18–22 February 2025
As part of an investigation into the Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK), journalist Yıldız Tar was taken into custody on the morning of 18 February along with around 280 other individuals. After four days in detention, he was brought before the İstanbul Criminal Judgeship of Peace, which ordered her arrest on charges of “membership in the PKK” (Turkish Penal Code, Article 314).
30 May 2025
Yıldız Tar, editor-in-chief of the KaosGL news website and journalist, was released after the court accepted the indictment and ordered her release through a preliminary ruling. Following the decision, Tar was freed from Marmara Prison in Silivri.
20 May 2025
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against journalist Yıldız Tar, who was detained and arrested in February 2025, on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization” under Article 314/2 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). According to the indictment, Tar participated in several Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) meetings in 2023, during which statements allegedly “parallel to the PKK/KCK line” were made. The indictment describes the HDK as the “urban organization of the PKK” and treats all activities related to it as “organizational.”
