{"id":154746,"date":"2026-08-28T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/154746\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:12:14","slug":"rights-group-urges-release-of-6-jailed-before-the-nato-summit-in-ankara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/154746\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group urges release of 6 jailed before the NATO summit in Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IHD.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IHD-695x391.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"I\u0307HD\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u2019s Human Rights Association (\u0130HD) on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihd.org.tr\/icerik\/ihdden-nato-zirvesi-oncesi-tutuklanan-hak-savunuculari-icin-cagri\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ihd.org.tr\/icerik\/ihdden-nato-zirvesi-oncesi-tutuklanan-hak-savunuculari-icin-cagri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> for the release of six of its members who have spent more than two months in pretrial detention after being taken into custody before a NATO summit in Ankara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six are Tu\u011fba Kahraman, Hale Nur \u00c7etin, Mert Ahmet Aldemir, \u015eevin \u00d6zden, Emirhan Gedik and Zehra Camc\u0131.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahraman works for the \u0130HD and sits on its Ankara branch board, while the other five serve on the branch\u2019s youth commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They face charges of membership in an armed organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The indictments cite peaceful meetings and demonstrations they attended but offer no concrete evidence of a crime, \u0130HD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors claimed the activists could carry out attacks meant to associate Turkey with terrorism, an assessment based on speculation rather than evidence, the \u0130HD argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cases and arrests are intended to intimidate rights defenders, \u0130HD Secretary-General Osman \u0130\u015f\u00e7i said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDefending human rights is neither a crime nor grounds for prosecution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The association also called for an investigation into allegations of torture and ill-treatment during the detentions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahraman, \u00c7etin, Aldemir and \u00d6zden are due to appear before the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court on September 29, while Gedik and Camc\u0131 will appear before the Ankara 2nd High Criminal Court on October 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six were among 14 \u0130HD members jailed pending trial after a June 23 operation in which security forces\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/turkiye-crackdown-ahead-of-nato-summit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detained<\/a>\u00a0225 people and courts sent 178 to pretrial detention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ankara Governor\u2019s Office also imposed a 13-day ban on protests for the July 7 and 8 summit, which Amnesty International\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2026\/06\/turkiye-authorities-must-lift-blanket-protest-ban-ahead-of-nato-summit-and-release-scores-of-arbitrarily-detained-people\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called\u00a0<\/a>an unjustified attack on freedom of assembly and expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article is republished from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/turkishminute.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish Minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s Human Rights Association (\u0130HD) on Friday called for the release of six of its members who 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