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Presidency: Press Card Not a Must for Journalistic Activities

Presidency: Press Card Not a Must for Journalistic Activities

Submitting a petition to the Council of State as part of a lawsuit filed for the annulment of the new Press Card Regulation, the Presidency has argued that “a person is not obliged to have a press card to engage in journalistic activities.”

28 October 2019

Online Petition of Support for bianet: Free Press Cannot be Silenced

Online Petition of Support for bianet: Free Press Cannot be Silenced

After a penal judgeship of peace has given an order of access block on bianet, an online petition has been launched in support of bianet: “Don’t Shut Down bianet, Freedom of Information Cannot be Restricted.”

‘We are all Migrants - No to Racism’ Petition Against Hatred Towards Migrants

‘We are all Migrants - No to Racism’ Petition Against Hatred Towards Migrants

The campaign of “We are all Migrants - No to Racism” has launched an online petition against the escalating hatred towards migrants in Turkey. The campaign has emphasized that social media contributes to the spread of hate speech.

Petition: We Call on Supreme Election Council to Be Impartial and Fair

Petition: We Call on Supreme Election Council to Be Impartial and Fair

A petition has been launched, calling Supreme Election Council (YSK) to be impartial and fair: "YSK has to be an institution that treats everyone equally and fairly, whose decisions do not contradict with each other and that has no double standards in practice.”

Support for Academics for Peace by Over 1,800 Academics from Around the World

Support for Academics for Peace by Over 1,800 Academics from Around the World

More than 1,800 academics from around the world, including Noam Chomsky and Judith Butler, have signed an open letter in support of Prof. Füsun Üstel and all other Academics for Peace, facing imprisonment for having signed the peace declaration.

Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’

Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’

Amnesty International Turkey has launched a campaign and demanded that the street in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, be renamed after the deceased journalist.

4 February 2019

Campaign by Amnesty International Against Ban on LGBTI+ Events in Ankara

Campaign by Amnesty International Against Ban on LGBTI+ Events in Ankara

Amnesty International has launched a petition against the indefinite ban imposed on all LGBTI+ events by the Ankara Governorship. The organization has said, “The ban on LGBTI+ events in Ankara should be ended and love should win."

30 January 2019

Campaign by Amnesty International Turkey for Freedom of Expression

Campaign by Amnesty International Turkey for Freedom of Expression

Launching a campaign of “Freedom to Journalists”, Amnesty International Turkey has made a call to Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül to “exercise his authority for the protection of freedom of press and expression and respect for the right to a fair trial.”

17 January 2019

Petition: Reduce Value Added Tax on Women's Hygiene Products

Petition: Reduce Value Added Tax on Women's Hygiene Products

In Turkey, Value Added Tax on Viagra is 8 percent while it is 18 percent for hygiene products, because they are not considered a necessity.

14 January 2019

Number of Arrested 3rd Airport Workers Becomes 27, Petition Campaign Started

Number of Arrested 3rd Airport Workers Becomes 27, Petition Campaign Started

A petition campaign has been launched for the release of 3rd Airport workers, who have been arrested after protesting their bad working conditions. In the meeting, where the campaign was announced, it was stated that three more workers have been arrested.

28 September 2018

Work Begins on Tombili Statue

Work Begins on Tombili Statue

Animal lover and sculptor Seval Şahin has begun work on the statue that is to be erected for Tombili in the neighborhood where the cat lived. “The cat in the next-door studio is a little chubby too. He modelled for me,” Şahin said.

9 September 2016

Statue of Tombili to be Erected in Kadıköy

Statue of Tombili to be Erected in Kadıköy

A positive response has come from Kadıköy Municipality for the petition launched requesting Tombili's statue to be erected in the neighborhood in Kadıköy where he lived.

Campaign to Erect Tombili’s Statue

Campaign to Erect Tombili’s Statue

A petition has been launched to erect a statue of Tombili in the neighborhood where he lived in Kadıköy.

Support by Students for ‘Crappy so-called academics’

Support by Students for ‘Crappy so-called academics’

Students have launched campaign for academics whom Erdoğan called “crappy so-called” and YÖK announced that it will initiate a legal action against.

13 January 2016

Academics: We will not be a Party to This Crime

Academics: We will not be a Party to This Crime

1,128 academics from 89 universities in Turkey, and over 355 academics and researchers from abroad have signed a text calling on state of Turkey to end state violence and prepare negotiation conditions.

11 January 2016 Beyza Kural

Petition Aims to Stop Hate Speech Against Rüzgar Erkoçlar

Petition Aims to Stop Hate Speech Against Rüzgar Erkoçlar

LGBT rights activists has launched a petition to condemn the hate speech directed at Rüzgar Erkoçlar, a trans man whose recent gender change was exposed to the media without his consent.

Dink Lawyers Insist on Prosecution of Trabzon Police Officers

HRANT DINK MURDER CASE

Dink Lawyers Insist on Prosecution of Trabzon Police Officers

The Dink family lawyers requested the prosecution of ten officials of the Trabzon Police who were on duty at the time of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The lawyers' latest petition is based on the statements of former Trabzon Police executives.

10 May 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Dink Family Demand New Investigation

HRANT DINK MURDER

Dink Family Demand New Investigation

The family of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink requested a new investigation to apply the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights to domestic law. They submitted a petition to the prosecution and requested to investigate 28 officers from the Police and Gendarmerie in Trabzon and Istanbul.

18 January 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Transsexuals Complain at Prime Ministry about Police Violence

TRANSPHOBIA

Transsexuals Complain at Prime Ministry about Police Violence

About 80 people gathered in Ankara upon the call of the Pink Life Transgender Association. Despite police resistance they managed to hand their petition for redress to the Human Rights Presidency of the Prime Ministry. The petition is concerned with police violence against transvestites and transsexuals and rights violations occurring in the Act on Misdemeanour.

26 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

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