Imprisoned Kurdish politican Selahattin Demirtaş was send a message to the IHD 22nd Ordinary General Assembly and said: “We will definitely build a free, equal, and just future together.”
The family of Azat Tas, who has a 62 per cent mental disability report and suffers from epilepsy, reacted to his repeated arrests and called for action.
Burhan Kartal, who visited his brother at the high-security “well-type” prison in Adana, said: “Once inside the prisons, the mask they wear falls. Special war policies are being applied in prisons.”
The National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission in Parliament is scheduled to convene on 18 November at 3:00 p.m. local time in the Grand National Assembly’s Ceremonial Hall, under the chairmanship of Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus.
Journalist Delil Zilan, commenting on the formation of a new Syrian army based on the model of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), stated, “A verbal agreement was reached that is accepted by U.S. and French forces, as well as by both the SDF and the provisional Damascus government.”
In a supplementary report submitted by the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) regarding the case of Rojin Kabaiş, it was confirmed that the two DNA samples found on her body could not have resulted from contamination. It has been learned that the prosecutor’s office will now proceed with further evaluation and DNA comparison focusing on potential suspects.
Sabîr Ebdulahîzad, a lawyer from Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) who has compiled one thousand 224 legal terms into Kurdish, has launched a new initiative to translate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) into Kurdish.
The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission announced the unofficial preliminary results of sunday’s parliamentary elections at a press conference.
The release of Şükrü Baytar, whose sentence has already expired, has been postponed for a third time after he refused to accept the imposed remorse. His sister, Melahat Sarhan, criticized the demand, asking, “What has he done that he should feel remorse?”
Serhat Eren, a Member of Parliament from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, stated that the current “negative peace” phase, defined by the cessation of armed conflict, must now transition into a “positive peace” process, characterized by concrete legal reforms.
Prisoner Zelal Bilgin, held at Sincan Women’s Closed Prison, reported that prisoners are being denied access to healthcare, stating, “We are not taken to the hospital under the pretext that the doctor is on leave.”
The Human Rights Association (İHD) Istanbul Branch has sent letters to all political parties with parliamentary groups, urging their support for the release of their imprisoned and seriously ill member, Hatice Onaran.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted a request to the Supreme Court to initiate proceedings for the closure of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
The death toll has risen to three after the collapse of a bridge pier under construction on the Pasur–Muş road, according to local sources.
Drawing attention to the pressures on the Mesopotamians Language and Culture Research and Development Association, Cevdet Zilanlı stated that the association was fined 520 thousand Turkish Lira under the “Misdemeanors Law,” adding, “We will continue to fight against these pressures.”