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‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

Syriac MP Tuma Çelik has asked the fate and whereabouts of the enforced disappeared Syriac people since the 1990s. Raising concerns about the unsolved murders as well, he has noted that the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril is still unknown.

Tuma Çelik: I have been acquitted

Tuma Çelik: I have been acquitted

Stripped of his legislative immunity and discharged from the HDP over allegations of sexual assault, Tuma Çelik has released a statement for the press and said, “Since the beginning, I have been saying that all allegations are groundless.”

Decision to lift MP Çelik's immunity published in Official Gazzette

Decision to lift MP Çelik's immunity published in Official Gazzette

Çelik previously resigned from the HDP after facing charges for sexually assaulting a woman.

Tuma Çelik’s legislative immunity lifted

Tuma Çelik’s legislative immunity lifted

Facing an investigation for sexually assaulting a woman, Independent Mardin MP Tuma Çelik’s legislative immunity has been lifted at the General Assembly of the Parliament. Çelik resigned from the HDP following the allegations.

HDP expels MP Tuma Çelik over sexual assault allegations

HDP expels MP Tuma Çelik over sexual assault allegations

Two deputies of the HDP are under probe for "crimes against women," the party's deputy parliamentary group chair has stated.

Chaldean Couple Kidnapped by Those Leaning on the State, Says HDP MP Tuma Çelik

Chaldean Couple Kidnapped by Those Leaning on the State, Says HDP MP Tuma Çelik

HDP’s Syriac MP Çelik has prepared a report on Diril couple, who got missing in Şırnak. “Turkey has a criminal record in terms of missing persons, disappearances and unidentified murders. The recent incidents remind us of the 90s,” he says.

20 May 2020 Ruken Tuncel

HDP MP: People Should be Informed About Coronavirus in Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac

HDP MP: People Should be Informed About Coronavirus in Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac

MP Çelik has stressed that many people who are in the risk group regarding the coronavirus outbreak do not have a good command of Turkish.

13 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed

HDP has announced that the bilingual Parliamentary questions and inquiries submitted by its 22 MPs in mother languages on the occasion of International Mother Language Day have been returned to the MPs without being processed.

21 February 2020

Büyükada Rum Orphanage About to Collapse: 'Ministry has Responsibility'

Büyükada Rum Orphanage About to Collapse: 'Ministry has Responsibility'

Built in 1899 on the largest one of the Princes' Islands, the orphanage is the second-largest wooden building in the world.

12 February 2020 Pınar Tarcan

Syriac Couple in Şırnak Missing for 24 Days

Syriac Couple in Şırnak Missing for 24 Days

Remzi Diril, the priest of the İstanbul Chaldean Church, has said that the search for his parents is continuing.

3 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Confidentiality Order on File of Missing Syriac Couple in Şırnak

Confidentiality Order on File of Missing Syriac Couple in Şırnak

Syriac couple Hurmuz and Şimoni Diril have been missing in Şırnak since January 11. Speaking to bianet, HDP MP Tuma Çelik has indicated that a confidentiality has been imposed on the file by the prosecutor's office.

17 January 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Parliamentary Inquiry to Investigate Impartiality of State Channel TRT

Parliamentary Inquiry to Investigate Impartiality of State Channel TRT

HDP Mardin MP Tuma Çelik has stated that the state channel TRT does not treat all political parties equally and submitted a Parliamentary inquiry, requesting that the impartiality of the channel be investigated.

Parliamentary Question Regarding the Murder in Gökçeada/Imbros: Minorities Targeted

Parliamentary Question Regarding the Murder in Gökçeada/Imbros: Minorities Targeted

HDP MP Tuma Çelik has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the murder of a Rum (Greek) citizen in Gökçeada/ Imbros, Çanakkale. Stating that minorities are targeted, Çelik has added that information about the autopsy is not given, either.

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP MP Çelik About Missing EU Funds

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP MP Çelik About Missing EU Funds

HDP Mardin MP Tuma Çelik has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to be responded by Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu and posed a series of questions regarding the missing 1.1-billion-Euro fund granted to Turkey by the European Union.

22 November 2018