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Application to ECtHR for mass grave, "Right to mourn" violated

Application to ECtHR for mass grave, "Right to mourn" violated

Turan Ece, the lawyer of Cevdet Tatar, whose brother was left in the mass grave in Çatak has petitioned the ECtHR that the family's right to mourn was violated and that a "crime against humanity" was committed.

20 June 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Mass grave in Van: 'All they want is their children's bones'

Mass grave in Van: 'All they want is their children's bones'

After the families of killed PKK members were charged 40,000 lira for the delivery of their bones, they have filed an application with the Court of Cassation.

30 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Families demanding bones found in a mass grave billed 40 thousand lira

Families demanding bones found in a mass grave billed 40 thousand lira

Waging a legal struggle to take the bones found in a mass grave in Van’s Çatak for 10 years, the families filed a court case. The case has been dismissed, the bones will now given to the Sub-Governor’s Office because the “evidence advance” was not paid.

25 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

JUSTICE MINISTRY

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

The Constitutional Court requested the Justice Ministry’s opinion on the arrest of journalist Cemil Uğur, who reported on the two citizens thrown from a helicopter in Van. The Ministry has said, “He is not a press member.”

15 February 2021

‘Dropped from helicopter,’ Şiban discharged from military hospital

‘Dropped from helicopter,’ Şiban discharged from military hospital

Taken to a military hospital in Van yesterday, Osman Şiban has been taken to Mersin at his family’s request. Having lost his memory, Şiban previously said that he and Servet Turgut had been dropped from a helicopter after being detained by soldiers.

23 September 2020

‘Dropped from a helicopter,’ Şiban says, ‘They dropped us, they dropped us...’

HIS ATTORNEYS SPEAK TO BIANET

‘Dropped from a helicopter,’ Şiban says, ‘They dropped us, they dropped us...’

The attorneys of Şiban have spoken to bianet: “He tells us, ‘They dropped us’, but as he has lost his memory, he cannot tell what happened next. He says they were detained on the day of incident, but the rest is disconnected, he cannot talk about it.”

22 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

‘Dropped from military helicopter,’ Şiban taken to military hospital

ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM

‘Dropped from military helicopter,’ Şiban taken to military hospital

In a social media message, the Van Branch of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has announced that Şiban has been taken to a military hospital by force and his attorneys are not allowed to visit him in hospital.

22 September 2020

Investigation into allegations of dropping from a military helicopter

Investigation into allegations of dropping from a military helicopter

In a written statement about the allegation that two people were dropped from a military helicopter, the Governor’s Office of Van has said, “One of the suspects fell off the cliff and got wounded while he was fleeing.”

22 September 2020

'Dropped from helicopter’ expression in the medical report

'Dropped from helicopter’ expression in the medical report

A medical report has been prepared regarding the condition of two people who said that they were dropped from a helicopter after they were detained and tortured by soldiers in Van. The report says that “they were injured by falling from a higher place.”

21 September 2020

Trustee Changes Name of Tahir Elçi Park

Trustee Changes Name of Tahir Elçi Park

The sub-governor, who was appointed as trustee to Çatak Municipality in Van, has replaced the name of the park named after murdered Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi with a village guard killed in the district.

Gendarmerie Admits Killing, Disappearance

Gendarmerie Admits Killing, Disappearance

“If the funerals are not returned to their families or officials, it means that their disappearance is admitted,” advocate Turan Ece told bianet regarding the case of a mass grave belonging to 27 PKK guerrillas from 1998.

13 February 2015 Ayça Söylemez