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Syriac Associations Federation: Syriac Genocide Should be Recognized Too

Syriac Associations Federation: Syriac Genocide Should be Recognized Too

Around the world, 46 Syriac organizations, including the Federation of Syriac Associations (SÜDEF) from Turkey, have sent a letter to the President of France concerning the Syriac genocide. SÜDEF Chair Türker has told bianet about their demands.

5 March 2019 Pınar Tarcan

Musician Tunç Leaves Turkey: 'I Began a Hard Journey'

Musician Tunç Leaves Turkey: 'I Began a Hard Journey'

Musician Ferhat Tunç, who has been given a prison sentence and is being tried in three other cases, has left Turkey, saying, "I will continue to think, speak, produce abroad for a while."

Curfew in Dicle Lifted

Curfew in Dicle Lifted

The curfew previously declared in eight villages and their hamlets in the district of Dicle in Diyarbakır on March 1 has been lifted. Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been the city where the highest number of curfews have been declared.

85-Year-Old Ill Prisoner Bingöl Released

85-Year-Old Ill Prisoner Bingöl Released

Sise Bingöl has been released on parole after the execution of her 4 years and 2 months prison sentence for "knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization" has been completed.

Gezi Indictment Against 16 People Including Osman Kavala Accepted

Gezi Indictment Against 16 People Including Osman Kavala Accepted

The indictment against 16 people, including Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who have been arrested as part of the investigation, has been accepted by the İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court. The indictment was completed on February 20.

HDP: We Are The Own Children of This Country

HDP: We Are The Own Children of This Country

HDP İstanbul Provincial Organization and Peoples and Beliefs Commission have made a statement for the press to denounce the statements of President Erdoğan, who said, “There is a Kurdistan in Northern Iraq; if you wish, you can go there.”

4 March 2019 Hikmet Adal

'If You Love a Place, You Also Love People Fighting for Freedom There'

'If You Love a Place, You Also Love People Fighting for Freedom There'

Artist Gianluca Costantini's work covers the most important happenings in Turkey since the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

4 March 2019 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Court of Appeal Upholds First Prison Sentence of an Academic for Peace

Court of Appeal Upholds First Prison Sentence of an Academic for Peace

The court of appeal has upheld the 15-month prison sentence previously given to Prof. Dr. Zübeyde Füsun Üstel, an academic signatory to the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” prepared by Academics for Peace.

4 March 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Constitutional Court Rules Compensation for Maltreatment of Arrested Children

Constitutional Court Rules Compensation for Maltreatment of Arrested Children

Announcing its judgement on children subjected to maltreatment, battery and naked body search in prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the prohibition of ill treatment has been violated and a compensation of 90 thousand TRY shall be paid to children.

1 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Curfew in Dicle in Diyarbakır

Curfew in Dicle in Diyarbakır

A curfew has been declared in eight villages and their hamlets in the district of Dicle in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır as of March 1 on the ground that an operation will be conducted in the region.

Statement of Solidarity by Students of İstanbul University for Their Lecturers

Statement of Solidarity by Students of İstanbul University for Their Lecturers

Solidarity of İstanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences met in front of courthouse for their lecturers sentenced to prison: “We are proud to stand together with our lecturers who have not surrendered despite all pressures and continue their rightful struggle.”

28 February 2019 Hikmet Adal

Statement of ‘Indefinite Hunger Strike’ by Inmates

Statement of ‘Indefinite Hunger Strike’ by Inmates

Inmates who have been arrested on charges related to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Free Life Party (PAJK) have announced that they will start an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike as of March 1.

28 February 2019

2 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison

2 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison

Having their hearings at the 37th İstanbul Heavy Penal Court, two academics have been sentenced to 15 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The pronouncement of their verdicts have been suspended.

28 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Court Rules for Examination at Scene of Incident 6 Years After Incident

Court Rules for Examination at Scene of Incident 6 Years After Incident

In the case of Berkin Elvan, who died after being shot with a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests in 2013, the court has ruled that an examination shall be conducted at the scene of incident. Defendant police officer has not been arrested again.

27 February 2019

First Dissenting Opinion of Acquittal Against a Verdict of Conviction

First Dissenting Opinion of Acquittal Against a Verdict of Conviction

While 4 academics have been sentenced to 15 months in prison, one academic has been given a prison sentence of 1 year, 10 months, for whom a judge member to the court board has expressed a dissenting opinion, stating "He should have been acquitted.”

27 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin

'Physicians Always Defend Demand for Peace'

'Physicians Always Defend Demand for Peace'

İstanbul Medical Chamber Chair Dr. Saip has said, "We are with our colleagues who are being tried because their words are in favor of peace," in a press statement in support of the Academics for Peace.

27 February 2019 Hikmet Adal

Indictment of Writer Başkaya: Thinking is a Biological Act, Spreading it Can be Banned

Indictment of Writer Başkaya: Thinking is a Biological Act, Spreading it Can be Banned

The indictment that charges Fikret Başkaya with "terror propaganda" says that "thinking is a biological act, but the expression and spreading of thought can be banned," and "There is no doubt about Kurdish citizens' rights and freedoms."

26 February 2019

Writer Fikret Başkaya Sued for ‘Terror Propaganda’

Writer Fikret Başkaya Sued for ‘Terror Propaganda’

Writer and former academic Fikret Başkaya has been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for his article titled "The Real Terror is the State Terror" which was published on the Free University.

25 February 2019

Istanbul Armenian Church Walls Vandalized

Istanbul Armenian Church Walls Vandalized

Unknown perpetrators have vandalized the Surp Hreshdagabet Armenian Church in Balat, with graffiti saying, "You are finish". Minority Foundations Representative Moris Levi has condemned the "act of hate crime," said they filed a complaint.

25 February 2019

Disciplinary Punishment for Former CHP MP Eren Erdem Due to Hunger Strike

Disciplinary Punishment for Former CHP MP Eren Erdem Due to Hunger Strike

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) former MP and current Party Assembly member Eren Erdem has been given a disciplinary punishment by the administration of Silivri Prison. Erdem will be prohibited from all sport activities for a month.

25 February 2019

Journalist Zehra Doğan Released: Sise Bingöl Says ‘I Will Stand Upright on My Feet’

Journalist Zehra Doğan Released: Sise Bingöl Says ‘I Will Stand Upright on My Feet’

Journalist and painter Zehra Doğan has been released from prison: “Children were calling after me, saying ‘Zehra, Zehra, draw us the pictures of trees and birds.’ Sise Bingöl cried a lot. I will never forget them. I will keep on writing and talking about them.”

25 February 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Fruit and Vegetable Prices Change Every Day in Prisons

Fruit and Vegetable Prices Change Every Day in Prisons

Inmate Murat Kaymaz has sent a letter to bianet, saying that fruit and vegetable prices in the prison are constantly being changed and their orders are canceled because they are "out of stock."

22 February 2019 Ayça Söylemez

EU: Gezi Park Indictment Creates a Climate of Fear

EU: Gezi Park Indictment Creates a Climate of Fear

"The indictments announced yesterday against Osman Kavala and 15 others raise questions as to the adherence of the Turkish judiciary to international and European standards," said the EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

22 February 2019

28 Academics Sentenced to a Total of 59 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days in Prison

28 Academics Sentenced to a Total of 59 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days in Prison

13 academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 10 months, 5 days in prison, 14 have been sentenced to 2 years and 3 months. The announcement of the verdict was not deferred for those who were sentenced to more than 2 years.

22 February 2019 Hikmet Adal,Tansu Pişkin

Amnesty International: Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu Must be Released

Amnesty International: Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu Must be Released

In a statement regarding the indictment on the 16 rights defenders for the Gezi Park protests, the Amnesty International has said, "It should be the police violence against peaceful protestors that should be examined by the courts, not these 16 civil society figures."

21 February 2019

Justice for Everyone and Every Language

Justice for Everyone and Every Language

A demand for justice in Armenian, Laz language, Kurdish, Zazaki, Georgian, Adyghean, Greek, Pontus Greek, Ladino, Assyrian and Turkish...

21 February 2019 Hikmet Adal

ECtHR Ruling: Turkey Violated Six Articles in One Case

ECtHR Ruling: Turkey Violated Six Articles in One Case

Concluding Ruşen Bayar's application, the ECtHR has ruled that Turkey violated six articles of the ECHR, including the rights to freedom, security and a fair trial.

20 February 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Demirtaş Sends Letter to European Parliament and PACE

Demirtaş Sends Letter to European Parliament and PACE

In his letter, HDP's imprisoned former Chair Demirtaş has drawn attention to Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 104 days, and other 320 hunger strikers in prisons.

19 February 2019

'Let's Give an Ear to Demands of Rights, Lawfulness, Justice'

'Let's Give an Ear to Demands of Rights, Lawfulness, Justice'

The Citizens' Initiative and Union for Democracy (DİB) have made a statement on the 100th day of HDP MP Leyla Güven's hunger strike. They have said that protecting the hunger strikers' lives are on the state's responsibility and that a dialog should urgently be established.

15 February 2019

Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months For One Academic

Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months For One Academic

Dr. Lecturer Mehmet Şiray from the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

14 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Rejecting Medical Intervention, Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

Rejecting Medical Intervention, Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on the 98th day of her hunger strike, has been taken to hospital with complaints of chest pain. Her daughter Temizkan has stated that Güven has been taken to intensive care and does not accept medical intervention.

13 February 2019

Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months for 3 Academics

Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months for 3 Academics

Prof. Dr. Tahsin Yeşildere and two academics from Boğaziçi University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of all three verdicts has been suspended.

13 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin

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