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Dink family’s lawyer Bakırcıoğlu evaluated Engin Dinç’s testimony: “The responsibility of the Directorate of Security of Trabzon cannot be set aside”
Engin Dinç bore a testimony as a suspect 9 years after the assassination of Hrant Dink. In 2007, the year that Hrant Dink was assassinated, he was the chief of Provincial Intelligence Office of Trabzon and now, he serves as the head of Police Intelligence Department.
14 September 2015
Demirtaş: What you have burned is not our buildings; it is your common future
HDP’s co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş held a press conference at HDP Diyarbakır building. Speaking before heading to Cizre with HDP Committee, Demirtaş evaluated the attacks that have been going on for two days. Pointing out that the attackers are “paid and official mobs”, he said that they will pay the price before justice.
9 September 2015
Garo Paylan: This is a major provocation
HDP MP Garo Paylan told about the racist attack against HDP headquarters in Ankara: “Burning the headquarters of a political party amounts to burning the ideals of that party.”
8 September 2015
Demirtaş: “We will not allow you to drag this country into a civil war”
HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has responded to journalists’ questions regarding operations targeting the PKK and ISIS.
27 July 2015
SGDF members were attacked in Suruç - Their plans for Kobani: A nursery, a library, a memorial forest
SGDF, the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, the target of the bomb-attack in Suruç today, had made a list of its plans for Kobani: Building a hospital, school and a nursery, a memorial forest for those who died defending Kobani, and for Berkin Elvan.
20 July 2015
Bomb attack in Suruç: Many dead and injured
An explosion has taken place at the Amara Cultural Centre in Suruç, Şanlıurfa, where 330 Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) members had gathered. The SGDF members were waiting to cross into Kobane where they were to support the reconstruction efforts of the town.
20 July 2015
Municipality withdraws support from Science Congress for using the term ‘Genocide’
The Karaburun Municipal Directorate has withdrawn its support to the 10th Karaburun Science Congress because of the use of the term “1915 Armenian and Assyrian Genocide” in its call for attendance.
14 July 2015
Targeted pianist Hamasyan: Hate is not the reason we came to Kars
Pianist Tigran Hamasyan, who visited Turkey within the scope of his “Luys i Luso” tour, and later became the target of a discourse of hate from the Kars Ülkü Ocakları President, has published a statement.
14 July 2015
Agreement reached in Iran nuclear talks
An agreement has been reached between Iran and six world powers at the nuclear talks held in Vienna, Austria.
14 July 2015
First stay of execution for controversial ‘Green Road’
The first stay of execution ruling has been issued regarding the government’s controversial ‘Green Road’ that would connect the Black Sea highlands. A court has suspended the permission given for the Avusor-Haczane section of the road.
14 July 2015
Campaign begins for Ani
A campaign has been initiated for the recognition of the ancient city of Ani as a “world heritage site” by UNESCO.
13 July 2015
Police attacks and disperses Yerevan barricades
On 6 July at noon, the police forced protestors, who for the last two weeks had taken to the streets to voice their opposition to the electricity price rise, out of Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan.
7 July 2015
Great Loss of Catholic Armenians
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church, passed away this morning in Lebanon at the hospital where he was being treated.
25 June 2015
Kamp Armen still not returned, 2nd rally on Friday evening at Tünel
52 days have now passed since the resistance began at Kamp Armen on May 6 after bulldozers entered the camp in Tuzla to demolish the facilities. Despite promises made by the government and municipality, the deed has still not been returned to the Armenian community.
25 June 2015
Yerevan resists electricity price rise
Last night, police attacked the group that had resisted in Yerevan’s Freedom Square protesting against an electricity price rise.
23 June 2015
Surp Giragos Church wins Europa Nostra Award for Conservation
The Diyarbakır Surp Giragos Church has won the Europa Nostra Award for Conservation, receiving its prize at a ceremony held in Oslo last week.
12 June 2015
Demirtaş: “We will not be part of a coalition that includes AKP”
HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has stated that they were well aware of their responsibility and that they would not allow for chaos, tension, insecurity and instability in Turkey.
9 June 2015
Garo Paylan: It’s not having 3 Armenian MPs in Parliament that matters, but what they will say and do
HDP Istanbul Member of Parliament spoke to AGOS after the election results were announced.
8 June 2015
A more colourful parliament
The June 7 general election has brought Armenian, Assyrian, Mhallami and Ezidi members into parliament. Meet the minority representatives in this colourful parliament.
8 June 2015
Doing the maths of the new parliament
46 million voters went to the polls for the June 7 Elections, producing a series of striking outcomes. As the 13-year AKP rule came to an end, the HDP passed the election threshold; and possible coalition scenarios are now being discussed.
8 June 2015
“HDP is now truly a party of the whole of Turkey”
HDP Co-Chairpersons Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ held a press-conference following the HDP’s election victory. The leaders thanked those who supported the collective effort, and declared, “no coalition with the AKP”.
7 June 2015
Turkey goes to polls for historical election
Turkey votes for the 25th term members of parliament in one of the most important elections in the history of the Republic.
7 June 2015
Demirtaş: We Will Win, Peace Will Win
2 people are reported dead following a double explosion at the HDP’s Diyarbakır rally. HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş repeated his call for calm and peace as in previous attacks targeting the party: “We will win, peace will win. I congratulate your resolve.”
5 June 2015
General Election results by province
General Election results by province according to Anadolu Agency data.
2 June 2015
Cumhuriyet defies Erdoğan in statement: We are all responsible
Cumhuriyet newspaper staff and writers have published a declaration in reaction to President Tayyip Erdoğan’s words, “This newspaper too is now part of the spying scheme. The person who wrote this report will pay dearly for it, he won’t get away with it so easily,” targeting their Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar after their newspaper published a report on a delivery of Syria-bound arms in MİT [National Intelligence Service] trucks.
2 June 2015
Davutoğlu’s transformation: From ‘The Diaspora is our Diaspora’ to ‘Those who claim a right over our lands’
Prime Minister Davutoğlu, in a television interview, implying HDP co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, said, “I wonder what bargains he has made that led him to sabotage the Solution Process upon his return to Turkey, I wonder what bargains he has made that he is acting in tandem with the Armenian Diaspora that claims a right over the lands on which the Solution Process focuses”. Yet it was only three months ago that the same Prime Minister had said, “The Diaspora is our Diaspora”.
25 May 2015
Attack on Samsun Agape Church left unpunished
An attack was carried out on the Samsun Agape Church by a man wielding a stick, who reportedly went on to insult church staff. However, the police did not bring charges against the attacker.
18 May 2015
Demirtaş: Our one and only answer to provocations is peace
HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş spoke at a rally in Mersin that went ahead in defiance of the synchronized bomb attacks on his party’s bureaus in Mersin and Adana: ‘We will approach other political parties with feelings of fraternity in order to render this provocation void’
18 May 2015
Respect to children’s rights necessitates return of Kamp Armen
The Children’s Foundation has published a statement about Kamp Armen underlining the fact that respect to children and their rights necessitates the return of the camp to its true and rightful owners.
18 May 2015
HDP: The President and the government are responsible of the attack
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) had condemned the bomb attacks on its party bureaus in Adana and Mersin with a written statement: “Dark forces supported by the government want to prevent the progress and election work of our party”
18 May 2015
Call for #KampArmen : “We will be here not only to protect the buildings, but also our history”
The solidarity vigil that began at Kamp Armen (Tuzla Children’s Camp) after heavy machinery entered the site continued all day and through the night. Nor Zartonk (New Renascense), Dört Ayaklı Şehir (Quadruped City) and İstanbul Kent Savunması (Istanbul Urban Defence) issued a collective call to attend the solidarity vigil.
6 May 2015
Kamp Armen demolition begins - but thwarted for now
Demolition that began in the early hours of the day at Tuzla Children’s Camp, also known as Kamp Armen, was stopped with the intervention of activists, members of the public and politicians that gathered at the site. The waiting continues.
6 May 2015

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