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Rights Activists Protest Against Militarism
IHD members gathered in Taksim on Saturday to protest against the rise in militarism and nationalism in Turkey: “Don’t kill anyone and don’t make anyone else kill."
27 January 2008 Emine Özcan
The Gang Could Be The Tip of The Iceberg
The Gang Could Be The Tip of The Iceberg
So far, thirteen alleged members of the ultra-nationalist Ergenekon gang have been arrested, among them three retired army officers. If the investigation is carried out in a serious manner, light will be shed on many events of the last years.
27 January 2008
Ex-Anti-terror General Sent to Jail, Along With Companions
Ex-Anti-terror General Sent to Jail, Along With Companions
Retired General Veli Küçük, notorious for alleged connections with scores of unresolved extra-judicial executions while on duty, is sent to jail for involvement in ultra-nationalist terror campaign.
27 January 2008
Youtube is Back... Access Should Not Be Blocked Again!
RSF and OSCE release general recommendations for internet use in the OSCE member states. "Filters can only be put in place by Internet users themselves" they recommend.
25 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Constitutional Schemes on Dressing Alarm Women
Women NGOs protest against government schemes for new legislation on dressing to impose restrictions justified with "general morality".
25 January 2008 Erhan Üstündağ
Turkey Commemorates Journalist Mumcu, Killed 15 Years Ago
Turkey Commemorates Journalist Mumcu, Killed 15 Years Ago
It has been 15 years since Cumhuriyet journalist Ugur Mumcu was murdered. The “Hope” trial, which is related to his murder and that of three academics, has been going on for eight years. There is only one person detained.
25 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
A Portrait of a Nationalist Lawyer: Kemal Kerincsiz
Kemal Kerincsiz, the nationalist lawyer taken into custody in relation to a secret weapons arsenal found in Ümraniye, Istanbul in June 2005. Kerincsiz is a brand name among nationalists.
24 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Women Don’t Want Militarism
Following General Büyükanit’s approval of a flag made from the blood of school children, 418 women have signed a statement condemning militarism and nationalism.
24 January 2008 Erhan Üstündağ
UNICEF: Two in Ten People in Turkey Marry Underage
The new UNICEF report on the state of children in the world shows positive developments in child mortality and average life expectancy. However, too many children are still deprived of education or forced to marry underage.
24 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç
First Female Judge from Turkey in ECHR
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has selected five new judges for the ECHR, four of them women. One of them is Prof. Dr. Karakas.
24 January 2008 Tolga Korkut
“Chief of Istanbul Police Negligent in Dink Murder”
“Chief of Istanbul Police Negligent in Dink Murder”
Istanbul police was receiving plentiful intelligence warning of a planned attack on slain journalist Hrant Dink, but neglected to act on it, according to the inspectors attached to the Ministry of the Interior.
24 January 2008
Access to Youtube Blocked
Two Turkish judges successively impose categorical ban on access to Youtube.com, for the content of one single video clip.
23 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
"Turkey's Public Debate Issues Obsolete" Says PM
"Most of our public debate agenda are older than the fall of the Berlin Wall…Most of our issues, are remnants from the days of 12 September 1980 military coup of 1980", says Prime Minister Erdogan.
23 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
"I Regret Never Meeting Dink" Says Roy
She had to live with the misfortune of never having met Hrant Dink, says Arundhati Roy, speaking at the Hrant Dink, Human Rights and Freedom of Expression Conference in Istanbul.
23 January 2008 Kudret Çobanlı
Ex-Anti-terror General Charged with Coup Attempt
Ex-Anti-terror General Charged with Coup Attempt
Retired army officers Kücük and Kardag, nationalist lawyers Kerincsiz and Turgut arrested for charges of plotting against the government. The operation embracing 33 pople relates also to unresolved murders.
23 January 2008 Tolga Korkut
Journalists Targeted for Anti-Militarist Articles
Perihan Magden and Ece Temelkuran have been made targets by a nationalist newspaper for expressing their anti-militarist opinions. This is a frightening repeat of what happened to Hrant Dink.
22 January 2008 Erhan Üstündağ
Somali Refugees’ Marriage Not Recognised
Because Somali refugees Mahad and Zehara had no passports and could not prove their unmarried status, their marriage has not been recognised in Turkey.
22 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
A BIA Approach to Rights Reporting
A BIA Approach to Rights Reporting
BIA launches a four volume series on rights reporting. Introduced to media professionals in the weekend the series is the outcome of training workshops for journalists and rights activists and focuses on a rights approach to reporting.
22 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç,Emine Özcan
Chronology II: Hrant Dink’s Murder
On the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s murder, the murder trial is still in its beginnings, yet the investigation is deeply flawed. This updated chronology reminds the reader of the complicated connections found in the course of the investigation.
21 January 2008 Mehmet Güc/express
Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around The World
Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around The World
From Frankfurt, Germany to Budapest, Hungary and to Berlin, Cologne and London hundreds across the globe joined the ten thousand people in Istanbul in memory of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in the first year of his assassination.
20 January 2008 Anna Grabolle
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Ten Thousand Gathered in Istanbul in Memory of Hrant Dink
Ten Thousand Gathered in Istanbul in Memory of Hrant Dink
On the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, more than ten thousand people gathered in front of the Agos newspaper office, the place where he was shot.
19 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Police and Gendarme Should Be Brought To Justice, Say Dink Family
The family of murdered journalist Hrant Dink wants all those responsible for the murder to be prosecuted and has filed a complaint against Istanbul Police Chief Cerrah and other officers, as well as the officers of the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command.
18 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Remembering Hrant Dink
Remembering Hrant Dink
Vartan Oskanian is the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia. His commemoration of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian Agos newspaper who was killed by nationalists, was published on the first anniversary of Dink's murder.
18 January 2008 Vartan Oskanıan
BIA 2007 Media Monitoring Report: A Sad Year For Free Speech
BIA 2007 Media Monitoring Report: A Sad Year For Free Speech
Of 254 people tried, 55 were on trial under Article 301; six of them were convicted. 83 people were accused of supporting terrorism, 23 of inciting to hatred and hostility. 34 journalists and 12 media institutions were attacked; Turkey had to pay a total of 123,912 Euros compensation in ECHR cases.
18 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Heavy Punishments for Newspapers Reporting on Hostage Soldiers
The Sisli prosecution in İstanbul has fined six major Turkish newspapers for violating the publishing ban on the soldiers taken hostage by the PKK in October 2007.
18 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
IPI Condemns Ongoing Censorship under Article 301
Before the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s Murder, IPI criticises the Turkish government's failure to reform Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code.
18 January 2008
Headscarf Problem Caused by State Monopoly on Religion
Prof. Dr. Sancar pointed out that the religious authorities in Turkey were civil servants employed by the state.
17 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç
"Flag of Blood" Inspired by Biology Class
The biology curriculum includes an experiment where pupils determine their blood group. Health activist Sütlas has criticised the dangers of such projects.
17 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç
Police Obscures Evidence, Says Angry Father
Mehmet Tursun, father of Baran, the young man shot by the police in Izmir, accuses the police of a cover-up.
17 January 2008 Uğur Biryol
Expert Report Charges "Istanbul Police As a Whole" for Negligence
Expert Report Charges "Istanbul Police As a Whole" for Negligence
Istanbul Police Department as a whole may be responsible for negligence in the Dink murder, says expert report. Yet only one officer is permitted to be brought under investigation, in one year.
17 January 2008 Tolga Korkut
Solve the Problem of Street Children
Kulca, president of the Hope Children’s Association, spoke on Yön Radio: “The problem of children being pushed into the streets could be solved within a year.”
16 January 2008 Emel Kılıç
Malatya Murders: More People Involved?
More people were involved in the murders in Malatya believes Orhan Kemal Cengiz of the lawyers team of the victims' families argued that
16 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
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