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12:40

“Instead of applying the principles of the law, you followed the instructions of the superiors. You will carry all burdens,” the Şenyaşar family told the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor on their social media account.

12:30

Female prisoners held in the Diyarbakır Closed Women’s Prison were reportedly tried to be searched in front of the camera before their contact visits. After objecting to the body searches, they weren’t reportedly allowed to have contact visits. According to the reports we received, the prisoners’ families have been banned from having contact visits with their relatives for two months.

12:50

Emine Şenyaşar came in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for her killed relatives and her jailed son despite her health problems.

14:50

For 100 days, the mothers of Rojava have demanded the Federal Kurdistan Regional government to give their children’s dead bodies to them.

12:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 310 days.

11:55

Libyan first female boxer 21-year-old Malak Al-Mazoughi calls on all women to learn this sport so that they can defend and protect themselves. “I began to do this sport to protect myself against a possible sexual harassment,” she told us.

08:35

Yasmin Aziz, who struggled for 34 days at a hospital due to severe burns on her body in Rıha, passed away at the hospital two days ago. Two men, who were at home on the day when Yasmin Aziz was seriously injured as a result of flammable materials, haven’t been reportedly questioned about the incident yet.

08:30

While journalists’ organizations have been releasing their reports on the freedom of the press around the world in 2021, Özge Yurttaş, secretary-general of the Press and Printing House Workers' Union of Turkey (DİSK Basın-İş), draws attention to the importance of creating a democratic society to prevent violence against press workers.

10:25

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 309 days.

13:09

A commemoration ceremony was held in Shengal for Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were killed in Paris on January 9, 2013.

13:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 206 days despite the silence of the authorities.

12:58

Citizens, forcibly displaced to Til Ruman, a Syriac village, used the ruins of houses destroyed by ISIS in the village to build a shelter for themselves.

11:25

President Erdoğan has ordered all stray dogs to be captured and thrown into government shelters. The Animal Rights Monitoring Committee (HAKİM) Coordinator Fatma Biltekin told our agency what should be done when the issue of “stray animal” turns into a slaughter of stray animals by Erdoğan's order.

11:22

Yesterday, Turkey conducted a drone strike on civilians in Kobanî and its rural areas killing one civilian and injuring 11 civilians, mostly women. “We are killed in our houses. Their real aim is to force people to displace,” said the people we interviewed after the attack.

13:15

Women from different countries have launched a petition called “1000 women for the freedom of Aysel Tuğluk” to draw attention to jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk’s health condition and to demand her immediate release.

11:59

Women journalists living in Mersin province came together and decided to publish a newspaper called “Kadından Haber (News from Women)”. The first issue of the newspaper has been published. The aim of the women journalists is to make women’s news and struggles visible.

10:36

The Şenyaşar family has demanded justice for their killed relatives for 305 days. “Our struggle is a historical test for Turkey's justice,” the family says.

10:26

Egyptian actress Maha Abou Ouf died on Thursday (January 6) after her battle with cancer.

14:06

Emine Şenyaşar has demanded justice for her killed relatives for 304 days.

15:22

Friends of jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk have released a joint text to demand the release of Aysel Tuğluk and sick prisoners.