL for three blankets and three beds on charges of “harming public goods” reported on 1 September 2013.

(09/003) Interventions to the Peace Day Actions on 1 September…

Police teams shut down the Gezi Park before the planned actions and also hindered the human chain from İstiklal Street to Taksim Square and detained 10 people from the chain in İstanbul Province on 1 September 2013.

Two people were wounded and 5 people were detained by police teams in the intervention to the action in Hacıbekir Quarter in Van Province.

 

03-05 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/004) Work accident in Şırnak Province…

Hüseyin Dekçi (18), Süleyman Gökalp (19) and Mahmut İçkale (45) died in the collapse in the private coal mine in Ara Village of Şırnak Province on 2 September 2013.

(09/005) The clashes in Syria…

During the clashes between the al-Nusra Front, a group loosely aligned with al-Qaida and the PYD (the Syrian Democratic Party, which is affiliated with PKK) in Kurdish-controlled territories, Emine Bozkurt (6) was seriously with bullets in Ceylanpınar District of Şanlıurfa Province, fired from Serekaniye (Resulayn) Town in Syria on 3 September 2013.

(09/006) Workers died/wounded in traffic accident…

A seasonal agriculture worker died and 26 others were wounded in the traffic accident in Toroslar District of Mersin Province on 3 September 2013.

(09/007) Workers died/wounded in traffic accident…

Davut Şirin (69) and Georgian Gülnazi Jizihiaşvili (65) died and three other Georgians were wounded after the fall of the minibus that had been carrying the seasonal agriculture workers to the river in İkizce District of Ordu Province on 4 September 2013.

(09/008) The clashes in Syria…

Aysel Yılmaz (55) was wounded with the bullet fired from Jarablus District of Halep Province, in Karkamış District of Gaziantep Province on 4 September 2013.

(09/009) The clashes in Syria…

Soldier Saddam Karadodak who had been wounded in the clashes between the smugglers and the Turkish Armed Forces in the vicinity of Reyhanlı District of Hatay Province on 15 August 2013 died in the army hospital in Ankara Province on 4 September 2013.

(09/010) Ongoing murder by unknown assailants investigation in Muş Province…

Nine people had been killed by burning their house on the grounds that they had been helping and harbouring illegal organisation in Korkut District of Muş Province on Altınova Municipality of 17 May 1993.

Muş Heavy Penal Court had accepted the indictment against Hasköy Gendarmerie Headquarters Commander Captain B.K., Infantry First-lieutenant H.A., Gökyazı Gendarmerie Headquarters Commander Master Sergeant T.N. and Special Task Force Department vice director Ş.U.

On 4 September 2013 the court begin to hear the case and impose probations and ban of leaving Turkey on the defendants. The hearing was adjourned to 20 November 2013.

(09/011) The investigation on the murder of Ethem Sarısülük…

The indictment against the police officer Ahmet Şahbaz, who killed Ethem Sarısülük in Ankara Province on 1 June 2013, had been sent to Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 6 to be evaluated on 12 July 2013. The prosecutor had asked up to 5 years of imprisonment against the murderer on charges of “homicide with excessive use of self-defence” under Articles 81 and 27/1 of the TPC. The court accepted the indictment on 16 July 2013.

The lawyer of the Sarısülük family demanded from the court to decline the indictment on the grounds that higher sentences should be envisaged for the suspect on 17 July 2013.

The court sent the indictment back to Ankara Chief Public Prosecution Office on the grounds that the authorisation for the trial of the officer Ahmet Şahbaz was not taken. The prosecution office objected to the court homicide is not amongst the duties of the law-enforcement and Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 7 approved the objection of the prosecution office and overturned the verdict to stop the proceedings on 19 July 2013.

Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 6 adjudicated to start the trial against police officer Ahmet Şahbaz on 23 September 2013.

(09/012) Hate crime in İstanbul Province…

Two trans women were first verbally harassed by four people and then beaten in Şişli District of İstanbul Province on 4 September 2013. The four perpetrators were reportedly detained by police teams.

(09/013) Coercion in prison…

On 5 August 2013 the administration of Hacılar (Kırıkkale) F Type of Closed Prison confiscated tow fax messages of Mesut Çeki on the practices in prison, reported on 4 September 2013.

(09/014) Ill pre-trial detainees and convicts…

Ergin Aktaş who does not have his arms and has been in Erzurum H Type of Closed Prison, was not released on the grounds that Erzurum Security Directorate objected his release because “he is dangerous for the society” although İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institute reported that he could not survive in prison by himself reported on 4 September 2013.

(09/015) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 3 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/016) Coercion in prison…

Hayri Aktaş, a member of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK), who is a pre-trial detainee in Kırıklar (İzmir) F Type of Closed Prison No. 1 was beaten on the grounds that he objected to be monitored during his meeting with his lawyer reported on 2 September 2013.

(09/017) Arrested reporter…

Dicle News Agency’s (DİHA) reporter Cüneyt Hacıoğlu who had been detained by police teams in home raid in Uludere District of Şırnak Province on 31 August 2013 was arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” on 2 September 2013.

(09/018) Ongoing KCK Case in Mardin Province…

On 3 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 8 went on hearing the case against 48 defendants -8 pre-trial detainees- who had been detained in the KCK operation in Mardin Province on 18 October 2011 on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC.

The court heard the legal arguments of the defendants in Kurdish and prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the defendants. The hearing was adjourned to 19 November 2013.

(09/019) Confiscated exhibition…

Didim Chief Public Prosecution office confiscated the exhibition that contains 10 cartoons which were allegedly hanged by the Didim Gezi Platform to the boards during the Peace Festival in Didim District of Aydın Province and launched an investigation against 5 people reported on 4 September 2013

(09/020) Home raids in Van Province…

Five -Fatih Keleş, Emin Dağgezen, Haluk Şahin, Hacı Şahin and Mehmet Döner out of the six people who had been detained in home raids by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams in Özalp and Saray Districts of Van Province on 31 August 2013 were arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” on 3 September 2013.

(09/021) Home raids in Mardin Province…

Twelve people were detained in home raids by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams on the grounds that they had participated in various actions in Dargeçit District of Mardin Province on 4 September 2013.

 

06 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/022) Work accident in Kahramanmaraş Province…

Kemal Yüksel (38) suffocated due to smoke from the fire in a textile factory in Kılılı Municipality of Türkoğlu District of Kahramanmaraş Province on 5 September 2013. Two other workers are still in hospital.

(09/023) Ongoing murder by unknown assailants investigation in Şırnak Province…

Three assailants had come into Kolgezer region of Güçlü Village Cizre District of Şırnak Province on 12 January 1993 and taken Nezir Elgün (8), Lokman Elgün (21), Hacer Elgün (4), Hıdır Elgün (20) and their mothers Nasibe Elgün (42) out of their houses and killed. The prosecutor decided nolle prosequi and sent the file to Cizre Chief Public Prosecution Office just few days before the time limitation reported on 6 September 2013.

(09/024) Human remnants found in Şanlıurfa Province…

Approximately 30 bones human were found in the Ayvanat gardens which had been under the control of the temporary village guards in 1990s in Siverek District of Şanlıurfa Province.

Siverek Chief Public Prosecution Office gathered the bones and sent them to the forensic medicine institute to identify the owners reported on 5 September 2013.

(09/025) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 5 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/026) Coercion in prison…

Ramazan Özalp (46) who had been paralysed and became cancer patient after 21 years in prison and who has been in Gaziantep H Type of Closed Prison, was not released on the grounds that İdil Gendarmerie Command objected his release because “he is dangerous for the society” although İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institute reported that he could not survive in prison by himself reported on 4 September 2013.

(09/027) Tried people…

On 3 September 2013 Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 19 began to hear the case against 126 defendants who had been detained in the protest against the laws in the GNAT in Ankara Province on 3 March 2011 on charges of “resisting public officers due to his duty” and “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”. The hearings went on till 5 September 2013 and adjourned to 6 December 2013.

(09/028) Hindered march in Şırnak Province……

Police teams hindered the march organised by KURDÎ-DER and BDP to defend the education in mother tongue in İdil District of Şırnak Province on 5 September 2013.

(09/029) Intervention to the demonstration in İstanbul Province…

Sultan Işıklı and Hasan Selim Gören, two members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front -Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Parti/Cephesi (DHKP/C) who had been searched as the perpetrators of the several armed attacks were wounded in the clash in Gazi Quarter of Sultangazi District of İstanbul Province on 20 July 2012. Hasan Selim Gören died in Okmeydanı Training and Survey Hospital on 21 July 2012.

Sultan Işıklı who had been wounded from her shoulder was arrested and sent to prison without proper medical treatment on 23 July 2012.

On 5 September 2013 the case against Sultan Işıklı was held and 15 people who attempted to make public statement in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse to support her, were detained by police teams.

(09/030) Tried people…

On 4 September 2013 Van Heavy Penal Court No. 5 went on hearing the case against Abdullah Göngür, Yusuf Akın, Hışyar Buldan, Mehmet Ölmez and Metin Gezen who had been detained in the operation in Hakkâri Province in 2011 on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC.

The court heard the both sides and prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the defendants. The hearing was adjourned to 24 October 2013.

(09/031) Detained people in Kocaeli Province…

Five people -Gökhan Avkaya, Çetin Ak, Mesut Yılmaz, Gizem Güzel and Hazal Korkmaz- were detained by police teams as they attempted to paint the stairs to the colours of the rainbow in Kocaeli Province on 5 September 2013. They had painted the stairs before but the municipality painted it grey again.

(09/032) Inter and ntion to the action in Ankara Province…

Fifteen people, who were conducting sit-in strike to protest the highway that would cut the Middle East Technical Uni and rsity (ODTU/METU) into two, were detained by police teams Ankara Province on 6 September 2013.

 

07-09 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/033) Cezaevlerinde Baskılar…

Erzurum H Tipi Cezaevi’nde tutulan İsa Eşsiz’in 29 Ağustos 2013’te, “hastanedeki muayenesi esnasında kelepçelerinin açılmamasına itiraz ettiği” gerekçesiyle jandarma görevlilerince darp edildiği 6 Eylül 2013’te öğrenildi.

(09/034) Cezaevlerinde Baskılar…

Erzurum H Tipi Cezaevi’nde tutuklan Bülent Taşdemir’in muayene için götürüldüğü hastanede kelepçeli şekilde muayene olmayı kabul etmemesi nedeniyle tedavisinin yapılamadığı ve cezaevine dönüş yolunda darp edildiği 6 Eylül 2013’te öğrenildi.

(09/035) ODTÜ Eylemlerine Müdahaleler…

Ankara’da Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi’nin (ODTÜ) bulunduğu alandan geçirilmesi planlanan yol yapımına karşı üniversite çevresinde düzenlenen protesto gösterilerine polis ekipleri gaz bombaları ve basınçlı suyla müdahale etti.

6 Eylül 2013’te düzenlenen eyleme polis ekiplerinin sert müdahalesi sonucu bir kişi başından aldığı cop darbeleriyle yaralandı. Müdahale esnasında mimar Tezcan Karakuş Candan darp edilirken, Hürriyet Gazetesi muhabiri Rıza Özel de başına isabet eden plastik mermi sonucu, Barış Barışık da başına isabet eden gaz bombası kapsülü sonucu yaralandı.

7 Eylül ve 8 Eylül 2013’teki eylemlere de müdahale eden polis ekipleri 15 kişiyi gözaltına aldı.

İstanbul’da da 6 Eylül ve 7 Eylül 2013’te, ODTÜ’deki eylemlere destek vermek amacıyla Gezi Parkı’nda basın açıklaması yapılmak istenmesi üzerine Gezi Parkı polis ekipleri tarafından halkın kullanımına kapatıldı.

7 Eylül 2013’te Taksim Meydanı civarındaki ve 8 Eylül 2013’te Gazi Mahallesi’ndeki eylemlere gaz bombaları ve basınçlı suyla müdahale edilmesi sonucu çok sayıda kişi yaralanırken, 6 kişi de gözaltına alındı.

(09/036) Aydın’da Polisler Tarafından Darp Edilen Kişi…

Aydın’ın Nazilli İlçesi’nde evinin bahçesinde yaralı ve hasta sokak hayvanlarına bakan Naime Urul (47) hakkındaki şikâyetler üzerine 15 Ağustos 2013’te evine gelen polis ve zabıta ekibine Naime Urul’un direnmesi üzerine darp edildiği 6 Eylül 2013’te öğrenildi.

(09/037) Cizre’de Meydana Gelen Faili Meçhul Cinayetlerle İlgili JİTEM Davası…

Şırnak’ın Cizre İlçesi’nde 1993–1995 yıllarında, Cizre Jandarma İlçe Komutanı Cemal Temizöz’ün görev yaptığı dönemde işlenen 20 faili meçhul cinayetle ilgili olarak açılan, Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele (JİTEM) Davası’na, 6 Eylül 2013’te Diyarbakır 6. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’ndeki duruşmayla devam edildi.

Beşi tutuklu 7 kişinin yargılandığı davanın duruşmasında sanıkların ifadesini alan mahkeme heyeti, dava dosyasını esas hakkındaki mütalaasını hazırlaması amacıyla savcıya göndererek duruşmayı 8 Kasım 2013’e erteledi.

(09/038) Yargılanan Kişiler…

İstanbul’un Sultangazi İlçesi’nde 11 Eylül 2012’de 75. Yıl Polis Merkezi’ne canlı bomba saldırısı düzenleyen Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Cephesi (DHKC) militanı İbrahim Çuhadar’ın cenazesini almak için 14 Eylül 2012’de, Yenibona İlçesi’nde bulunan Adlî Tıp Kurumu önünde bekleyen gruba müdahale eden polis ekipleri 27 kişiyi darp ederek gözaltına almıştı.

Gözaltına alınanlardan ikisi aynı zamanda Yürüyüş Dergisi muhabiri olan toplam 8 kişi “yasadışı örgüt propagandası yaptıları” suçlamasıyla 18 Eylül 2012’de tutuklanmış, aldığı darbeler nedeniyle sağ kulak zarı yırtılan Grup Yorum solisti Selma Altın ile keman sanatçısı Ezgi Dilan Balcı’nın aralarında bulunduğu 9 kişiye ise “konutu terk etmeme yasağı” konulmuştu.

8’i tutuklu toplam 21 kişi hakkında başlatılan soruşturmanın sonunda hazırlanan iddianamede “yasadışı DHKP/C Örgütü üyesi oldukları”, “görevli polis memuruna direndikleri”, “görevli polis memurunu tehdit ettikleri”, “kamu malına zarar verdikleri” ve “2911 sayılı Toplantı ve Gösteri Yürüyüşleri Kanunu’na muhalefet ettikleri” gerekçeleriyle suçlanan 21 kişiyle ilgili yargılamaya 6 Eylül 2013’te İstanbul 23. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde başlandı.

Duruşmada sanıkların ifadelerini alan mahkeme heyeti, tutuklu sanıkların tutuksuz yargılanmak üzere tahliye edilmesine karar vererek duruşmayı 11 Şubat 2014’e erteledi.

(09/039) Siirt’te Gözaltına Alınan Kişi…

Siirt’te 6 Eylül 2013’te polis ekipleri tarafından evine baskın düzenlenen Dilber Özay gözaltına alınırken, operasyonun gerekçesi hakkında açıklama yapılmadı.

(09/040) Adana’da Polisler Tarafından Vurulan Çocuk…

Adana’da 1 Eylül 2013’te, Zagros Hüseyin’in (11) manava giderken yürüdüğü yolda eylem yapan bir gruba müdahale eden polis ekibi tarafından plastik mermiyle gözünden vurulduğu 6 Eylül 2013’te öğrenildi.

(09/041) Muğla’da Gözaltına Alınan Kişi…

Muğla’nın Datça İlçesi’nde 7 Eylül 2013’te kapanışı yapılan 8. Altın Badem Sinema ve Kültür Festivali’nde Gezi Parkı eylemlerinde yaşamını yitirenlerin adlarının yazılı olduğu dövizi açan Cengiz Gül adlı kişi özel güvenlik görevlilerince darp edilerek gözaltına alındı.

(09/042) Kahramanmaraş’ta İş Kazası…

Kahramanmaraş’ta 7 Eylül 2013’te Yeni Sanayi Sitesi’nde metal mutfak eşyaları imal eden bir fabrikada çalışan Mahmut İnce (25), sağ elini pres makinasına kaptırdı. Mahmyut İnce’nin iki parmağının koptuğu ve ameliyatla yerine dikildiği öğrenildi.

(09/043) İstanbul’da Gözaltına Alınan Kişi…

İstanbul’un Beyoğlu İlçesi’nde 7 Eylül 2013’te, Önder Babat Kültür Merkezi’nin afişlerini asan 3 kişiyi zabıta ekiplerinin engellemesine tepki gösteren LGBT aktivisti-muhabir Michelle Demishevich ve afiş asan 3 kişi polis ekipleri tarafından gözaltına alındı.

(09/044) Şırnak’ta Gözaltında Kaybetme Soruşturması…

Şırnak’ın Silopi İlçesi’nin Görümlü Beldesi’ne bağlı Derecik Mezrası’nda 14 Mayıs 1993’te “PKK’ye yardım ve yataklık yaptıkları” iddiasıyla dönemin Şırnak Tugay Komutanı Mete Sayar’ın emriyle gözaltına alındıktan sonra bir daha kendilerinden haber alınamayan 6 köylünün akıbetine ilişkin soruşturmanın zamanaşımına uğramasına 3 gün kala Mete Sayar, Görümlü 1. Mekanize Piyade Tabur Komutanı emekli Albay Hasan Basri Vural, 3. Bölük Tim Komutanı Üsteğmen İbrahim Kıraç, Yüzbaşı Murat Ali Yıldız, Kayseri Hava İndirme Tugayına bağlı teğmen Serdar Tekin ile 2. Komando Tabur Komutanlığından Tansel Erok hakkında ağırlaştırılmış müebbet hapis cezası talebiyle açılan davaya 5 Kasım 2013’te başlanacağı öğrenildi.

(09/045) Ankara’da Protesto Gösterisine Müdahale…

Ankara’nın Mamak İlçesi’ne bağlı Tuzluçayır Mahallesi’nde Fethullah Gülen ve Cem Vakfı Onursal Başkanı İzzettin Doğan’ın işbirliğiyle yapılmak istenen cami-cemevi-aşevi projesini protesto etmek amacıyla 7 Eylül ve 8 Eylül 2013’te düzenlenen protesto gösterilerine polis ekiplerinin gaz bombaları ve basınçlı suyla müdahale etmesi sonucu çok sayıda kişi yaralan, 16 kişi de gözaltına alındı.

(09/046) Gözaltına Alınan Şarkıcı…

Bir etkinliğe katılmak için 8 Eylül 2013’te Atatürk Havalimanı’ndan (İstanbul) Türkiye’ye giriş yapan şarkıcı Hozan Cömert “yasadışı örgüt propagandası yaptığı” gerekçesiyle gözaltına alınarak Atatürk Havalimanı Polis Karakolu’na götürüldü.

(09/047) Bursa’da Irkçı Saldırı…

Bursa’nın İznik İlçesi’nde 7 Eylül 2013’te yol verme meselesi yüzünden çıkan kavgada ölen Zeki Dursun’un (26) yakınları 8 Eylül 2013’te kavgaya karışan ve gözaltına alınan N.D. (45) ile M.D.’nin (16) de yaşadığı Roman mahallesine saldırarak mahallede bulunan bir lokal ile birçok ev ve işyerine zarar verdiler.

 

10 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/048) Intervention to the protests against the police brutality and extrajudicial killing in Hatay Province…

Police teams interfered to the protest against the police brutality in general and especially in the intervention to the protest in Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) in Ankara Province, with gas bombs, plastic bullets and water cannons in Hatay Province on 9 September 2013.

Ahmet Atakan (22) who was wounded during the gas bomb attacks died in the hospital. His relatives claimed that he was wounded with gas bomb canister from his head. CHP Hatay Deputy Hasan Akgöl also stated that there was a mark of hit in the head of Ahmet Atakan.

The police officers claimed that Ahmet Atakan fell down from the roof of a building with third floor as he was trying to throw the sun energy collector. But the collector is still on the roof.

(09/049) The investigation on the murder of Ali İsmail Korkmaz by unknown assailants…

Ali İsmail Korkmaz (19) who had been battered by the unidentified people after the protest Eskişehir Province on 3 June 2013 for the Gezi Park, died in the hospital on 10 July 2013.

The indictment against 8 people -5 pre-trial detainees (one of them police officers) and three other police officers- on charges of homicide was presented to be evaluated to Eskişehir Heavy Penal Court No. 2. The prosecutor asked life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole against police officer Mevlüt Saldoğan (41).

(09/050) Ongoing extra-judicial killing case in Van Province…

Soldiers had raided on Buğulukaynak (Kel) Village of Çaldıran District of Van Province on 6 October 2009 and had killed unarmed HPG militants Sunullah Keserci, Necmeddin Ahmed Hasan and İbrahim Atabay (18) who had been living in the village. Former Minister of Interior Affairs Beşir Atalay had claimed that they had been killed in the clash.

With the official complaint of the soldiers who had participated in the murder, Erciş Chief Public Prosecution Office had called 18 soldiers to give their testimonies and all of them, except former Van Province Gendarmerie Regiment Commander retired Colonel Vecihi Halil İyigün, were released on 24 May 2012.

In the indictment the prosecutor had asked three times life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole for each of the 18 defendants.

Erciş Heavy Penal Court accepted the indictment against 18 soldiers but the case was transferred to Ankara due to security reasons.

Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 6 heard the lawyers of the both sides and adjourned the hearing to 7 October 2013 in order to evaluate the demand to exhumation of the graves and to hear the confidential witnesses.

(09/051) Racist attack in Bursa Province…

The racist attack on the quarter of Roma people also went on 9 September 2013. Zeki Dursun (26) was killed in the quarrel due to the traffic jam in İznik District of Bursa Province on 7 September 2013 by N.D. (45) and M.D. (16) and the relatives of the deceased began to conduct the attacks on the quarter of the perpetrators. The attacks have been becoming lynch attempts and because of this the inhabitants began to move to other cities.

(09/052) Battered journalist in Ankara Province…

Evrensel Newspaper’s reporter Hasan Akbaş and Hayat TV’s reporter Birkan Bulut were beaten and threatened with death by police officers as they were following the intervention to the protest in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Mamak District of Ankara Province on 9 September 2013.

(09/053) Person beaten by police İstanbul Province…

Murat Hızlı was beaten and detained by the traffic police officers on the grounds that he had objected to the traffic fine in Zeytinburnu District of İstanbul Province reported on 7 September 2013.

(09/054) Attack on the forum in İstanbul Province…

A person was wounded in the attack by 30-40 people with sticks on the forum in İkitelli Quarter of Küçükçekmece District of İstanbul Province on 9 September 2013.

(09/055) Police attack on the protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams attacked on the “justice march” with gas bombs and water cannons in Okmeydanı Quarter of Şişli District of İstanbul Province on 9 September 2013.

The march was for Berkin Elvan (14) who had been wounded with gas bomb canisters and in coma in last 86 days.

Ten people wounded with gas bomb canisters and a police officer with a stone. Five people were detained by police teams.

(09/056) Police attack on the protest in Adana Province…

Police teams attacked on the protest against police brutality with gas bombs and water cannons in Adana Province on 8 September 2013. Three people were wounded, 16 people were detained by police teams.

(09/057) Detained person in İstanbul Province…

The Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) member Didem Arda was detained by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams in İstanbul Province on 8 September 2013.

 

11 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/058) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

Police teams interfered to the protest against the police brutality in general and especially in the intervention to the protest in Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) in Ankara Province, with gas bombs, plastic bullets and water cannons in Hatay Province on 9 September 2013.

Ahmet Atakan (22) who was wounded during the gas bomb attacks died in the hospital. His relatives claimed that he was wounded with gas bomb canister from his head. CHP Hatay Deputy Hasan Akgöl also stated that there was a mark of hit in the head of Ahmet Atakan.

Adana Forensic Medicine Institute could not determine the reason of death of Ahmet Atakan and the specimens and the findings taken for the body was sent to İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institute.

Police teams interfered to the group that attempted to march after the funeral of Ahmet Atakan with real bullets, water cannons, tear gas and batons on 10 September 2013. A journalist and a police officer was wounded.

Police teams attacked on the protests against the murder of Ahmet Atakan all night long in Ankara, İzmir, İstanbul, Mersin, Eskişehir, Denizli, Antalya, Çanakkale.

The football match in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium had to have as break due to the gas bombs in Kasımpaşa Quarter of İstanbul Province. Ercan Altın had an operation after he was hit by a canister. Two others were wounded from their legs. Police used real bullets in its attack on Gazi Quarter and 3 people were wounded. 46 people were detained by police teams during the night in İstanbul Province.

Police teams brutally interfered to the group that gathered in Güven Park in Ankara Province and dispersed the crowd. Police teams attack on the group that gathered in Dikmen, Yüzüncüyıl, Tuzluçayır Quarters and in Kennedy Street to reach Güven Park and detained 12 people.

A person was wounded and 4 people were detained in Mersin; 3 people were detained by police teams in Çanakkale; 7 people were wounded in İzmir Province.

(09/060) Tried people in connection with Gezi Park actions…

An investigation was launched against 16 defendants in connection with the solidarity actions with the Gezi Park Actions in Gaziantep Province reported on 10 September 2013 on charges of “insulting a public officer due to the performance of his public duty” under Article 125 of TPC, “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “resisting public officers due to his duty”

Gaziantep Penal Court of First Instance No. 19 will held the first hearing on 13 November 2013.

(09/061) Tried people in connection with Gezi Park actions…

On 10 September 2013 İzmir Heavy Penal Court No. 12 began to hear the case against 15 defendants -14 pre-trial detainees- in connection with the solidarity actions with the Gezi Park Actions in İstanbul Province. Th prosecutor had asked 17 years of imprisonment for each of the defendants. The court made the ID checks and heard the legal arguments and prolonged the pre-trial detention period on the grounds that the process of collecting evidences was not finalised yet. The hearing was adjourned to 3 December 2013.

(09/062) Hindered march in Diyarbakır Province……

Police teams hindered the march for the education in mother tongue in Diyarbakır Province on 10 September 2013.

(09/063) Intervention to the protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams interfered to the group that attempted to protest the coercion over the members of Group Yorum, Yürüyüş Magazine, People’s Law Bureau, the Solidarity Association of the Prisoners’ Families (Tutuklu Hükümlü Aileleri Yardımlaşma Derneği (TAYAD)) in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse in İstanbul Province on 10 September 2013 and detained 4 of them.

(09/064) Ongoing KCK Case in İstanbul Province…

34 people –including Evrensel Newspaper’s reporter Sadiye Eser- had been detained in the synchronised home raids by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams in İstanbul Province on 10 December 2012 and 10 people were arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC on 13 December 2012.

On10 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 23 began to hear the case against 34 people -10 pre-trial detainees- and after hearing their legal arguments in their mother tongue the court released 8 pre-trial detainees. The hearing was adjourned to 12 December 2013.

(09/065) Home raids in Van Province…

Teyfik Turan who had been detained in home raid in Özalp District of Van Province on 6 September 2013 was arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” on 10 September 2013.

 

12-13 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/066) Person offered to be an agent…

Mazlum Güzel applied to the Human Rights Association’s (HRA/IHD) Diyarbakır Branch for judicial support on the grounds that he was force to get into a police vehicle and offered to be an agent in Ergani District of Diyarbakır Province on 7 September 2013.

(09/067) Work accident in Denizli Province…

Faruk Dumlupınar (17) died as he was working in the maintenance of an elevator in Denizli Province on 11 September 2013.

(09/068) Turgut Özal Investigation…

On 16 April 2013, Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 13 accepted the indictment against retired general Levent Ersöz on charges of “murdering” 8th President Turgut Özal on 17 April 1993 a day before the limitation of time. The prosecutor demanded life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole for the only defendant Levent Ersöz.

Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 13 began to hear the case on 11 September 2013 and the only defendant Levent Ersöz did not participate the hearing. The hearing was adjourned to 9 December 2013.

(09/069) Coercion in prison…

Twenty-nine pre-trial detainees and convicts –including DİHA Batman reporter Gülsen Aslan- in Batman M Type of Closed Prison had set their beds on fire to protest the intervention to the “Democratic Resistance for Freedom” meeting in Diyarbakır Province on 14 July 2012. They were transferred to Sincan (Ankara) Prison for Females with prison shuttle that took 19 hours with only one five minutes stop and with their hands cuffed on 18 July 2012.

A case was launched agaist the 29 prisoners in Batman Penal Court of First Instance No. 2 on charges of “rioting”, “harming public goods”, threatening and insulting public officers”. A hearing was held in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 12 in order to get their legal arguments on 11 September 2013. It is revealed out that the translator was a police officer and the defendants did not want to make their legal arguments. The chairperson of the court wrote to the hearing in Batman Penal Court of First Instance No. 2 which will take place on 9 December 2013 and claimed that “the defendants renounciate their right to defend themselves”.

(09/070) Tried reporters…

On 11 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 16 went on hearing the OdaTV case against 13 defendants -2 pre-trial detainees. The court heard the legal argument of Yalçın Küçük and prolonged the pre-trial detention period of Yalçın Küçük and Hanefi Avcı. The hearing was adjourned to 12 December 2013

(09/071) Work accident in Balıkesir Province…

Balıkesirspor player Ali Gündoğan (18) died in hospital after he had wounded with the fell of the goal post in Balıkesir Province on 6 September 2013.

(09/072) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

The protests are still going on after the murder of Ahmet Atakan (22) in Hatay Province on 9 September 2013.

Police dispersed the protestors with gas bombs and water cannons and detained 3 people in İzmir Province on 11 September 2013.

Several people were wounded in the attack of police teams on the protest where Ahmet Atakan was killed, in Armutlu Quarter of Hatay Province.

Eightpeople were detained in the attack of the police teams on the sit-in strike for Ahmet Atakan in Mersin Province on 12 September 2013.

36 people were detained in the attack of the police teams on the protest in Kadıköy District of İstanbul Province on 11 September 2013.

(09/073) Detained people in Samsun Province…

Four people were detained by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams on the grounds that they wrote on the wall of a police station “killer police” in Samsun Province on 11 September 2013.

(09/074) The investigation on the murder of Ali İsmail Korkmaz …

It is revealed out that Osmangazi University Chairperson of the IT Department Serkan Uğurluoğlu who had been appointed as the expertise to evaluate the surveillance camera records of the murder of Ali İsmail Korkmaz (19) on 10 July 2013, deleted twice the records on 11 September 2013.

(09/075) Mardin’de Gözaltında Kaybedilen People lere Yönelik Yapılan Kazı Çalışması…

Mardin’in Kızıltepe District of Province on ’ndeki Kimsesizler Mezarlığı’nda 26 March 2013 yapılan kazıda bulunan kemiklerin 1995 yılında gözaltına alındıktan sonra bir daha kendilerinden haber alınamayan Menduh Demir’e ait olduğunun tespit edilmesinin ardından aileye teslim edilen Menduh Demir’in cenazesi 12 September 2013 toprağa verildi.

(09/076) Workers died/wounded due to traffic accident…

Sixteen workers were wounded in the traffic accident in Zonguldak Province on 12 September 2013,

(09/077) Detained people in Van Province…

Four people were detained by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams in home raids without any reason showed in Van Province on 11 September 2013.

(09/079) Ongoing DHKP/C Case in Bursa Province…

On 11 September 2013 Bursa Regional Heavy Penal Court No. 6 began to hear the case against 16 people -9 pre-trial detainees- who are members of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) that were subjected to the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front -Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Parti/Cephesi (DHKP/C) operation in Bursa, Balıkesir, Eskişehir, Kütahya and Çanakkale Provinces on 19 February 2013

The court released the pre-trial detainees and adjourned the hearing to 18 November 2013.

(09/080) Torture and ill-treatment in detention…

Two women were subjected to cavity search in Kadıköy İskele Police Station after they had been detained with 11 others in the protest against the murder of Ahmet Atakan in Kadıköy District of İstanbul Province on 10 September 2013.

(09/081) Ongoing KCK Case in Siirt Province…

On 12 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 4 went on hearing the case against 68 defendants -6 pre-trial detainees who had been subjected to Koma Ciwaken Kurdistan-Kurdistan Communities League /Assembly of Turkey (KCK/TM), the KCK is allegedly intended to organize the Kurdish people as an umbrella organization that includes Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) investigation in Siirt Province in 2009

The court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the defendants. The hearing was adjourned to 3 December 2013.

(09/082) Ongoing KCK Case in Batman Province…

On 12 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 8 went on hearing the case against 23 defendants -11 pre-trial detainees who had been subjected to KCK investigation in Batman Province in 2011.

The court finalised hearing the legal arguments of the defendants and released Necla Katanca, Hasan Varol, Veysel Yürek and İlyas Aşan. The hearing was adjourned to 3 December 2013.

(09/083) People beaten by private security officers…

Necmi Urmak (42) attempted to stop the car of Şanlıurfa Mayor Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba to talk on the administrative fine of 13,000 TL and beaten by pivate security officers and his nasal bone was fractured on 12 September 2013.

(09/085) Detained people in İstanbul Province…

Two women were detained by police teams as they were writing on the walls for Youth Solidary for Peace Action that was organied in İstanbul Province on 12 September 2013.

(09/086) Detained people in Denizli Province…

Four people were detained by police teams during the intervention to the protest in the anniversary of the coup d’etat in Denizli Province on 12 September2013.

(09/087) Coercion in prison…

Several prisoners were beaten by the guardians on the grounds that they objected to the fencing of the interiors of the ventilating openings in Karataş (Adana) Prison for Females reported on 12 September 2013.

(09/088) Work accident in Mersin Province…

Ferhan Samğo (24) a Syrian refugee who had been working in a recycle firm, died with electric shock after stepping on the electric cable in Mersin Province on 12 September 2013.

 

14-16 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/089) Work accident in Samsun Province…

İsmet Akdağ (32) fell from the scaffold and seriously wounded in Çarşamba District of Samsun Province on 13 September 2013.

(09/090) Work accident in İstanbul Province…

Erdoğan Yaman (45) was wounded in the landslide during the construction of the infrastructure in Beykoz District of İstanbul Province on 14 September 2013.

(09/091) Work accident in Zonguldak Province…

Ümit Eroğlu (29) died and Osman Refik Uluçay (26) was wounded ni the collapse of the ceiling in the private coal mine in Dağbaca Region of Gelik Municipality of Zonguldak Province on 15 September 2013.

(09/092) Hate crime in army command…

Hasan Üce (20) (from Beytüşşebap District of Şırnak Province) who has been serving his compulsory military service in İstanbul Hasdal 3rd Army Corps Command was beaten by two soldiers with the order of the division commander M.Ö. on 13 September 2013 and then hospitalised. He has been having cerebral haemorrhage, reported on 15 September 2013.

(09/093) The case on the massacre of Zirve Press…

On 13 September 2013 Malatya Heavy Penal Court No. 3 went on hearing the case against 19 defendants -13 pre-trial detainees- in connection with the murder of three Christians -Tilman Ekkehart Geske, Necati Aydın Uğur Yüksel- on the grounds that they have been working as missionaries in Zirve Press in Malatya Province on 18 April 2007.

During the hearing the court adjudicated to demand the documents of JİTEM and the murder of Musa Anter Cinayeti Cases. The hearing was adjourned to 30 October 2013.

(09/094) Ongoing bomb attack case in İzmir Province…

Two soldiers had been killed and 12 others were wounded in the explosion of two bombs and in the clash after the bomb attack during an army shuttle had been passing by in Foça District of İzmir Province on 9 August 2012. Kürdistan Özgürlük Şahinleri/Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) undertook the attack and 8 people had been detained in connection with the attack and 7 of them were arrested.

On 13 September 2013 İzmir Heavy Penal Court No. 12 went on hearing the case on the incident. After hearing the arguments of the defendants the court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the pre-trial detainees. The hearing was adjourned to 5 November 2013.

(09/095) Coercion in prison…

The administration of Hacılar (Kırıkkale) F Type of Closed Prison confiscated the letter of Mesut Çeki to another pre-trial detainees and his article on the Alevi Issue reported on 14 September 2013.

(09/096) Coercion in prison…

The administration of Gaziantep H Type of Closed Prison confiscated the two letters of Ali Erden to European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Ministry of Justice on the violations of human rights in the prison reported on 14 September 2013.

(09/097) Coercion in prison…

The administration of Hacılar F Type of Closed Prison confiscated the letter of Salih Gün that only contains his CV on the grounds that it is “inappropriate” reported on 15 September 2013.

(09/098) Ongoing torture and ill-treatment case…

M.F.Y. (24), was stopped by police officer Selahattin A. (29) for ID check and he was detained on the grounds that he did not throw the cigarette he was smoking. He was taken to Firuzköy Şehit Ilgaz Aykutlu Police Station and he was forced to cavity search and make warm-up exercises without clothes in Avcılar District of İstanbul Province on 22 December 2012.

The prosecutor had launched a case on charges of “torture” and the court accepted the indictment.

(09/099) Released conscientious objector…

On 6 September 2013 Gelibolu Martial Court adjudicated to release conscientious objector Onur Erdem who had been arrested by the same court on 18 July 2013 after he was deported from the Republic of Cyprus reported on 14 September 2013.

(09/100) Tried directors of the news agencies…

The investigation that started with the official complaint of İstanbul Security Deputy Director (responsible from Fighting with Terror) Sedat Selim Ay against Evrensel Newspaper, T24 news website, marksist.org website on the grounds that they had published the torture stories of the survivors from 1990s on charges of “insulting” and “defamation” had been reportedly finalised.

On 13 September 2013 İstanbul Penal Court of First Instance No. 12 began to hear the case against T24’s editor-in-chief Metin Kıvanç Yener, T24’s executive editor Ahmet Doğan Akın, marksist.org’s executive editor Ozan Tekin and Evrensel Newspaper’s executive editor Fatih Polat. The court heard defendants except Fatih Polat who was not present in the hearing. The hearing was adjourned to 30 January 2014 to hear the witnesses.

(09/101) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

The protests against the suspicious death of Ahmet Atakan (22) in Hatay Province on 9 September 2013, still going on in several provinces.

Police teams dispersed the protestors with gas bombs and water cannons in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Ankara Province, Gazi Quarter of İstanbul Province, Adana and Hatay Provinces on 13-14-15 September 2013.

Nine people were detained by police teams on the grounds that they have gas masks in Adana Province.

Orhan Şahin (33) was shot with a plastic bullet and lost his left eye in the demonstration in Sancaktepe District of İstanbul Province.

Twenty-nine people were detained by police teams on the grounds that they have gas masks in Kadıköy District of İstanbul Province on 14 September 2013.

Ten people –including İMC TV reporter Gökhan Biçici and Kızılbayrak Magazine reporter Mehmet Ali Karabulut- were detained by police teams in their attack on the festival with plastic bullets and gas bombs in Kadıköy District on 15 September 2013.

The project -that contains mosque-gathering house for the Alevis-food bank- which planned to be realised with the collaboration of Fethullah Gülen Sect and Cem Foundation’s Honorary Chairperson İzzettin Doğan in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Ankara Province was protested. A.C. (15) lost his eye after he was shot with a gas bomb canister reported on 13 September 2013.

A person was shot with a plastic bullet from his leg in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Ankara Province on 15 September 2013.

(09/102) Convicted person…

It is reported on 14 September 2013 that Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 4 sentenced Ömer Aslan to 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of 6000 TL on the grounds that he protested the clash win which 12 PKK members were killed in Uludere District of Şırnak Province on 12 May 2011 by closing his shop in Diyarbakır Province on charges of “helping and harbouring an illegal organisation” under Article 220/7, “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “resisting officer on duty”.

(09/103) Tried people…

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who came to Ortadoğu Teknik Universitesi (ODTÜ)/Middle East Technical University (METU) with 105 guards, 3600 police officers, 20 armoured vehicles and 8 vehicles to interfere social incidents (TOMA) to watch the Göktürk-2 satellite’s launch from China, was protested by the students on 18 December 2012. Police teams interfered to the students with pressured water and gas bombs. Two students -Barış Barışık was seriously wounded with the hit of the gas bomb canister- were wounded and 45 students were detained.

A case was launched against 45 students on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” and “resisting officers on duty” reported on 16 September 2013. The first hearing will be held in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 14 on 18 December 2013.

(09/104) Hindered protest in İstanbul Province…

Police hindered the march organised by People’s Democratic Congress/Halkların Demokratik Kongresi (HDK) İstanbul Assembly against the imperialist intervention to the Middle East and interfered the march with gas bombs and water cannons in İstanbul Province on 14 September 2013. A person was detained

(09/105) Hinder commemoration activity in Şırnak Province…

Gendarmerie did not let the opening ceremony of the graveyard for the PKK militants who had been killed in Bestler-Dereler Region of Şırnak Province on 15 September 2013.

(09/106) Ongoing KCK/TM Main Case in İstanbul Province…

Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 went on hearing the case against 205 defendants -111 of them pre-trial detainees and 23 of them were fugitives- on 7 June 2013.

Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı is among the defendants and charged with “being the executive of the illegal organisation”.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecution Office had finalised the indictment against 193 people -147 of the pre-trial detainees- who had been detained in various dates in the framework of KCK investigation and sent the 2401 pages of indictment for the evaluation of Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 on 19 March 2012. Writer Ragıp Zarakolu had been charged with “helping and harbouring an illegal organisation” under Article 220/7 and Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı had been charged with “being an executive of illegal organisation”.

Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 had released Writer Ragıp Zarakolu, Muhsin Yenisöz, Irfan Hülakü, Lütfü Balbal, Ali Geritli, Songül Karatagna, Nahit Onat, Zeynal Çelik, Neci Elmas, Burhanettin Toprak, Ismail Zeybek, Evrim Öztürk, Yasin Yalçın, Cemalettin Görbegir, Alaattin Güneş on the grounds that the probability that the qualification of the charges could be change and the conditions of the evidences as well as taking the period of time spent in prison as pre-trial detainees.

The court heard the legal arguments of the defendants and presentation of evidences and released 14 pre-trial detainees -Aziz Tunç, İbrahim Silgu, Menice Çelik, Faik Taşkaya, Hüsnü Taş, Yüksel Gözde, Tacettin Karagöz, Recep Karagül, Ahmet Demirsoy, Mülazım Özcan, Erdoğan Gündüz, Cemal Bektaş, Şehmus Özgün, Muzaffer Güzel. The court adjourned the hearing to 9 September 2013 and the hearings will be successive without a break till 20 September 2013.

The court went on hearing the case on 13 September 2013. After hearing the arguments of the defendants the court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the pre-trial detainees. The hearing was adjourned to 16 September 2013.

(09/107) Tried people…

A case was reportedly launced against 13 people -Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) General Chairperson Figen Yüksekdağ ve ESP Executive Board member member Serpil Arslan; ESP Party Assembly member Meriç Solmaz, ESP members Ali Bakır, Aziz Ay, Çağdaş Güler, Emrah Topaloğlu, Emre Aslan, Murat Akıncı, Sabahattin Pişkinbaş, Zelal Yardımcı; Democratic Rights Federation member Gülşah Balkır and Socialist Democracy Party member Mahmut Yiğit- in connection with several activities in Province on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC, “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “resisting public officer on duty” on 13 September 2013. The first hearing will be held in Adana Heavy Penal Court No. 10 on 29 November 2103.

(09/108) Ongoing KCK Case in Şırnak Province…

13 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 6 went on hearing the case against 68 people -37 pre-trial detainees including Şırnak Mayor Ramazan Uysal, Balveren Mayor Abdurrezak Yıldız, Kumçatı Mayor Mehmet Demir and BDP’s Province Chairperson Agit İke- who had been subjected to the KCK investigation in Şırnak Province in 2011.

After hearing the arguments of the defendants the court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the pre-trial detainees. The hearing was adjourned to 22 November 2013.

(09/109) Ongoing KCK Case in Adana Province…

On 12 September 2013 Adana Heavy Penal Court No. 10 went on hearing the case against 54 people -5 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to the KCK investigation in Adana Province on 6 March 2012. After hearing the arguments of the defendants the court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the pre-trial detainees. The hearing was adjourned to 18 December 2013.

(09/110) Home raids in Hakkâri Province…

12 people were detained in the synchronised home raids by the Fighting with Terror Department police teams in Hakkâri Province on 14 September 2013.

 

17 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/111) Work accident in Zonguldak Province…

The body of the Ümit Eroğlu (29) was found on 16 September 2013. He died after the collapse of the ceiling of the private coal mine in Gelik Municipality of Zonguldak Province on 15 September 2013.

(09/112) Torture and ill-treatment in detention…

Kızılbayrak Magazine’s reporter Mehmet Ali Karabulut stated that he was beaten inside the detention vehicle and his hands were reverse cuffed as he had apprehended during intervention of the police teams with plastic bullets and gas bombs to the festival in Kadıköy District of İstanbul Province on 15 September 2013.

(09/113) Torture and ill-treatment in detention…

T.K. who had been detained during the intervention of the police teams with plastic bullets and gas bombs to the festival in Kadıköy District of İstanbul Province on 15 September 2013 stated that she and another woman were subjected to cavity search in İskele Police Station.

(09/114) Tried people in connection with Gezi Park actions…

Six dsifferent indictments were prepared against 137 people on the grounds that they had participated in the support actions for Gezi Park in Ankara Province on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “harming public goods”, “resisting officers on duty”, reported on 17 September 2013.

The number of defendants and the courts are as follows: 126 people in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 19; 2 people in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 2; 3 people in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 14; 3 people in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance No. 6.

 

18 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/115) The case on the murder of Hrant Dink…

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s Penal Chamber No. 9 had crashed the acquittal verdict of the local court against 18 defendants on the grounds that the structure that defendants had been established should be evaluated as “organisation established to commit crimes” under Article 220 of the TPC on 15 May 2013.

On 17 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 14 began to hear the case again and heard the lawyers of the both side and issued a caught warrant for Erhan Tuncel. The hearing was adjourned to 3 December 2013.

(09/116) Tried police officers in connection with Diyarbakır Incidents…

On 17 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 1 went on hearing the case against Ankara Security Directorate’s special Task Force police officers B.Ö., H.A. and N.Ö. in connection with causing the death of Mahsun Mızrak during the Diyarbakır Incidents in Diyarbakır Province on 28 March 2006 on charges of “homicide with probable intention”.

The court adjourned the hearing to 28 December 2013 on the grounds that the court could not get a reply from the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecution office to its fifth request on the investigation regarding the counterfeiting of evidences.

(09/117) The investigation on the murder of Süleyman Yeter…

The deputy commissariat Ahmet Okuducu who has been the perpetrator of the murder of Süleyman Yeter with torture was detained in Samsun Province and arrested on 12 June 2013. Süleyman Yeter had been detained in the framework of the MLKP investigation in İstanbul Province on 4 Nisan 1999 and killed with torture on 7 Nisan 1999.

İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 6 began to hear the case Ahmet Okuducu, 13 years after the incident, on 17 September 2013. The prosecutor asked the court to sentence the defendant with “homicide with torture in order to make the person confess his/her crimes” under 452/1 of the former TPC (number 765).

The hearing was adjourned to 8 October 2013.

(09/118) Juvenile beaten by police officer in Mersin Province…

D.Ö. (8), was beaten by police officer in front of Siteler Police Station on the grounds that he did not hit his friend with the request of the officer in Mersin Province on 11 September 2013. He was forced to wait naked inside the station reported on 18 September 2013. D.Ö. was hospitalised by his family and there is a risk of internal haemorrhage.

(09/119) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 17 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/120) Coercion in prison…

Erkin Kocaman, a prisoner in Hacılar (Kırıkkale) F Type Closed Prison, demanded from the authorities to change the meeting place for his meeting with his lawyer and he was beaten in front of his lawyer reported on 17 September 2013.

(09/121) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

Vedat Oğuz (18) had been shot with a gas bomb canister and lost his right eye during the support actions to Gezi Park in Antalya Province on 1 June 2013. Twenty-five police officers’ loyalties were hindered for 16 months reported on 17 September 2013.

(09/122) Intervention to the action in İstanbul Province…

Unassigned teachers -Özgür Karahan, Engin Yılmaz and Murat Özbek- made sit-in strike in Taksim Square in İstanbul Province on 17 September 2013. They were beaten and detained.

(09/123) Ongoing KCK/TM Second Main Case in İstanbul Province…

On 17 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 16 went on hearing the case against the 50 defendants -46 of them lawyers- who had been subjected to KCK investigation in İstanbul on charges of “being an executive of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC and “helping and harbouring an illegal organisation” under Article 220/7. The court heard the legal arguments of the defendants in Kurdish and heard the demands and opinions of the side. The hearing was adjourned for the preparation of the legal argument of the prosecutor on the essence of the case to 19 December 2013.

(09/124) Work accident in Osmaniye Province…

Remzi Ay was seriously wounded and eventually died with the collapse of the wall during the modification of his work place in Düziçi District of Osmaniye Province on 17 September 2013.

(09/125) Work accident in Zonguldak Province…

Kazım Dağlı (32) was wounded after he fell from the place he was working on the isolation of the wall of a mosque in Zonguldak Province on 17 September 2013.

 

19 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/126) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

Eight people were detained by the Fighting with Terrorism Department teams on the grounds that they had participated in the protest against the murder of Ahmet Atakan in Antalya Province on 18 September 2013.

(09/127) Home raids in Hakkâri Province…

Five out of the 12 people who had been detained in synchronised home raids of the Fighting with Terrorism Department teams in Hakkâri Province on 14 September 2013, were arrested on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” and “harming public goods” on 18 September 2013.

(09/128) Arrested person İstanbul Province…

Pro-communist Mücadele Birliği Magazine’s editor-in-chief Sami Tunca who had been detained in synchronised home raid of the Fighting with Terrorism Department teams in İstanbul Province on 17 September 2013 was arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” on 18 September 2013.

(09/129) Attack on party building…

Unidentified people conducted an armed attack on the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP) Değirmenönü Quarter Representative Office in Yıldırım District of Bursa Province on 17 September 2013. Seven bullets hit the office no casualties.

(09/130) Work accident in Malatya Province…

Yoksul Ahmet Kos died after falling from the scaffold in Malatya Province on 18 September 2013.

(09/131) Work accident in Trabzon Province…

Necmi Kılıç (39), died after falling from the scaffold in Vakfıkebir District of Trabzon Province on 18 September 2013.

(09/132) Work accident in Osmaniye Province…

Hasan Tekin (37) died after falling from the roof of the fasctory in Kadirli District of Osmaniye Province on 18 September 2013.

 

20 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/133) Racist attack in İstanbul Province…

Two Kurdish workers, Tekin Güngör and Muhammed Öztürk, were stabbed by five people on the grounds that they had talked in Kurdish in Bağcılar District of İstanbul Province on 19 September 2013. Seven other workers also had wounded in similar racist attacks.

(09/134) The investigation on the murder by unknown assailants/Mecit Baskın…

First investigation on the murders by unknown assailants in Ankara Province in 1990s –including the murder of Altındağ Population Director Mecit Baskın on 30 September 1999- was finalised on 20 September 2013.

The indictment, which was finalised just ten days before the time limitation of the murder of Mecit Baskın by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecution Office (Authorised by the Article 10 of the ATL), is againt 12 suspects -including Mehmet Ağar, Korkut Eken as first and second suspects. Other suspects are former special task force police officers, İbrahim Şahin, Ercan Ersoy, Ayhan Çarkın, Ziya Bandırmalıoğlu, Ayhan Akça, Seyfettin Lap, Alper Tekdemir, Uğur Şahin, Ayhan Özkan and Ahmet Demirel. The prosecutor demanded life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole against all suspects.

The indictment was sent to Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 13 to be evaluated.

(09/135) Death in prison…

M.K. (39) was allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a shoe string in Erzurum E Type Closed Prison on 15 September 2013.

(09/136) Coercion in prison…

It is reported on 19 September 2013 that the administration of Hacılar (Kırıkkale) F Type Closed Prison confiscated the letter of Ercan Yıldız due to the postcard inside the envelop which as the image of Pir Sultan Abdal on it. Pir Sultan Abdal is a famous poet of the Alevi Sect that conducted a riot in 17th century.

(09/137) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 19 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/138) Convicted people…

A case had been launched in connection with the 8 March World Woman Workers’ Day in Diyarbakır Province on 4 March 2012 against BDP Diyarbakır Province Co-chairperson Zübeyde Zümrüt, Organising Committee Chairperson Gülsün Altan, Peace Mothers’ Initiative member Rebia (Havva) Kıran and announcers of the meeting Zeynep Düşün and Remziye Güzel on charges of “making propaganda of an illegal organisation” under Article 7/2 of Anti-Terror Law reported on 24 February 2013.

On 19 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 9 sentenced five defendants to 12 months of imprisonment each and a fine of 6,000TL each.

(09/139) Convicted composer…

On 15 April 2013 İstanbul Penal Court of Peace No. 19 had been sentenced Fazıl Say to 10 months of imprisonment in connection with his comments in twitter on charges of “insulting the religious values that a part of the people accepted” under Article 216 of the TPC. The case was launched with the official complaint of Ali Bukağlı and Orkun Şimşek. The announcement of the sentenced was postponed for 5 years. After the objection of Fazıl Say the previous verdict was annulled.

The court began to hear the case again on 19 September 2013 and sentenced say to 10 months of imprisonment and postponed the sentence with probation for two years.

(09/140) Police attack on the protest in Ankara Province…

Police teams attacked on the protest with gas bombs and water cannons in front of the A4 gate of the Middle East Technical University/Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) in Ankara Province on 20 September 2013. The protest was against the general police violence and the construction of the highway that will cut the campus into two.

(09/141) Police attack on the protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams attacked on the protest with gas bombs and water cannons in Gazi Quarter on 20 September 2013. The protest was against the police violence that resulted with the coma of B.A. (14) after he had been hit with a gas bomb canister in Okmeydanı Quarter during the Gezi Park actions.

(09/142) Ongoing KCK Case in Bingöl Province…

On 19 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 8 went on hearing the case against 41 defendants -7 of them pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to KCK investigation after the murder of Taşlıçay Village head of the temporary village guards Hacı Alan in Karlıova district of Bingöl Province on 28 July 2011.

The court heard the defedants in Kurdish and released Mehmet Zeki Sayak and Mehmet Karabağ. The hearing was adjourned to 5 December 2013.

 

21-23 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/143) Attack on the security directorate and extra-judicial killing in Ankara …

An armed attack was conducted on the Security General Directorate’s complimentary building and Police House with rockets in Dikmen Street in Ankara Province on 20 September 2013. An operation was launched after the attacked and Muharrem Karataş was killed with five bullets and Serdar Polat was wounded with 3 bullets. They were claimed to be the perpetrators of the attack and members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front -Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Parti/Cephesi (DHKP/C).

(09/144) Extra-judicial killing in Bursa …

According to the authorities claimed that three people in a car did not obey the stop warning on the road to Uludağ Mountain and they began to run away leaving the car in Bursa Province on 20 September 2013. İsmail Dere (29) was shot from his abdomen by police officers and died. The other two were detained. İsmail Dere was allegedly holding a shotgun as he was shot.

(09/145) Death of a soldier in Rize Province…

Ercan Özkan (23) who has been serving his compulsory military service in Rize E Type Closed Prison, was seriously wounded after his head was caught between the automatic steel door on 19 September 2013. Ercan Özkan died in the hospital on 20 September 2013.

(09/146) finalised case on the bomb attack in İzmir Province…

A person was killed and 23 others were wounded in the bomb attack in Konak District of İzmir Province on 21 August 2008.

On 20 September 2013 İzmir Heavy Penal Court No. 10 sentenced Gökhan Dönmez, Zeki Bulut, Mehmet Sürme and Takyeddin Sürme to two times life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole and 410 years of imprisonment each. Other 16 defendants were also sentenced to various sentenced.

(09/147) The case against the Racist attact in Malatya Province…

The Evli family who did not want hear the battery (which calls the Muslims to wake up to fast in Ramadan Month) and argued with the battery player in Sürgü Municipality Doğanşehir District of Malatya Province on 28 July 2012. The inhabitants of municipality attacked on their houses with throwing stones and burned their stall.

A case was launched against 58 people including the perpetrators and the members of the Evli family reported on 21 June 2013.

On 16 September 2013 Doğanşehir Penal Court of First Instance went on hearing the case and tried to take the witness account of the two juveniles -3 and 4 year old respectively. The court adjourned the hearing after they could not get a reply to their questions to 11 December 2013.

(09/148) The case against the beaten people during a protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams had interfered to the march of the TMMOB (the Union of the Chambers of the Architects and Engineers of Turkey) with gas bombs, plastic bullets and water cannons in İstanbul Province on 13 July 2013. Two journalists were wounded and six people were detained in the intervention. Osman Erden (39), a lecturer from Mimar Sinan University, was tortured as he was apprehended.

A case was launched against the six people who had been detained -Osman Erden, Gökhan İrez, Okan Ersoy, Onur Karataş, Gökhan Tanrıverdi and Şevket Tokdabayev- on charges of “resisting public officers due to his duty” and “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” reported on 20 September 2013. The first hearing will be held in İstanbul Penal Court of First Instance No. 40 on 25 February 2014.

(09/149) Coercion in prison…

Seven prisoners were beaten by the guardians on the grounds that they objected to the fencing of the interiors of the ventilating openings in Karataş (Adana) Prison for Females reported on 6 September 2013.

(09/150) Detained person in İstanbul Province…

Aykan Şimşek, a member of Socialist Youth Association (SGD), was detained in home raid of the Fighting with Terrorism Department teams on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” in the Maltepe District of İstanbul Province on 22 September 2013.

(09/151) Actions against the interventions of the government to the fundamental rights and freedoms and the right to the city…

Two members of the SGD, Fecri Atasever and Umut Baran, out of the 8 people who detained in synchronised home raids of the Fighting with Terrorism Department teams on the grounds that they had participated in the protests against the murder of Ahmet Atakan in Antalya Province on 18 September 2013, were arrested on charges of “harming public goods” and “resisting public officers due to his duty” on 21 September 2013.

(09/152) Released people in Ankara Province…

Erdal Kozan ve Mazlum Demir who had been arrested on the grounds that they had participated in the solidarity actions with Gezi Park in Ankara Province, were released on 20 September 2013.

(09/153) hindered march in Hakkâri Province…

Police teams hindered the march organised by KURDÎ-DER and BDP to defend the education in mother tongue in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province on 20 September 2013

(09/154) Intervention to the action in İstanbul Province…

Police teams interfered the protest against the privatization of the Kadıköy Port and detained 12 people in Beşiktaş District of İstanbul Province on 20 September 2013.

(09/155) Acquitted person…

On 20 September 2013 Tortum Penal Court of First Instance acquitted Leyla Yalçınkaya (18) on charges of “insulting a public officer due to the performance of his public duty” under Article 125 of TPC and “resisting public officers due to his duty” during the protest against the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bağbaşı District of Erzurum Province on 12 September 2011.

(09/156) Detained people in Diyarbakır Province…

Police teams detained TUHAD-FED’s Organising Secretary Fatma Gökhan and Şahin Kalçık Diyarbakır Province on 20 September 2013 without giving any reason

(09/157) Ongoing KCK/TM Main Case in İstanbul Province…

Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 went on hearing the case against 205 defendants -97 of them pre-trial detainees and 23 of them were fugitives- on 20 September 2013.

Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı is among the defendants and charged with “being the executive of the illegal organisation”.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecution Office had finalised the indictment against 193 people -147 of the pre-trial detainees- who had been detained in various dates in the framework of KCK investigation and sent the 2401 pages of indictment for the evaluation of Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 on 19 March 2012. Writer Ragıp Zarakolu had been charged with “helping and harbouring an illegal organisation” under Article 220/7 and Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı had been charged with “being an executive of illegal organisation”.

Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 15 had released Writer Ragıp Zarakolu, Muhsin Yenisöz, Irfan Hülakü, Lütfü Balbal, Ali Geritli, Songül Karatagna, Nahit Onat, Zeynal Çelik, Neci Elmas, Burhanettin Toprak, Ismail Zeybek, Evrim Öztürk, Yasin Yalçın, Cemalettin Görbegir, Alaattin Güneş on the grounds that the probability that the qualification of the charges could be change and the conditions of the evidences as well as taking the period of time spent in prison as pre-trial detainees.

The court released Faruk Tur, Derya Göregen and Süreyya Aydın after hearing the arguments of the defendants and adjourned to 1 October 2013.

(09/158) Work accident in Denizli Province…

Mehmet Serin (35) was wounded with the explosion of the dynamite remnants in the crom mine in Karaismailler Village of Acıpayam District of Denizli Province on 21 September 2013.

(09/159) Work accident in Mersin Province…

Seven workers were wounded with the collapse of the iron mould during the concreting the first floor in Mezitli District of Mersin Province on 21 September 2013.

 

24 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/160) The case on the murder of Ethem Sarısülük…

The indictment against the police officer Ahmet Şahbaz, who killed Ethem Sarısülük in Ankara Province on 1 June 2013, had been sent to Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 6 to be evaluated on 12 July 2013. The prosecutor had asked up to 5 years of imprisonment against the murderer on charges of “homicide with excessive use of self-defence” under Articles 81 and 27/1 of the TPC. The court accepted the indictment on 16 July 2013.

The lawyer of the Sarısülük family demanded from the court to decline the indictment on the grounds that higher sentences should be envisaged for the suspect on 17 July 2013.

The court sent the indictment back to Ankara Chief Public Prosecution Office on the grounds that the authorisation for the trial of the officer Ahmet Şahbaz was not taken. The prosecution office objected to the court homicide is not amongst the duties of the law-enforcement and Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 7 approved the objection of the prosecution office and overturned the verdict to stop the proceedings on 19 July 2013.

Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 6 began to hear the case against police officer Ahmet Şahbaz on 23 September 2013.

The defendant came to the hearing with a wig, fake moustache, eye borrows and glasses and 50 riot police participated in the hearing in plain clothes. The lawyers of the family of Ethem Sarısülük objected to the situation. The court adjourned the hearing to 28 October 2013 on the grounds that it could not settled the fights and the defendant was hijacked from the court room by his police colleagues.

(09/161) Person proposed to be an agent…

Adil Kayım a member of the Solidarity Association of the Prisoners’ Families (Tutuklu Hükümlü Aileleri Yardımlaşma Derneği (TAYAD)) was force to get inside a police vehicle and he was asked to be an agent in İstanbul Province on 20 September 2013. TAYAD made a statement and denounce the offer on 23 September 2013.

(09/162) Coercion in prison…

Mehmet Barlas had been detained and arrested in January 2013 as one of the suspects of a murder in Diyarbakır Province in 2008. Although he had paralysis and also became a leukaemia patient he was not released from Mersin E Type of Closed Prison reported on 23 September 2013.

(09/163) Coercion in prison…

Zeki Çelik who had been arrested in Şırnak Province on 1 April 2013 and now in Mardin E Type of Closed Prison has been under the risk of having a paralysis in his left leg reported on 22 September 2013.

(09/164) Tried people in connection with Hopa incidents…

Hopa Chief Public Prosecution Office had launched an indictment against 60 people in connection with the Hopa Incidents on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “resisting public officers due to his duty” and “harming public goods”.

Hopa Penal Court of First Instance finalised hearing the legal arguments of the defendants and adjourned the hearing to 21 February 2014.

(09/165) Attack on the forum in Ankara Province…

Police teams attacked on the forum on the project of “mosque, gathering place for Alevis and food bank” which is planned to be constructed without the consent of the inhabitants in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Mamak District of Ankara Province on 22 September 2013. S.T. was wounded with the hit of the flash-bang bomb and M.Ç. (15) was wounded with gas bomb canister.

(09/166) Attack on the İstanbul Province…

S.A. (18) who had been walking in the street to go to his house during the police intervention in Okmeydanı Quarter of Şişli District of İstanbul Province on 22 September 2013 was wounded with the explosion of an unidentified material from his arm. His right arm was cut with an operation.

(09/167) Ongoing KCK Case in Batman Province…

On 23 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 7 began to hear the case against 16 people -4 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to KCK investigation in Batman Province on 15 March 2013. The court declined the demand of the defendants to make their legal argument in Kurdish and adjourned the hearing to 13 November 2013.

(09/168) Ongoing 2nd DHKP/C investigation in İstanbul Province…

The indictment against 16 people who had been detained in the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front -Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Parti/Cephesi (DHKP/C) investigation in the morning of 18 January 2013 was returned back to the prosecutor by İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 16 on the grounds that the indictment does not comply with the Article 170 of the Law on Penal Proceedings which states that “the incidents that constitute the attributed crimes should be explained with the given evidences”.

The prosecutor had demanded sentences on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC and “making propaganda of an illegal organisation” under Article 7/2 of Anti-Terror Law.

 

25 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/169) The investigation on the murder of Ali İsmail Korkmaz by unknown assailants…

Ali İsmail Korkmaz (19) who had been battered by the unidentified people after the protest Eskişehir Province on 3 June 2013 for the Gezi Park, died in the hospital on 10 July 2013.

Eskişehir Heavy Penal Court No. 2 accepted the indictment against 8 people -5 pre-trial detainees (one of them police officers) and three other police officers- on charges of homicide. The prosecutor asked life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole against police officer Mevlüt Saldoğan (41).

(09/171) The conditions of the ill pre-trial detainees and convicts…

Hakan Gölünç a prisoner in Kandıra (Kocaeli) F Type Closed Prison, had lost the sight of his right eye due to the tumour in his brain in Kocaeli University Tıp Faculty Research Hospital on 24 April 2013 and he got a report that he could not survive by himself. İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institute gave a contrary report on 14 August 2013 that he can live by himself and he can go on serving his sentence reported on 24 September 2013.

(09/172) Coercion in prison…

Five convicts -Aydın Çelik, Ömer Seydaoğlu, Bülent Buluç, Emrullah Kurcan and Faysal Güner- from Bingöl M Type Closed Prison were transferred to Çorum L Type Closed Prison against their will reported on 23 September 2013.

(09/173) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 24 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/174) Ongoing DHKP/C Case in Malatya Province…

On 24 September 2013 Malatya Heavy Penal Court No. 3 went on hearing the case against 6 defendants -3 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to the operation of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front -Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Parti/Cephesi (DHKP/C) Malatya Province on 19 February 2013. The court released pre-trial detainees Erdoğan Canpolat, Ejder Sütçü and Özkan Karataş after hearing their legal argument.

(09/175) Mardin Ongoing KCK Case in Province…

On 23 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 6 began to hearing the case against 47 defendants -17 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to the operation of the Koma Ciwaken Kurdistan-Kurdistan Communities League /Assembly of Turkey (KCK/TM), the KCK is allegedly intended to organize the Kurdish people as an umbrella organization that includes Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Mardin Province on 9 December 2012. The court adjourned the hearing after the identification of the evidences.

(09/176) Ongoing KCK Case in Hakkâri Province…

On 24 September 2013 Van Heavy Penal Court No. 5 went on hearing the case against 7 defendants -5 pre-trial detainees, mostly BDP District Branch executives and members- who had been subjected to the operation of the KCK in Şemdinli District of Hakkâri Province on 16 September 2011. The court released pre-trial detainees after hearing their legal argument.

(09/177) Ongoing KCK Case in Siirt Province…

On 24 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 5 went on hearing the case against 27 defendants -8 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to the operation of the KCK in Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in 2011. The court prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the defendants and adjourned the hearing to 3 December 2013

(09/178) Detained people in Diyarbakır Province…

TUHAD-FED) Organising Secretary Fatma Gökhan was arrested in connection with the humanitarian aid gathered for Rojava on charges of helping and harbouring illegal organisation in Diyarbakır Province 24 September 2013. She had been detained on 20 September 2013.

(09/179) Tried newspaper and radio workers…

On 24 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 10 went on hearing the case against 26 executives and workers of the Atılım Newspaper and Özgür Radio who had been detained and eventually arrested in the framework of Gaye Operation on 10 September 2006 on charges of being a member of Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP). The court heard the legal arguments of the defendants again and prolonged the pre-trial detention period of the 10 pre-trial detainees and adjourned the hearing to 30 October 2013.

(09/180) Racist attack in Ankara Province…

Seven construction workers were stopped as they were walking by a group and their hometown were asked in Eryaman Quarter of Etimesgut District of Ankara Province on 22 August 2013. Three of them were wounded with firearms and all were beaten. The police station did not accept their official complaint. They had to leave their works too. They applied to the Human Rights Association’s (HRA/IHD) Ankara Branch for judicial help.

(09/181) Suspicious death of a soldier in Bitlis Province…

Duran Başkurt (20, from Kayseri Province) was allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his rifle during his shift on in Hizan District of Bitlis Province on 23 September 2013.

(09/182) Work accident in Erzurum…

Vefa Aydemir (16, from Muş Province) who has been working in the construction of the hydroelectric power plant with the identity of his elder brother in İspir District of Erzurum Province, died after the collapse of the wall on 24 September 2013.

(09/183) Hate crime in İstanbul Province…

The apartment of the trans woman named Çağla was set on fire in Fulya Quarter of Şişli District of İstanbul Province on 13 September 2013. Çağla stated that she had got a letter pasted on her window on 23 August 2013 that had threatened her with setting her house on fire if she does not move.

 

26 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/184) The investigation on the murder of Ali İsmail Korkmaz by unknown assailants…

Ali İsmail Korkmaz (19) who had been battered by the unidentified people after the protest Eskişehir Province on 3 June 2013 for the Gezi Park, died in the hospital on 10 July 2013.

Eskişehir Heavy Penal Court No. 2 accepted the indictment against 8 people -5 pre-trial detainees (one of them police officers) and three other police officers- on charges of homicide. The prosecutor asked life sentence in solitary confinement and with no possibility of parole against police officer Mevlüt Saldoğan (41).

The court adjudicated to start on 20 November 2013.

(09/185) Tear gas usage in Şanlıurfa Province…

Police teams interfered to the crowd with tear gas and batons that gathered with the call of the employment Institute of Turkey for temporary employment for the favour of society (nine months) in Siverek District of Şanlıurfa Province on 25 September 2013. Several people affected from the gas and hospitalised.

(09/186) Tried trade unionists…

A case was launched against 502 people (23 deputies of the Republican People Party (CHP) and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and 479 members of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) in Ankara Penal Court of First Instance in connection with demonstration in Ankara Province on 28 March 2012 against the “draft law on education” know as 4+4+4 and the draft law on the trade unions of the public officials No. 4688 on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”.

(09/187) Ongoing KCK case in Mardin Province…

On 25 September 2013 Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 6 began to hear the case against 47 defendants -17 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to Koma Ciwaken Kurdistan-Kurdistan Communities League /Assembly of Turkey (KCK/TM), the KCK is allegedly intended to organize the Kurdish people as an umbrella organization that includes Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operation in Mardin province and its districts on 9 December 2012.

After giving of evidences the court adjudicated to release all the pre-trial detainees and adjourned the hearing to 23 December 2013.

(09/188) Intervention to the stand in Diyarbakır Province…

Police teams interfered to the stand of the Dicle University Student’s Association (DÜÖ-DER) and detained two students in Diyarbakır Province on 25 September 2013.

 

27 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/189) The case on the extra-judicial killing of Cem Aygün…

Cem Aygün (22) was shot death from the back of his neck on the grounds that he did not obey the stop warning as he was driving car in Keçiören District of Ankara Province on 30 August 2012. He had been sentenced to 13 months of imprisonment and he had to give signature to the Police Station every day. Police officer claimed that he had collapsed and his firearm had fired.

Ankara Chief Public Prosecution Office had decided nolle prosequi for police officer O.H. and for police officer Fatih Yılmaz had asked 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment on charges of “homicide with excessive use of force without intention and with reasons that annul penal responsibility”.

On 20 June 2013 Ankara Heavy Penal Court No. 4 went on hearing the case against police officer Fatih Yılmaz. The defendant claimed that “I fired my firearm aiming Cem Aygün’s leg in order to stop him”. Mustafa Sarı, the witness of the incident, claimed that the officer fired not aiming to his leg but his back.

The court had declined the demand of the Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı (TİHV) to be the intervening party in the previous hearing. The hearing was adjourned to 26 September 2013.

The court went on hearing the case on 26 September 2013 and the defendant Fatih Yılmaz did not participate the hearing. The court heard the statements of the lawyers and declined the demand to issue an arrest warrant before adjourning the case to 7 November 2013.

(09/190) Coercion in prison…

Lawyers Rezan Sarıca, Cengiz Yürekli and Mazlum Dinç were not allowed to visit their client Abdullah Öcalan on 26 September 2013 on grounds that the ship that would carry them to İmralı Island was out of order.

(09/191) People tried in connection with Gezi Park Actions…

A case was launched against 36 people in connection with the solidarity action with the Gezi Park in İstanbul Province on 5 August 2013 on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “resisting public officers due to his duty” and “harming public goods” reported on 27 September 2013.

(09/192) Intervention to the protest in Ankara Province…

Eight women from the Student’s Collective who came to the TRT (official TV channel) General Directorate to demand to stop the broadcasting of Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (so-called theology notorious with his misogynist remarks) in Ankara Province on 26 September 2013. After the meeting with the authorities the protestors attempted to erect a tent in the garden of the directorate and police teams detained them.

(09/193) People arrested in Bingöl Province…

MEYA-DER Karlıova Representative Alper Aksoy and Vedat Bozan who had been detained in Karlıova District of Bingöl Province on 25 September 2013 were arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” under Article 314 of TPC on 26 September 2013.

(09/194) Detained people in various cities…

Several people were detained in 7 provinces: three BDP members in Pertek District of Tunceli Province, two workers of the Aram Press, six BDP members in Bahçesaray District of Van Province, three people in Şırnak Province, a person Hakkâri Province, two people who opened a stand to sell Özgür Gündem Newspaper in Diyarbakır Province, and a person in Ceylanpınar District of Şanlıurfa Province on 26 September 2013

(09/195) Work accident in Van Province…

İbrahim Taşkın (28) died after the landslide during the construction of infrastructure in Gevaş District of Van Province on 26 September 2013.

 

28-30 September 2013 Daily Human Rights Report

(09/196) Extra-judicial killing in Hatay Province…

İbrahim Ersöz (40) was killed with the soldiers’ fire to the smugglers that attempted to cross the border from Beşaslan Village of Reyhanlı District of Hatay Province on 27 September 2013.

(09/197) Extra-judicial killing attempt in Van Province…

Three cigarette smugglers were wounded with the soldiers’ fire as they were trying to cross to border to Iran from Güroymak Village of Başkale District of Van Province on 27 September 2013.

(09/199) Person beaten by soldiers in Van Province…

Mehmet Ali Bingöl (36) made an official complaint on the grounds that he was beaten by the soldiers in front of his house in Soğuksu Village of Çaldıran District of Van Province on 17 September 2013.

(09/200) Coercion in prison…

The sea shells that were sent to Erol Zavar with a letter were confiscated in Sincan (Ankara) F Type Prison reported on 27 September 2013.

(09/201) Investigation on the Gezi Parkı Actions…

On 27 September 2013 İstanbul Penal Court of First Instance No. 50 declined the indictment against 36 people in connection with the protests in İstanbul Province on charges of “opposing to the Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “harming public goods”, “resisting public officers due to his duty” on the grounds that the evidences –mask, helmet, sea mask, motor biker’s helmet, etc.- mentioned in the indictment are not the weapons cited in the law.

(09/202) Attack on the forum in Ankara Province…

A student was stabbed in the attack of civilians on the high school students’ forum in Batıkent Quarter of Yenimahalle District of Ankara Province on 28 September 2013.

(09/203) Police attack on protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams attack on the members of the Earth Freedom Association/ Yeryüzüne Özgürlük Derneği who attempted to draw attention to the animals that were killed during the Gezi Park actions and detained 13 of them in Istanbul Province on 28 September 2013.

(09/204) Intervention to the protest in İstanbul Province…

Police teams interfered to the solidarity action with the Hava-İş Trade Union members who have been on strike in Turkish Airlines in Atatürk Airport International Terminal in İstanbul Province on 29 September 2013 and wounded two people and detained 3 others.

(09/205) Intervention to the protest in Bolu Province…

Bolu Municipality attempted to demolished the People’s House/ Bolu Halkevi as a part of the urban renovation despite the verdict of the Sakarya Administrative Court on 26 September 2013. Police teams interfered to the protest against the demolition of the historical building with batons and gas bombs and detained 8 people. The building was demolished after the intervention.

(09/206) Hindered march in İstanbul Province…

The march organised by the Hope Foundation/Umut Vakfı against the personal arming was hindered by police teams in İstanbul province on 28 September 2013.

(09/207) Attack on protest in Ankara Province…

Two women were wounded with the hit of the gas bomb canisters in the intervention to the protest in Tuzluçayır Quarter of Mamak District of Ankara Province on 28 September 2013.

(09/208) Armed attack on the protest in İstanbul Province…

Hasan Ferit Gedik was killed and four others were wounded in the armed attack of the alleged drug sellers to the protest of People’s Front/Halk Cephesi against the drug sellers on 30 September 2013.

(09/209) Third KCK/TM main case in İstanbul Province…

On 27 September 2013 İstanbul Heavy penal court No. 15 went on hearing the case against 46 media workers -22 pre-trial detainees- who had been subjected to the KCK investigation on 20 December 2011. The court released İrfan Bilgiç and Fatma Koçak and adjourned the 27 November 2013 and the hearings will be successive till 1 December 2013.

(09/210) Attack on the party building in Ağrı Province…

Material damage took place in the armed attack on the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP) District Brach office in Doğubayazıt District of Ağrı Province on 30 September 2013.

(09/211) Work accident in Ankara Province…

Four workers were wounded in the explosion during the extinction of the waste materials in the rocket factory in Elmadağ District of Ankara Province on 28 September 2013.

(09/212) Work accident in Kahramanmaraş Province…

A person ided and two others were wounded in the explosion of the petrol depot of the truck which was under repair in Türkoğlu District of Kahramanmaraş Province on 29 September 2013.

(09/213) Died/wounded workers in traffic accidents…

Seven female seasonal agricultural workers died and 13 others were wounded in the accident in Pamukova District of Sakarya Province on 30 September 2013.