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Kobanê trial: Court reviews arrest of 28 politicians

Kobanê trial: Court reviews arrest of 28 politicians

The arrested defendants attended the hearing via video conference in the case where HDP’s former Co-Chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş and dismissed Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen are also standing trial.

Constitutional Court ruling on a death during Kobanê protests

Constitutional Court ruling on a death during Kobanê protests

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the lawsuit for damages filed by the family of Emrah Demir, who was shot to death during Kobanê protests in Batman province 8 years ago, shall be held again.

Former HDP Co-Chair Yüksekdağ’s case merged with Kobane trial

Former HDP Co-Chair Yüksekdağ’s case merged with Kobane trial

Behind bars since November 2016, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ had her hearing in the court case where she is arrested pending trial. The court board has ruled that she shall remain behind bars.

25 February 2021

Letter from arrested PhD student Cihan Erdal

KOBANÊ INVESTIGATION

Letter from arrested PhD student Cihan Erdal

"The logic-defying charges against me with an indictment that was prepared seven years later, especially the allegation that 'I acted upon instructions' is extremely serious spiritual violence," says Erdal.

22 February 2021

Prosecutors seek lift of immunity for HDP co-chair, eight deputies over 2014 Kobanê protests

Prosecutors seek lift of immunity for HDP co-chair, eight deputies over 2014 Kobanê protests

Some 108 people are facing an aggravated life sentence for having allegedly orchestrated the 2014 protests in the predominantly Kurdish provinces.

19 February 2021

Europe calls on Turkey to ‘release political prisoners’

Europe calls on Turkey to ‘release political prisoners’

“We ask Turkey to follow the ECtHR orders to immediately release Demirtaş and Kavala, as well as all other political prisoners, including Cihan Erdal,” says Lagodinsky, the Chair of the EU-Turkey delegation of the European Parliament.

21 January 2021

Prosecutors seek to lift immunity of nine HDP deputies over 'Kobanê protests'

Prosecutors seek to lift immunity of nine HDP deputies over 'Kobanê protests'

We have spoken with HDP deputies Paylan and Temelli about the 2014 protests and the new indictment into the incidents.

18 January 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Turkey’s new reality, Turkey’s new normal

BİRCAN YORULMAZ WRITES FROM SİNCAN PRISON

Turkey’s new reality, Turkey’s new normal

Because the investigation file was classified, neither we nor our lawyers were allowed to see the contents of the indictment that was admitted on January 7, 2021. We spent 104 days not knowing what we were charged with.

14 January 2021 Bircan Yorulmaz

Indictment into 2014 protests 'a historic opportunity' to close HDP, Bahçeli suggests

Indictment into 2014 protests 'a historic opportunity' to close HDP, Bahçeli suggests

The HDP has accused the government ally of interfering with the judicial independence after his calls for the closure of the party.

12 January 2021

108 people face aggravated life sentence over 2014 protests in Kurdish-majority cities

108 people face aggravated life sentence over 2014 protests in Kurdish-majority cities

The court has accepted the indictment that was prepared more than six years after the incidents that claimed more than 40 lives in the eastern and southeastern provinces.

'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'

'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'

The family of Kader Ortakaya, who was killed in 2014 when trying to cross into Syria's Kurdish town of Kobanê, has applied to the Constitutional Court due to the lack of an effective investigation into the incident.

11 November 2020

Soldiers not investigated despite report showing woman killed by firearm during border incidents

Soldiers not investigated despite report showing woman killed by firearm during border incidents

The Forensic Medicine Institution found that Kader Ortakaya was killed with a firearm in the 2014 incidents.

10 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Arrested HDP MP Bilgen To Be Released Pending Trial

Arrested HDP MP Bilgen To Be Released Pending Trial

The court has ruled that HDP MP Ayhan Bilgen, who is facing trial on the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization” regarding the Kobanê protests from October 6-8, 2014, be released pending trial. Ayhan had been behind bars for over seven months.

8 September 2017 Ekin Karaca

Aziz Güler’s Body Crosses Border

Aziz Güler’s Body Crosses Border

Body of Aziz Güler who lost his life fighting against ISIS in Rojava and being kept waited for two months was taken to Urfa today.

19 November 2015

ISIS Carries Out Car Bomb Attacks in Kobani

ISIS Carries Out Car Bomb Attacks in Kobani

ISIS attacked a settlement filled with civilians near Kobani with car bomb. A conflict broke out.

Turkish Military Operation to Historical Tomb in Syria

Turkish Military Operation to Historical Tomb in Syria

Turkish military held an operation to the tomb of Suleyman Shah outside Syria’s Karakozak village in order to bring back the remains of historical figure and 38 active-duty Turkish Army soldiers against the ISIS threat.

23 February 2015

Turkey’s Spy Agency Warns Police on ISIS

Turkey’s Spy Agency Warns Police on ISIS

Turkey’s Spy Agency, MİT, allegedly sent a letter to police authorities, warning that Kobane-retreating ISIS fighters might have infiltrated into Turkey and be planning to plot bombing on embassies.

19 February 2015

The Aftermath of Kobane in Photos

The Aftermath of Kobane in Photos

Following the retreat of ISIS, Anatolia Agency photographer Eşber Ayayadın tracked down the traces of war in Rojava’s Kobane canton located in Northern Syria.

29 January 2015

University Student Dies in Kobane

University Student Dies in Kobane

Şıvan Bayar, a history teacher major in Mersin University, died in action against ISIS in the Kurdish-Syrian town Kobane.

21 November 2014 Savaş Hindioğlu

Kobane: the Struggle of Kurdish Women Against Islamic State

Kobane: the Struggle of Kurdish Women Against Islamic State

The international community should support a secular, multi-religious and multi-ethnic Rojava with democratic ambitions, that is a threat for IS and equally for the conservative Islamic government in Turkey. This is democracy in action in the Middle East.

12 November 2014 Necla Açık

On the Emergence of ISIS and Regional Ramifications

On the Emergence of ISIS and Regional Ramifications

Turkey certainly has security concerns vis-à-vis ISIS potentially taking control of the Syrian-Turkish border area. However, it is currently elevating its balance of power calculations vis-à-vis the Asad regime and Kurdish groups inside Syria above those of security vis-à-vis ISIS.

12 November 2014

Turkish Army Attacks on Syria Border, Kills Activist

Turkish Army Attacks on Syria Border, Kills Activist

Turkish Army soldiers attacked members of Free Art Initiative who attempted to form a human chain in Turkey’s border town Suruç, wounding 4 activist and killing 1 woman activist.

7 November 2014

How ISIS Impacts on Turkey’s Daily Life

How ISIS Impacts on Turkey’s Daily Life

We must face up to the fact that an Islamic terror has now entered Turkey if we are to find a solution to the danger which is ISIS and the political and societal problems that give rise to it.

31 October 2014 Can Semercioğlu

At Least 815 Dead in Kobane

At Least 815 Dead in Kobane

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 815 people died in Kobane between September 16 and October 25.

27 October 2014

12 Childen Dead in Kobane Protests

12 Childen Dead in Kobane Protests

According to a report by a children’s association, at least 12 children lost their lives within protests related to ISIS’s advance in Kobane. 55 children were arrested.

24 October 2014

Writers to Visit Border to Kobane

Writers to Visit Border to Kobane

A group of writers will head to Turkey’s border this Saturday to reiterate their demands to open a corridor to Kobane.

24 October 2014

In Remembrance of Our Intern Killed in Kobane

In Remembrance of Our Intern Killed in Kobane

Hakan Çelik (25), a former bianet intern in 2013 was killed in defense of Kobane during fight against ISIS. bianet will always remember him with his hard work, smile and warm character.

23 October 2014

“Suruç is Not Safe, I Will Seek Asylum From Western Countries”

“Suruç is Not Safe, I Will Seek Asylum From Western Countries”

Even though 97 detained refugees from Kobane have been released by Turkish authorities, individuals like Perwer Mıhamed Ali, an interpreter, fear that Suruç is not safe. “I will seek asylum from Western countries,” he told bianet.

22 October 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Kardeş Türküler Releases Video to Support Kobane

Kardeş Türküler Releases Video to Support Kobane

Kardeş Türküler, a music band that covers songs from Anatolia, Thrace and Mesapotamia in their original language, released a video to support a corridor to Kobane.

22 October 2014

Killed in Kobane, Nejat Ağırnaslı Remembered in Istanbul

Killed in Kobane, Nejat Ağırnaslı Remembered in Istanbul

A commemoration march has been organized for Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociologist who fought against ISIS and was killed in action in Kobane.

21 October 2014 Mert Onur,Evren Gönül

Syrian Refugees At Risk of Being Returned

Syrian Refugees At Risk of Being Returned

Amnesty International informed that around 100 refugees from Syria are at risk of being returned to the war-torn city of Kobane, urging Turkish authorities to release the refugees from their unlawful detention immediately.

20 October 2014

DBP Administrator Gravely Wounded By Canister

DBP Administrator Gravely Wounded By Canister

Semra Demir, an administrator at Democratic Regions Party, has been shut by a tear gas bomb canister during a gendarmerie intervention to villagers on watch-duty in the border with Kobane.

17 October 2014

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