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    Second phase in HDP's struggle program: Democracy Meetings

    Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) will start the second phase of the Democratic Struggle Program in the Turkish Parliament tomorrow. Having taken to the streets with the "March for Democracy" HDP will continue its political action with “Democracy Meetings”.

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    Death toll rises to 11 as migrant boat sinks in Lake Van

    Recovering a new body, so far rescue teams have recovered 11 bodies killed after the boat carrying migrants across Lake Van is reported to have sunk on June 27.

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    Prisons and COVID-19: Ill prisoners on the edge of 'death'

    Ahmet Ertaş, the Co-Chair of the Aegean Association of Solidarity with the Families of Prisoners and Detainees shared the information that the violations of rights have reached the highest level together with the pandemic, noting that the ill prisoners who lack their treatment rights are on the edge of 'death'.

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    Multiple bar system proposal accepted at the Parliamentary Justice Commission

    Draft bill presented to the Justice Commission of Turkish Parliament on June 30 by President Erdoğan’s AKP aiming to form 'multiple bar associations' in each of Turkey’s provinces is accepted by the Justice Commission of Turkish Parliament.

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    Another flood in Başkale

    The downpour that has been effective since yesterday in Başkale district of Turkey's easter providence of Van has caused another flood in the district.

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    The death of the child deemed as 'lawful'

    13-year-old Fatma Elarslan from whom no news could have been heart and found dead after 20 days following the curfews in the district of İdil in Şırnak province was deemed as "a member of an organization" based on the testimonies of an "anonymous witness" and a decision of non-prosecution was regarding her death.

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    'The end of the day in Libya for Turkey'

    Journalist Vecih Cuzdan evaluated the Libya policy of the Turkish government saying, "Due to the policies of conquer followed in Libya, Turkey will not only have to come up against its neighboring countries, but also be pushed into such a position where it may compromise its natural rights in the Mediterranean."

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    Slaughter of trees in Cudi Mountains

    Slaughter of trees for the construction of Turkish military stations called “kalekol” recently built, continues non-stop on Cudi Mountain in Turkey's eastern province of Şırnak.

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    Urfa Bar Association Head: We will keep on struggle until the draft bill is withdrawn

    Abdullah Öncel, the head of the Urfa Bar Association, who has been participating the protests outside the Turkish Parliament against the draft bill that aims to adopt multiple bar system, said, "We will keep on struggle until the draft bill is withdrawn."

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    Hot conflict in Dûpişk Hill

    The military operation targeting Heftanîn continues on the 19th day. Dûpişk Hill, where conflicts are intensified, has been bombarded since yesterday.

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    In quest of the bones of their father

    The wife and children of İzzettin Çelik, who lost his life in an armed conflict in Bitlis, has been in quest of the bones of Çelik. As all their attempts to find the bones of the father of the family, killed and lost, remain inconclusive, their application to learn if one of the bodies buried in Kilyos belongs to Çelik has not been given response yet.

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    DTK Co-Chair Öztürk: Targeting DTK is an attack on the future of the peoples of Turkey

    Stating that the oppressions targeting their Congress is a part of the 'destruction plan' of the ruling party AKP, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Berdan Öztürk emphasized that the tendencies to target DTK is an attack on the future of the peoples of Turkey saying, "DTK consists of not only a signboard or a building.

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    Comission passes 12 articles of the much debated bill to split bars

    The Justice Commission in Turkey's Parliament passed 12 articles of the bill to split bar associations.

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    Death toll in the fireworks factory explosion raised to 4

    Turkish Minister of Health Koca has announced that four people have died and 97 others have been wounded in the explosion took place at a firework factory in the district of Hendek in Turkey’s Sakarya province.

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    4 human rights activists convicted of terror charges

    The court sentenced Taner Kılıç to 6 years and 3 months of prison, Günal Kurşun, İdil Eser and Özlem Dalkıran to 1 year and 13 months of prison each.

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