16 activists who were detained within the scope of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) investigation have been referred to court after the detention procedures were completed in the police station.
Birsen Yıldırım, the wife of the prisoner Deniz Yıldırım, whose coronavirus test turned out to be positive, stated that she started a petition campaign for her husband and said, "A person is literally left to die by the hands of the state."
A soldier is reported to have died in the military operation launched in Haftanin.
A minibus with tens of refugees on board crashed into a car in the district of Muradiye in Turkey's eastern province of Van. According to initial reports, one refugee died in the accident.
Stating that his son was chosen as a 'victim', the father of Şerif Mesutoğlu, who was accused of killing Derik District Governor Muhammed Fatih Safitürk and sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment demanded from Safitürk family to share all the information and the documents they have with the public regarding the killing of the Governor.
Mardin Bar announced that three woman prisoners in Mardin Prison ended their hunger strike as the prison management made a commitment to accept their demands.
- Indicating that giving Abdullah Öcalan death penalty on June 29, the day Sheikh Said was executed, was a "message" to the Kurds, lawyer Mahmut Şakar said, "We have entered such a period that the 'Freedom shall win' sentence of Öcalan that he said a response to the death sentence will arouse again."
The lawyer, who documented the torture of Sevil Rojbin Çetin was called to testify by anti-terror police.
TJA activist Rojbin Çetin, who was detained within the scope of the investigation against the DTK, was subjected to torture.
It was stated that Didem Akman and Özgür Karakaya, who were in a death fast in Şakran Closed Prison, were taken back to their wards from the hospital where they were taken to, after their condition worsened.
Journalist Ayşe Kara was detained as part of an investigation into the DTK.
Turkey’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 5,065, as it reported 19 new fatalities, Health Ministry data showed on June 26. According to test results, the total number of COVID-19 cases nationwide reached 194,511 with 1,396 new infections.
Following the search that continued into the noon, the DTK office was sealed on the instruction of Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Party Assembly member Ercan Oğuz has been taken into custody in Kızıltepe district of Mardin.
Arrests are increasing in the scope of the investigation launched by Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against the civil society organization DTK (Democratic Society Congress).