Historian Tarık Ziya Ekinci was sent off to his last journey in Amed. Speaking at the funeral ceremony, DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said: “He dedicated his life to the rights of his people. He is a summary and a picture of the Kurdish issue.”
Referring to the attacks by AKP members in Parliament, DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said: “There was such an attack in order to prevent people from talking about the lawlessness. But this cannot continue like this.”
28-year prisoner Gülşan Adet said: “There is isolation in prisons. Prisoners are abandoned to their fate. Everyone must see this and act accordingly. Whatever needs to be done must be done now, tomorrow it may be too late.”
Saturday Mothers/People gathered for the 12th week in a row to ask for the fate of Abdurrahim Demir and to reiterate their demand for justice for those forcibly disappeared.
IHD and relatives of the disappeared asked for the fate of İbrahim Kartay, İbrahim Çelik and his son Edip Çelik, who disappeared under custody.
The release of ill prisoner Naif İşçi was postponed for the 5th time.
Former football player AKP deputy Alpay Özalan, who came to the agenda with his attacks on opposition deputies in the parliament, has a history of violence. Elected for 2 terms as an AKP deputy, Özalan's record in Parliament is full of zeros.
Drawing attention to the attack in Parliament, Saadet Party Chair Temel Karamollaoğlu said: “Unfortunately, it is a summary of today's Turkey. I condemn this understanding.”
AKP's Alpay Özalan, who attacked DEM Party and TİP deputies in Parliament, and Ahmet Şık, who was attacked, have been reprimanded.
DEM Party Deputy Group Chair Gülüstan Kılıç Koçyiğit, who was attacked in Parliament, said: “It was a premeditated and deliberate attack.” DEM Party Women's Assembly also condemned the attack.
Reacting to the attack in Parliament, DEM Party Co-Chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tulay Hatimoğulları described the attack as “political thuggery and gangsterism.”
People detained in house raids in Mêrdîn were released.
Reacting to the attack by AKP deputies in Parliament, CHP Chair Özgür Özel said: “Punches and kicks are flying instead of words. I am ashamed to witness this situation.”
Ahmet Şık was attacked by AKP deputy Alpay Özalan while speaking at the Can Atalay session.
The fire, which started in Karşıyaka and could not be brought under control, spread to Bayraklı and Çiğli districts. Houses were evacuated in some areas.