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Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

Kurdish politician Türk attended the Kobanî trial via video conference: “We have faced injustice in these processes. I went through September 12 [coup]. We are faced with the same injustice despite the 50 years that have passed since then.”

21 December 2021

Kobanê investigation: HDP's Tuncel, Tuğluk remanded in custody 'again'

Kobanê investigation: HDP's Tuncel, Tuğluk remanded in custody 'again'

Both Tuncel and Tuğluk have been in prison since 2016.

13 October 2020

Prison Sentences for HDP's Kışanak, Tuncel Overturned

Prison Sentences for HDP's Kışanak, Tuncel Overturned

The Gaziantep Regional Court of Justice has overturned the prison sentences given to former Diyarbakır Mayor Gültan Kışanak and former HDP MP Sebahat Tuncel. Both politicians' arrest will continue.

Arrested Politicians Sebahat Tuncel, Selma Irmak Go on Hunger Strike

Arrested Politicians Sebahat Tuncel, Selma Irmak Go on Hunger Strike

Sebahat Tuncel and Selma Irmak have announced that they will go on an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike in solidarity with HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, demanding that “the isolation of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan be removed.”

15 January 2019

Constitutional Court Rejects Applications of Kışanak and Tuncel

Constitutional Court Rejects Applications of Kışanak and Tuncel

The Constitutional Court has announced its judgement regarding the applications of imprisoned politicians Gültan Kışanak and Sebahat Tuncel and rejected their applications on the ground that they are “inadmissible”.

4 December 2018

Women’s Day Message from Imprisoned DBP Co-Chair Tuncel

Women’s Day Message from Imprisoned DBP Co-Chair Tuncel

DBP Co-Chair Tuncel, who has been in prison for over 114 days, has sent a March 8 Women’s Day message from Silivri Prison.

DBP Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel Arrested

DBP Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel Arrested

Democratic Regions Party co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel, in custody since October 4, has been arrested.

7 November 2016

Sebahat Tuncel Detained in Front of Courthouse

Sebahat Tuncel Detained in Front of Courthouse

10 people including DBP Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel have been taken into custody in front of Diyarbakır Courthouse where HDP MPs are kept in detention.

4 November 2016

Sebahat Tuncel, Kamuran Yüksek Elected DBP Co-Chairs

Sebahat Tuncel, Kamuran Yüksek Elected DBP Co-Chairs

In the 4th Extraordinary Congress of the Democratic Regions Party, Kamuran Yüksek and Sebahat Tuncel have been elected Co-Chairs of the party. 32 women have been elected to the party assembly consisting of 70 persons in total.

Detained Sebahat Tuncel Released

Detained Sebahat Tuncel Released

HDP Co-Spokesperson Sebahat Tuncel has been detained due to investigation launched with the charges of “organization membership”, and “praising crime and criminal”.

12 November 2015

Call to Solidarity With Ezidi People

Call to Solidarity With Ezidi People

Hundreds of activists celebrated Turkey’s Peace Day yesterday in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district despite the governor’s office ban; urging authorities to pay attention to the situation of Ezidi people.

1 September 2014 Nilay Vardar

Tuncel: HDP Congress Underlined Our HDK Pre-Work

Tuncel: HDP Congress Underlined Our HDK Pre-Work

“The attendance and enthusiasm of our party congress was a proof that HDP will bring a new breath to Turkey’s political environment,” said Sebahat Tuncel, HDP’s newly elected co-chair.

29 October 2013 Ekin Karaca

Deputy Tuncel Ordered to Pay Fine For Slapping Police Chief

Deputy Tuncel Ordered to Pay Fine For Slapping Police Chief

A Silopi district court ordered Peace and Democracy Party deputy Sebahat Tuncel to pay roughly 12,000 euros for slapping a police chief at a Newroz celebration in 2011.

PM Receives Official Inquiry on METU Visit

PM Receives Official Inquiry on METU Visit

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Sebahat Tuncel submitted an official inquiry to PM Erdogan concerning the police brutality on METU campus on December 18.

20 December 2012

"Pozantı Prison Management should be Dismissed"

"Pozantı Prison Management should be Dismissed"

Istanbul Deputy Tuncel demanded to depose the management of the Pozantı Prison from office. İHD Branch Chair Tanrıverdi told bianet that the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission confirmed that the prison was not suitable for children and juveniles.

28 February 2012

BDP Politicians in the Sight of the Judiciary

BDP Politicians in the Sight of the Judiciary

An Ankara Court decided once more to bring BDP Istanbul MP Tuncel to court by compulsion. Siirt Mayor Sadak was sentenced to imprisonment of 10 months in a single session because of pictures the 2010 calendar. DTK Co-Chair Dicle faces prison sentence of up to 20 years.

19 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

MP Tuncel Opposes "Unwanted" Third Bridge

MP Tuncel Opposes "Unwanted" Third Bridge

DTP MP Sebahat Tuncel for Istanbul has called for a discussion on how decisions are made regarding the city.

21 August 2009 Emine Özcan

MP Tuncel: Parliament Must Consult LGBTT Organisations

LGBTT Rights

MP Tuncel: Parliament Must Consult LGBTT Organisations

MPs Tuncel, Birdal and Sevigen say that parliament is uninformed about gay rights.

26 June 2009 Aran Arslan

Kurdish Women Deputies of Turkey Move Against The Polygamy Law In Northern Iraq

The women deputies of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) take a stand against the polygamy law passed by the Northern Iraq Kurdish Parliament, although the Kurdish deputies in the northern Iraq claim that the new law makes life easier for the women.

16 December 2008 Emine Özcan