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Families Seeking Justice Gather Outside Turkey’s Supreme Court: ‘Why Must We Always Fight for Our Rights in This Country
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Families Seeking Justice Gather Outside Turkey’s Supreme Court: ‘Why Must We Always Fight for Our Rights in This Country?’

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Families Seeking Justice Platform gathered outside Turkey’s Supreme Court before the judicial year opening ceremony.
  • The group questioned why the Interior Ministry had not lifted immunity for public officials named in investigations into the Feb. 6 earthquake.
  • Sibel Köksalan, who lost her daughter in Malatya’s Trend Garden Residence, called for her rights to be granted rather than forcing her to continue seeking justice.

Families seeking accountability gathered outside Turkey’s Supreme Court before the opening ceremony of the judicial year, asking why they still had to fight for justice.

Why must we always fight for our rights in this country?

— Families Seeking Justice PlatformThe platform questioned the continuing need for families to pursue justice outside the Supreme Court.

The Families Seeking Justice Platform directed its question at the Interior Ministry. It asked why the ministry had not lifted immunity for public officials whose names appeared in investigations into the Feb. 6 earthquake.

Why is the Interior Ministry not lifting immunity for public officials named in investigations into the February 6 earthquake?

— Families Seeking Justice PlatformThe group challenged the ministry over officials named in earthquake-related investigations.

Sibel Köksalan, who lost her daughter in the Trend Garden Residence in Malatya, expressed the exhaustion behind the protest. “Enough! I do not want to keep seeking justice. Give me my rights so I no longer have to,” she said.

Enough! I do not want to keep seeking justice. Give me my rights so I no longer have to.

— Sibel KöksalanKöksalan lost her daughter in Malatya’s Trend Garden Residence and spoke during the gathering.
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