content tagged with extrajudicial killings

Musa Anter murder case dropped due to statute of limitations

Musa Anter murder case dropped due to statute of limitations

The case was previously adjourned to one day after the expiration of the statute of limitations.

22 September 2022

Musa Anter murder case adjourned to after expiry of statute of limitations

Musa Anter murder case adjourned to after expiry of statute of limitations

The case concerning the 1992 assassination of the Kurdish author and journalist will drop due to the statute of limitations on September 20. The court scheduled the next hearing for September 21.

15 September 2022 Ayça Söylemez

All defendants acquitted in Dargeçit extrajudicial killings case

DARGEÇİT JİTEM CASE

All defendants acquitted in Dargeçit extrajudicial killings case

Another case about the extrajudicial killings purportedly committed by the JİTEM has ended in acquittal.

Musa Anter case: Next hearing scheduled for 15 days before statute of limitations expires

Musa Anter case: Next hearing scheduled for 15 days before statute of limitations expires

The court has refused to separate the Anter case from the JİTEM case about the extrajudicial killings in the 1990s.

Extrajudicial killings | Statute of limitations risk in Dargeçit JİTEM case

Extrajudicial killings | Statute of limitations risk in Dargeçit JİTEM case

The court has refused to arrest the defendants and adjourned the case until July 4. The plaintiff attorney has said there is sufficient evidence in the case file.

HDP brings Çetin Kaya's 'killing' by the police to Parliamentary agenda

HDP brings Çetin Kaya's 'killing' by the police to Parliamentary agenda

HDP’s Ersoy says that while Kaya was handcuffed behind his back and shot in the back of his head at close range, “the city surveillance cameras were not recording” in the meantime as in the case of several files where the police are perpetrators.

3 December 2021

Killed with 13 bullets at the age of 12, Uğur Kaymaz commemorated

Killed with 13 bullets at the age of 12, Uğur Kaymaz commemorated

Speaking at the commemoration, HDP Mardin Co-Chair Kuday has underlined that child murders can be prevented only by identifying and penalizing perpetrators.

22 November 2021

Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions

Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions

In recent interviews, Mehmet Eymür admitted that Turkey's security and intelligence organizations committed torture and extrajudicial killings.

17 November 2021

Request for hearing former intelligence chief Eymür as a witness in Midyat JİTEM case

Request for hearing former intelligence chief Eymür as a witness in Midyat JİTEM case

In the wake of his remarks on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, lawyer Kuzu requests that Eymür, a former head of the counterterrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization, be heard as a witness in the Midyat JİTEM case.

10 November 2021

'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings

'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings

Eymür says he doesn't regret what he did, and it's "legitimate" for the state to commit such practices. He criticizes those who did these for "personal interests" though.

8 November 2021

Police shot one person on the street in southeast Turkey

Police shot one person on the street in southeast Turkey

Police shot Suat Şahin in the Seyitler Neighborhood in Batman province on the grounds that he had allegedly resisted criminal record check. Şahin is in a critical condition.

29 September 2021

Police officer who shot waste worker in Diyarbakır not arrested

Police officer who shot waste worker in Diyarbakır not arrested

The trial over the death of 20-year-old Recep Hantaş, who was shot by police in Diyarbakır while collecting scraps, has begun. Released pending trial and facing up to 25 years in prison, the police officer has not been arrested.

15 September 2021

New confessions about 1993 Lice massacre on parliamentary agenda

New confessions about 1993 Lice massacre on parliamentary agenda

Seventeen people, including a brigadier general, were killed and many homes and businesses were set on fire in the Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır in 1993.

1 September 2021

Impunity in Kızıltepe JİTEM case as appeals court upholds acquittals

Impunity in Kızıltepe JİTEM case as appeals court upholds acquittals

The appeals court has upheld the ruling because the "lapse of time is imminent" in the case concerning 22 extrajudicial killings.

'Let the wall come down': Assassinations in '90s come under spotlight again after Peker's claims

'Let the wall come down': Assassinations in '90s come under spotlight again after Peker's claims

The overturn of the acquittal of former government and security officials in a case concerning 19 extrajudicial killings coincides with the mafia boss's claims in his YouTube videos.

Sedat Peker's brother detained after his allegations about assassination of a journalist

Sedat Peker's brother detained after his allegations about assassination of a journalist

The mafia boss said in his latest video that he had assigned his brother for a failed attempt to assassinate Kutlu Adalı, a journalist from Northern Cyprus.

Non-prosecution for JİTEM killings in Dargeçit

Non-prosecution for JİTEM killings in Dargeçit

In 1993, a village was burned down and seven people were killed in Mardin, southeast Turkey.

1 Person Killed in Police Operation in Kadıköy

1 Person Killed in Police Operation in Kadıköy

One person has been killed in a police operation launched by Anti-Terror teams in Kadıköy.

‘Police Executed Wounded’

‘Police Executed Wounded’

According to preliminary autopsy report for Yeliz Erbat and Şirin Öter killed in Gaziosmanpaşa, some of the bullets hit them fired in close-range, which led the lawyers to claim “This indicates these women were executed by being captured wounded”.

23 December 2015 Ayça Söylemez

5 Bullets Hit Kortak’s Body Killed in Police Raid

5 Bullets Hit Kortak’s Body Killed in Police Raid

According to the preliminary autopsy report of Dilan Kortak killed in police raid at her apartment where she was alone, five bullets have hit her body.

4 December 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Woman Killed in Police Raid in Sancaktepe

Woman Killed in Police Raid in Sancaktepe

A woman named Dilan Kortak has been killed by police raid in İstanbul, inhabitants have said they heard no velitation noise.

4 December 2015 Ayça Söylemez

“They Lost Their Relatives Twice with Acquittal of Temizöz”

WHO MURDERED 21 PEOPLE? #21İNSANIKİMÖLDÜRDÜ

“They Lost Their Relatives Twice with Acquittal of Temizöz”

Retired Colonel Temizöz and other defandants indicted for killing of 21 people in Cizre have acquitted, “A second mourning period has begun with this verdict”, said the lawyer of those who lost their relatives, Vesek.

9 November 2015 Ayça Söylemez

ECHR Convicted Turkey of Extrajudicial Killings

ECHR Convicted Turkey of Extrajudicial Killings

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey based on extrajudicial killings by the police. Turkey was sentenced to a € 103,000 fine for "violating the right to life" regarding the killing of an innocent bystander during a police raid of a private home.

23 April 2010 Semra Pelek

12 Extra-Judicial Killings in Three Months

RIGHT TO LIFE - TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION REPORT

12 Extra-Judicial Killings in Three Months

According to the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, seven people died in detention in the first quarter of 2009 and another five in extra-judicial executions by the police and the gendarmerie. Two people died in detention in April, one was severely injured by police bullets.

20 April 2010 Tolga Korkut

Lawyers Invite Plaintiff Applications against JITEM Commander

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

Lawyers Invite Plaintiff Applications against JITEM Commander

The Şırnak and Diyarbakır Bar Associations have called on those wanting torture and disappearance cases in Cizre between 1993 and 1996 cleared up to apply.

17 July 2009 Tolga Korkut

Former JITEM Commander Temizöz in Custody

The prosecution investigating the death wells in Cizre has taken Temizöz, former JITEM commander in the area, into custody in Kayseri. According to former JİTEM member Aygan, Temizöz was involved in many extrajudicial killings.

24 March 2009 Tolga Korkut

Journalist's Death at Newroz 1992: Evidence of Ergenekon Mentality

Journalist Balıkçı recalls his colleague's death by police fire, during the Newroz events of 1992: "A white flag on his hand, İzzet was lying in blood. The case was never solved."

19 March 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Prosecution Postpones Search for Remains of "Lost Persons" In Silopi

Prosecutor's office in Silopi arbitrarily postpones an excavation at BOTAŞ land, which is a suspected burial place of the extra-judicial killings committed in the 1990s.

5 March 2009 Tolga Korkut

Too Many Deaths in 2008

The Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TIHV) has published its annual report, in which it states that unsolved murders as well as deaths in detention or prison are the highest in eight years.

14 January 2009