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Relatives, lawyers among those detained during protest by Saturday Mothers
Turkish police on Wednesday broke up a protest held by the Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and family members seeking the whereabouts of...
Police break up protest by Saturday Mothers, briefly detain 12 people
Turkish police on Tuesday broke up a protest organized by the Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved...
Human rights organizations issue statement calling for acquittal of participants in Saturday Mothers protest
A total of 18 human rights organizations called on authorities in a joint statement to acquit 46 defendants who appeared in court on Thursday...
Court rejects request to acquit 46 defendants in Saturday Mothers trial
An İstanbul court has rejected lawyers’ request for the immediate acquittal of 46 defendants who were indicted for participating in a banned 2018 protest...
Saturday Mothers hold protest with wives of abducted Gülen followers
Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives
seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody
in the 1990s, held a protest...
Novelist Erdoğan: Altan is a victim of Ergenekon-Erdoğan bargain
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who spent 132 days in jail in 2016 for displaying solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper, has said jailed...
Saturday Mothers file criminal complaint against Minister Soylu
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s,...
Saturday Mothers ask for appointment with Turkish president
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives who have been seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody...
Turkish government bans years-long Saturday Mothers vigil
The Saturday Mothers, a group that has been gathering in a central İstanbul square for 23 years to bring attention to the cases of...
Turkish interior minister says terrorists are exploiting Saturday Mothers
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Monday defended a police intervention in the 700th meeting of the Saturday Mothers in İstanbul, saying that they...
Kılıçdaroğlu slams police violence against the Saturday Mothers
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday said that only a dictatorial administration would order a police attack on the Saturday Mothers,...
700th gathering of Saturday Mothers marred by police violence, detentions
The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody in the 1990s, would...