Turkish Police Detain 2 Union Officials, Lawyer Days Before UN Climate Summit - Stockholm Center for Freedom
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The operation was carried out in Antalya ahead of the COP31 Climate Summit, which will be held from November 9-20.
Turkish police detain 2 union officials, lawyer days before UN climate summit - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkish police detained two union officials and a lawyer in the southern city of Antalya on Tuesday, six days before it hosts a major United Nations climate summit, the Medyascope news website reported. The detainees were identified as İlhan Karakurt, head of the Antalya branch of the Municipal and Local Government Workers Union (Tüm Bel-Sen) […]
In Antalya, prior to the COP31 Climate Conference, İlhan Karakurt, the head of the Antalya branch of Tüm Bel-Sen (All Municipal Workers' Union), Mehmet Şerif Özdemir, a manager of İHD (Human Rights Association) and Emekli-Sen (Retired Workers' Union), and Kazım Yiğit, a lawyer and manager of ÇHD (Contemporary Lawyers' Association), were detained during house raids.
Prior to COP31, which will be held between November 9-20, house raids were conducted in Antalya, and executives from the Human Rights Association (İHD), the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD), and trade unions were detained. (Medyascope)
In Antalya, prior to the COP31 Climate Summit, Mehmet Şerif Özdemir, the Antalya branch manager of the Human Rights Association (İHD), İlhan Karakurt, the current spokesperson of the KESK Branches Platform, and lawyer Kazım Yiğit, a manager of the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Antalya branch, were detained during house raids. The reasons for their detention were not disclosed.
As part of the operation carried out in PİRHA-Antalya in the morning hours, İHD and Emekli-Sen Board Member Mehmet Şerif Özdemir and KESK Period Spokesperson and Head of All Bel-Sen Branch İlhan Karakurt were detained. It was learned that the two names were taken to the Uncalı Police Department. Within the scope of the operation carried out in the morning in Antalya, Human Rights Association (IHD) and Emekli-Sen Board Member Mehmet Şerif Özdemir…
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