Our agency's reporter Cemil Uğur was deemed worthy of the "Successful Journalists of the Year-2020" award by the ÇGD for his story about two villagers thrown from a military helicopter in the Çatak district of Van.
DBP Co-Chairperson Keskin Bayındır stated that PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan has clearly demonstrated the leadership of Kurdish, Turkish and Middle Eastern peoples for solution, peace and negotiation in İmralı, “Mr. Öcalan's stance in İmralı is a stance focused on peace, negotiation and democratic solution."
The Economy Policy Research Foundation has released its Employment Monitoring Bulletin, which shows that women’s employment has narrowed by nearly 81 thousand in the last four months amid COVID-19 measures against the second wave.
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 144. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 123 while it is day 106 in Greece.
Mentioning the Ankara Convention invented by the AKP following the withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention is a means to create the 'reasonable women, HDP MP Hüda Kaya said it will be used to draw boundaries for the women.
Sociologist Slavoj Zizek said in an online lecture he gave at Kobanê University, "Kurds, you have created a utopia. Democracy must be radically rebuilt. We will learn this from you."
Violent clashes took place in Serêkaniye between paramilitary groups of Syrian National Army (SMO), backed by Turkey. Two mortar shells hit Urfa's Ceylanpınar during clashes.
Attorney Elif Tuğba Şahin stating that it is unlawful to demand punishment for ‘theft’ for the 16-year-old Ş.C.K., who had been subjected to violence by his bosses. Şahin said that the prosecution demanded a penalty based on a witness whom he said he did not believe.
One of the two border tradesperson, Hesen Keçelano, father of three children was allegedly tortured by soldiers and lost his life as a result of the torture.
Stating that the opposition parties have not taken any concrete steps regarding the solution of the Kurdish problem, DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz said, "The opposition that does not approach the Kurdish issue with courage does not have chance to be in power’’.
It was learned that AbdulSıttar Özer whom the Ministry of Interior told to be killed during a military operation was under treatment in a hospital in Diyarbakır. Photos of Özer injured and handcuffed behind his back were revealed after he was announced to be dead.
The file of Remziye Bor, who was killed in a police raid on her home five years ago, was brought before the Constitutional Court. While Bor's husband repeated his demand for justice, the attorney of the family Veysi Güneş warned that the file might remain unsolved.
İHD Van Branch President Murat Melet reminded that the isolation imposed upon PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is unlawful and said: "The isolation imposed on Öcalan is a method of torture in itself. This unlawfulness must end."
Writer and politician Diba Keskin calling for support for the Kurdish Language Campaign that was launched for Kurdish to be accepted as an official language and language of education, said: "In order to keep Kurdish alive, we must give priority to our language."
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 142. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 121 while it is day 104 in Greece.