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Counter Investigations Against Convicts Filing Complaints Get Reaction
Tüzün, a convict in the Malatya Prison, files a complaint against the bad treatment and torture he receives and the gendarmerie files three counter investigations to intimidate him. Human Rights activist Erbey says they launch investigations against those who file complaints.
2 January 2009 Tolga Korkut
Democratic Society Party Deputy Apologizes To The Assyrians
Democratic Society Party Deputy Apologizes To The Assyrians
Ahmet Türk, co-chairperson of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), apologized to the Assyrians during his visit to the Assyrian Cultural Association at Midyat in the province of Mardin.
2 January 2009
State TV’s Kurdish Broadcasting Begins Officially
The Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) began officially broadcasting in Kurdish. The new Kurdish channel TRT 6 is seen as a positive move by the President and the Prime Minister for further democratization, while the deputies of the Democratic Society Party see ulterior motives.
2 January 2009
Conscientious Objector Bal’s Case Postponed To February 3
The third hearing for the trial of the four people who wounded and tried to kill conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was held. One of the accused was at the hearing. The other four will be listened at the next hearing.
30 December 2008
Tursun Family Prosecuted For “Affecting The Trial”
Although the court dismissed the case against the Tursun Family, whose son was killed by a police bullet, for violating article 301, they are still on trial for influencing the trial process by “affecting those who do the trial”. The family asks for a similar reaction that occurred in Greece.
29 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Kurdish Still Not Recognized In The Parliament
The Kurdish language is still not recognized by the Parliament, although there is a Kurdish TV channel on the state television now. The Parliament moved the Kurdish language from being an unknown language to a non-Turkish language in its record.
29 December 2008
Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials On Trial For Neglect In Dink’s Murder
Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials On Trial For Neglect In Dink’s Murder
After countless obstacles, Trabzon’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office submitted the indictment for the six gendarme officials who are accused of neglect in the murder of Hrant Dink.
29 December 2008
Broadcasting in Kurdish Allowed To The State, But Banned To The Kurds
Broadcasting in Kurdish Allowed To The State, But Banned To The Kurds
The Turkish Radio and Television started its test broadcasting in Kurdish. Since 24 hour broadcasting in Kurdish has no legal basis, the move is perceived as an investment for the next elections by the ruling party.
26 December 2008
PEN Turkey Tells The Government To Recognize The Rights Of The Homosexuals
Tarık Günersel, Presiden of PEN Turkey, announced that the homosexuals in Turkey were oppressed. Reminding the UN declaration signed by the 64 countries which ends making homosexualism a crime, he asks the government not to ignore it.
26 December 2008
Turkish State TV Program Holds Murdered Hrant Dink Responsible For Maraş Massacre
A program aired on the State TV (TRT) claimed that Hrant Dink, Armenian journalist who was murdered in front of his office in January 2007, was responsible for the Maraş Massacre against the Alevis thirty years ago.
26 December 2008
Thirty Years after the Maraş Massacre
Explanations of the Maraş incidents tended to resist examining the responsibility of the local population for what happened by focusing on a “hidden hand” in the events. In Maraş a silence hangs over the incidents of 1978.
26 December 2008 Emma Sinclair-Webb
Attack On Military Vehicle In Eastern Turkey
A military vehicle carrying the soldiers coming back from guard duty was attacked while passing through the Cizre district. The attack came right after the calls to end the war in the eastern Turkey. The PKK says they are continuing with the ceasefire.
25 December 2008
Istanbul Street Named After A Greek Doctor
Istanbul Street Named After A Greek Doctor
In the Yeşilköy neighborhood of Istanbul, a street was named after a Greek citizen, Konstantin Kalangos, a dedicated doctor of the neighborhood for 65 years, who died four years ago.
25 December 2008
The Court To Try Former Police Chief Involved In Susurluk Finally Determined
The court to prosecute former minister and head of the police department Mehmet Ağar for his connection in the Susurluk conspiracy has finally been determined. Ağar’s hearing will start at the 11th High Criminal Court of Ankara on February 9.
25 December 2008
Father Files Complaint Against Vice Governor For Intervening In His Son’s Murder Investigation
Father of Çağdaş Gemik, who was shot to death by a police officer, files a complaint against the Vice Governor for intervening in the investigation of the accused police officer by sending a “secret” circular to the authorities conducting the investigation, defending the officer.
24 December 2008
TESEV Announces Its Report About The Kurdish Problem
The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) publishes a report about the Kurdish suggestions to end the Kurdish problem. The report touches upon many dimensions of the problem.
24 December 2008
Kurdish Parliamentarian Says The Conflict May Stop With A Common Call By All Kurds
Kurdish Parliamentarian Says The Conflict May Stop With A Common Call By All Kurds
Democratic Society Party deputy claims that Turkey may recognize Kurds’ democratic rights and the PKK may stop fighting, if all the Kurds make a common call. An agreement has been reached for a common conference.
24 December 2008 Tolga Korkut
Alevite Institute Is Founded
Alevis get their institute to deal with their problems. At the opening ceremony, Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Tourism and Culture, apologizes to the Alevis for the past Maraş, Sivas and Çorum massacres.
24 December 2008
Opposition Press Prosecuted Differently
Opposition Press Prosecuted Differently
Zarakolu, chief editor of the newspaper “Alternatif”, says when it comes to the opposition press, their prosecutions also include the chief editors and this points to a discrimination against them. Zarakolu is on trial for the news that appeared on “Alternatif”
23 December 2008
Turkish Peace Assembly Supports The Apology To The Armenians Campaign
The Turkish Peace Assembly describes the campaign to apologize to the Armenians as a right move in the direction of facing the past. They claim that the citizens did what the state should have done and they accuse the counter campaigns for making living together impossible.
23 December 2008
Romany People Hide Their Identities Because Of The Prejudices
The vice president of the Romani People Culture and Solidarity Association of Didim district on the Aegean coast says the Romany prefer not to reveal their cultural and ethnic identity because of the negative prejudices and therefore their association has become inactive.
23 December 2008 Buket Erbaş
New Research Points To Conservative “Neighborhood Pressures” In Anatolian Cities
A new research lead by Prof. Dr. Toprak of Boağaziçi University shows that the ruling party did not transform the religiously structured conservatism in Anatolia, but fed it.
22 December 2008
Justice Minister Admits Police Officers Must Identify Themselves Ahead Of Time
Minister of Interior Atalay admits that the police officers are under obligation to identify themselves before they are asked. The admission came after another person was beaten by police officers, when he asked them to identify themselves.
22 December 2008
President Files Lawsuit Against Parliamentarian For Accusing Him Of Armenian Origin
President Files Lawsuit Against Parliamentarian For Accusing Him Of Armenian Origin
President Gül files a lawsuit against Arıtman, the People’s Republican Party deputy, for claiming that his mother had an Armenian origin. The acusation came after he said that the campaign to apologize to the Armenians was within the limits of the freedom of speech.
22 December 2008
Alevite Meeting For The Still Unsolved Maraş Massacre
Thousands of Alevites met in Adana and demanded the prosecution of the perpetrators of the 30 year old Maraş massacre. They sent their questions about the massacre to the President.
22 December 2008
Journalist Özer Does Not Receive The Revised Treatment Of Article 301
Journalist Özer is sentenced under article 301, which restricts the freedom of expression, without the benefit of the examination of the case by the Ministry of Justice, as directed in the latest revision of the article.
19 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Politician "Accuses" President Of Having An Armenian Mother
Parliamentarian Arıtman of the People’s Republic Party reacts to President’s characterization of the campaign designed to apologize to the Armenians as a civil campaign allowed by the freedom of expression and accuses him of having an Armenian origin.
19 December 2008 Bawer Çakır
Transsexual Celebrity Acquitted Of “Alienating People From Military Service
Famous transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy is acquitted of the accusation of “alienating people from military service”, which she faced for her words during a TV show that if she had a son she would not send him to the war with the PKK in the east.
19 December 2008
My Right To Apologize
My Right To Apologize
Whether my apology is accepted or not, by the living or by the deceased, I will want to keep doing this until we all accept, understand, share pain, forgive; but not forget till eternity what had happened in 1915.
19 December 2008 Engin Parev
Dead Writer And People Who Cannot Speak Kurdish Sentenced For Speaking Kurdish
The court sentenced Fidan, who was killed four years ago, Erbaş, who was not at the scene of the supposed crime, and Kalay to prison for speaking in Kurdish. Erbaş and Kalay do not even know Kurdish.
18 December 2008
Investigation Launched Against Calling Imprisoned PKK Leader Respectable
İskenderun Prosecutor launches an investigation against the head of the Iskenderun branch of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), Mahmut Aydıncı. The local newspaper “Demokrat İskenderun” is added to the investigation
18 December 2008
Justice Minister Says The PKK Militants Can Vote In The Elections Too
Justice Minister Says The PKK Militants Can Vote In The Elections Too
The Minister of Justice replied to the claim that there were PKK militants in the electoral registers by saying that they could vote if they were Turkish citizens. According to the minister, this way they would get to know them.
18 December 2008
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