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Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

Emirhan Deniz Çelebi is an English teacher and a highly equipped trans man. “I instilled fighting to my students. If I could touch the heart of even a single person, how lucky of me..”, Emirhan says.

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

“There are people who think we are trans women because we are raped. What an absurd logic,” says Şahika, and adds, “It is an inborn condition, one doesn’t later become a trans woman.”

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released

Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released

Being detained since November 7, 2016, HDP Hakkari MP Nihat Akdoğan has been released in the first hearing.

Riot Squad Launch Helicopter-Backed Operation on Yürüyüş Magazine

Riot Squad Launch Helicopter-Backed Operation on Yürüyüş Magazine

Police carried out a raid on the Yürüyüş Magazine in Gazi neighbourhood, İstanbul towards this morning. The office of the magazine was searched and five people were taken into custody.

Unions Declare May 1 to be Celebrated in Bakırköy, not Taksim

Unions Declare May 1 to be Celebrated in Bakırköy, not Taksim

DİSK, KESK, TTB and TMMOB have announced that they will celebrate May in Bakırköy Public Bazaar in İstanbul.

Germany Signals Travel Convenience for Some Occupational Groups from Turkey

Germany Signals Travel Convenience for Some Occupational Groups from Turkey

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel has said that travel convenience has to be provided for scientists, students, artists, authors, journalists and business people from Turkey.

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

The life for trans people has become more difficult especially after the 1980 coup; those who were stuck in the triangle of the police, the state and the media took their first steps to get organized.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

Ece Devrim tried many jobs from dishwashing to DJing. She continued İŞ-KUR courses, became a health care worker; when she couldn’t find a job, she had to do sex work despite all her efforts against this. Now, she sells lighters in her wheelchair.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

Four soldiers have lost their lives due to the detonation of improvised explosive devices in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak as well as in Kars province in eastern Turkey.

Council of State Refuses CHP’s Request of Annulment, Stay of Execution of Election Board’s Decision

Council of State Refuses CHP’s Request of Annulment, Stay of Execution of Election Board’s Decision

The Council of State has refused CHP’s request to reverse the Supreme Election Board’s decision to consider unsealed ballot papers valid as well as the party’s application for a stay of proceedings to enforce the decision.

PACE to Reopen Monitoring Process Against Turkey

PACE to Reopen Monitoring Process Against Turkey

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe discussing the report titled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey”, which was submitted in June 2016, has opened monitoring process against Turkey after 13 years.

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request for 2nd Time

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request for 2nd Time

Greece High Court has rejected Turkey’s request for the second time concerning extradition of three of the eight soldiers who fled to Greece and requested asylum in the wake of July 15 coup attempt.

AYM President: We don’t Have Authority to Review Statutory Decrees

AYM President: We don’t Have Authority to Review Statutory Decrees

Speaking at the 55th foundation anniversary of the Constitutional Court, the court president Zühtü Arslan has said that they don’t have the authority to review the statutory decrees issued during the State of Emergency.

sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

sendika.org editor Ali Erdin Demirhan has been released after five days in custody.

YSK Refuses to Stay Its Execution and Wait for Decision by Council of State

YSK Refuses to Stay Its Execution and Wait for Decision by Council of State

Supreme Election Board has denied CHP’s request to not announce official referendum results until the Council of the State passed a ruling on the contested referendum results.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reacts to Trump’s Statement on Armenian Remembrance Day

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reacts to Trump’s Statement on Armenian Remembrance Day

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has claimed that there are “false information and definition” in Trump’s April 24 statement, and this is caused by “information pollution generated by means of propaganda methods by some radical Armenian groups in years”.

Mıgırdıç Margosyan Couldn't Recognize His Street Amidst Ruins

Mıgırdıç Margosyan Couldn't Recognize His Street Amidst Ruins

“I cannot see. We call Suriçi 'kullik kullik' which means I know this place corner by corner, stone by stone. In the past, I knew where there was a fountain, a bakery, I knew them all but if I go there now, I would probably get lost”.

25 April 2017 Zana Kibar,Oktay Altekin

The Neighborhood of "Giaour" Doesn’t Exist Anymore

The Neighborhood of "Giaour" Doesn’t Exist Anymore

The last curfew in Sur was declared on December 2, 2015, with six curfews being declared in total. The operations ended on March 9, 2016, but there were no streets left to go out to.

25 April 2017 Zana Kibar,Oktay Altekin

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

An investigation has been launched into five Faculty of Political Sciences students for "asking the dean to come down rather than going to his office".

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

They were taken from their houses on April 24, 1915 and were forced to leave İstanbul heading for Anatolia. They could not make it back, they were murdered...

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No Permission for May 1 Celebrations in Taksim

No Permission for May 1 Celebrations in Taksim

Minister of Interior Soylu has announced that May 1 Labor Day won’t be celebrated in Taksim.

Detained Journalist From Italy Released, Deported

Detained Journalist From Italy Released, Deported

Angelino Alfano, Minister of Interior of Italy has announced that Gabriele Del Grande, a journalist from Italy who had been in custody since April 9, was released and sent to Italy.

Students and Parents from Bingöl Tell of Their Experiences

Students and Parents from Bingöl Tell of Their Experiences

Borlukan, whose mentally challenged sibling is in a rehabilitation center, doesn’t believe that his illiterate understands the documents that he signs each month concerning his son.

24 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

The Six Points Association of the Blind Diyarbakır Branch Secretary Berent has looked at the Education Support to Individuals with Disabilities from Diyarbakır, and has listed the problems his solution offers.

24 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz

Two Directors Discuss the “Educational Support for People with Disabilities” Practices

Two Directors Discuss the “Educational Support for People with Disabilities” Practices

Bukan and Çapak, two private rehabilitation center directors from Bingöl, spoke about the problems that have been experienced with the “Educational Support for People with Disabilities” program implemented at rehabilitation centers.

23 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz

Private Rehabilitation Centers and Problems: The Example of Bingöl

Private Rehabilitation Centers and Problems: The Example of Bingöl

Application of Support to Disabled Individuals and the problems in execution are discussed by the Ministry of National Education’s Bingöl local authorities.

23 April 2017 Leyla Alp,Remzi Budancir

How They Work/Cannot Work, Breaking Down the Stereotypes

How They Work/Cannot Work, Breaking Down the Stereotypes

For Afro-Turks, the problem of employment differs in rural and urban contexts. They are seen as cheap labor. Skin color is an incentive for both employment and unemployment. Prof. Dr. Çayır discusses research about the discrimination experienced by Afro-Turks.

22 April 2017 Aynur Tekin,Ferhat Demir

They Marry White People to Avoid Discrimination

They Marry White People to Avoid Discrimination

The association operates like a memory center. Afro Turks are weary of being seen as an "exotic" society; they want slavery to be put into the course books.

22 April 2017 Aynur Tekin,Ferhat Demir

‘No, We’ve Won’ Protesters Referred to Court for Arrest Released on Probation

‘No, We’ve Won’ Protesters Referred to Court for Arrest Released on Probation

Two of the 16 people who were detained for running “No” campaign in the referendum, and for joining “No” demonstrations in Kadıköy and referred to court for arrest, have been released on probation.

‘Vote and Beyond’ Election Monitoring Organization Releases Report on Referendum

‘Vote and Beyond’ Election Monitoring Organization Releases Report on Referendum

Releasing its report on the referendum on April, 16 Vote and Beyond organization pointed out approximately that there was inconsistency regarding 100,000 votes in 94% of the protocols which could be compared.

40 Dog Seized for being ‘Dangerous’, Who is the Dangerous One?

40 Dog Seized for being ‘Dangerous’, Who is the Dangerous One?

40 dogs were seized according to the “dangerous breed” notice in Turkey in 2016. The seized dogs are left for dead in shelters.

21 April 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Clash in Şırnak: 2 Soldiers Lose Their Lives

Clash in Şırnak: 2 Soldiers Lose Their Lives

One sergeant major and one first lieutenant have been killed, two soldiers have been wounded in a clash that erupted in Uludere district of Şırnak.