Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Detention of founding member Nimet Tanrıkulu
Nimet Tanrıkulu was detained on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization, according to the reference account.
2005
Internal dispute over PKK-related positions
Founding member Adalet Ağaoğlu resigned and accused the association of insufficiently criticizing the PKK and of adopting a Kurdish nationalist orientation.
1999
Assault on İHD office and president
A group described in the reference material as being close to the Nationalist Movement Party entered an İHD office and beat president Hüsnü Öndül.
1998
Attack on Akın Birdal
Two gunmen attacked then-president Akın Birdal inside an İHD office. Birdal survived the shooting.