Zeynep Altıok
Euro court rejects appeal of jailed Turkish educators on hunger strike
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Aug. 2 rejected a request by two Turkish teachers who have been on hunger strikes for nearly 150 days to order Ankara to release them on health grounds.
Main opposition reveals report on one-year of emergency rule
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) revealed a report on the effects after the one year anniversary of the state of emergency rule.
The report includes the numbers of public dismissals and arrests as well as allegations of torture and ill-treatment following the post-coup crackdown.
Main opposition CHP files complaint over theologian's statements 'justifying violence' against women in Ramadan
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) vice chair and İzmir deputy Zeynep Altıok on June 7 filed a complaint against a TV show with the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) after a guest speaker said "women who are not fasting due to menstruation and eat on the street during Ramadan can get beaten," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Main opposition CHP appoints central executive board member Erdoğdu as new deputy leader
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has appointed its Istanbul lawmaker Aykut Erdoğdu as the party's new deputy leader responsible for the economy in lieu of Selin Sayek Böke, who has recently resigned from her post.
Training the police or a paramilitary force?
The oath taken by women police cadets at the Police Training Center (POMEM) in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat has been raised in a parliamentary question by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Zeynep Altıok. I watched the oath-taking ceremony on YouTube. Not only in Yozgat, but in other police training centers, there are videos of the same oath being taken.
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Main opposition suggests bleak picture on Turkey's human rights under AKP rule
The number of arrested and convicted individuals have risen by 232 percent in Turkey in the last 15 years, while the population increased only by 13.8 percent, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said in a communique it released to lay out human rights violations committed under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) since it came to power in 2002, daily Cumhuriyet repor
Lawyers demand recusal in controversial mine plan case in Turkey's north
The party plaintiff lawyers in the case of a controversial mine construction in the Black Sea province of Artvin demanded recusal and abandoned the hearing room on Sept. 19 amid intense security precautions.
CHP report on prisoners highlights mistreatment and mischarges in post-coup attempt probes
A recent report prepared by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on its deputies' observations on inmates in Turkish prisons has highlighted mistreatment during their time behind the bars, while also serving as means for the interviewed prisoners to convey their belief that they had been subjected to mischarges with mounting probes into both Gülenists and the outlawed Kurdistan W