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Bursaspor handed nine-game stadium fan ban after racist attacks on Amedspor

Bursaspor handed nine-game stadium fan ban after racist attacks on Amedspor

During the game, the team's fans displayed banners evoking the memories of enforced disappearances in the country's Kurdish-majority regions in the 1990s.

Amedspor: 'Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game'

Amedspor: 'Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game'

Diyarbakır MPs, spectator groups, and the platform of NGO's of the major Kurdish-majority city of Türkiye accompanied the soccer team in the press conference they organized on their return from the away game in Bursa where they have been subjected to racist attacks.

6 March 2023 Roza Yiğit

Racist attacks on Kurdish football team during match

Racist attacks on Kurdish football team during match

Supporters of Bursaspor threw objects onto the field throughout the game while displaying racist banners. The referees did not postpone the game despite the incidents.

Roma family complaining about police officers made the suspect through counter-charges

Roma family complaining about police officers made the suspect through counter-charges

Romani Godi and the European Roma Rights Center invited all to be in solidarity with the family while thirty organizations from Türkiye issued a joint statement of solidarity with the Bayar family before the first hearing of the case against the family tomorrow.

16 January 2023

Restaurant run by Somalian refugee closed after months of harassment

Restaurant run by Somalian refugee closed after months of harassment

In May this year, police asked the manager to take down its signboard. With a new signboard placed, the police objected to its colors this time; red, green, and yellow. The signboard had to be painted white except for the name of the restaurant in June.

20 December 2022

'Price increases are coming one after another and anger is being directed towards refugees'

'Price increases are coming one after another and anger is being directed towards refugees'

Association for Solidarity with Syrian Refugees Chair Muhammed Saleh Ali has said, “When bread prices increase, some people are blaming Syrian refugees.”

23 June 2022 Melin Durmaz

Twitter removes singer Leman Sam’s racist tweet

Twitter removes singer Leman Sam’s racist tweet

Twitter has removed singer Leman Sam’s tweet which has sparked harsh criticism on social media for saying “ignoble Arabs”.

14 January 2022

A song in Kurdish for George Floyd: Hevalê Reş

A song in Kurdish for George Floyd: Hevalê Reş

Öznur’s song “Hevalê Reş” for George Floyd, a Black man killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck in the US, has been translated into Turkish, English and German.

11 November 2021

Racist attacks against Kurds | 48 bars denounce pro-government daily

Racist attacks against Kurds | 48 bars denounce pro-government daily

48 bar associations across Turkey have released a joint statement in response to the news of daily Yeni Şafak targeting the bar associations for condemning the mounting racist attacks against Kurds in Turkey.

Detained over racist attack on Kurdish family, 40 people referred to courthouse

Detained over racist attack on Kurdish family, 40 people referred to courthouse

Carrying out a racist attack against a Kurdish family and killing one person in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Konya, 40 people have been referred to the courthouse after giving their statements at the security directorate.

15 bar associations condemn racist attacks against Kurds in Turkey

15 bar associations condemn racist attacks against Kurds in Turkey

In a joint statement, 15 bars have condemned the recent racist attacks targeting the Kurdish identity and demanded an urgent and effective investigation into the attacks as well as an end to the language of violence and discrimination.

One person killed in third racist attack on Kurds in two weeks

One person killed in third racist attack on Kurds in two weeks

Dozens of people reportedly attacked a Kurdish family after an argument in Konya, central Turkey.

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Two Kurdish families have been reportedly asked to leave the city after the incident.

Medical chamber probes chief physician over racist, sexist posts

Medical chamber probes chief physician over racist, sexist posts

Amid the opposition MPs’ demands for dismissal of Dr. Sarıhasanoğlu over his racist and sexist social media posts targeting women in 2013 and 2014, the İstanbul Medical Chamber has launched an inquiry against the chief physician.

‘We survive the pandemic thanks to Somalians’

SHOPKEEPERS DENOUNCE THE ATTACK

‘We survive the pandemic thanks to Somalians’

The neighboring shopkeepers condemn the attack on the shops of Somalians in Ankara in mid-April. They say that the streets where the attack occurred are so busy thanks to the shops of Somalians, adding that they also benefit from this.

6 May 2021 Cansu Acar

PSG-Başakşehir match suspended after alleged racist remarks by referee

PSG-Başakşehir match suspended after alleged racist remarks by referee

UEFA has stated that it will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

9 December 2020

Hate speech against Armenians, Syrians, Kurds on the increase, warns İHD

Hate speech against Armenians, Syrians, Kurds on the increase, warns İHD

Human Rights Association has warned political parties that hate speech may lead to hate crimes.

Is there really no anti-Black racism in Turkey?

PENNED BY TUNAY ALTAY

Is there really no anti-Black racism in Turkey?

Amid Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd in the US, Tunay Altay takes a closer look at the representation of Black people in Turkey: “Anti-Black racism in popular culture: Arab mammies, yam-yams, sexualized Black bodies."

4 July 2020 Tunay Altay

‘You are a Kurd, Who are You to Live in Nişantaşı?’

ALLEGATION OF BATTERY

‘You are a Kurd, Who are You to Live in Nişantaşı?’

Mehmet Nuri Deniz says that he was insulted, discriminated and battered at the Sub-Governor’s Office of Şişli in İstanbul. With his attorney Eren Keskin, Deniz has filed a criminal complaint against the office.

12 June 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Chaos and Tension Prevail in Lesbos Island

Chaos and Tension Prevail in Lesbos Island

“Refugees cannot return to Turkey, they cannot set their foot on Lesbos. Some of them are just waiting in their boats off the shore. They have been stuck…”

2 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

People of Germany Speak out Against Racism: It is Enough, We are Here

IN THE WAKE OF HANAU ATTACK

People of Germany Speak out Against Racism: It is Enough, We are Here

In the wake of racist attack in Hanau, 142 people have spoken to Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper about the discrimination and hate that they encounter in the country: “It is enough! Germany has a racism problem.”

27 February 2020

‘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.

‘There is no Harassment in İkitelli, But Racist Attack Against Syrians’

INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘There is no Harassment in İkitelli, But Racist Attack Against Syrians’

The International Refugee Rights Association has denounced the lynch attempt against Syrians living in the İkitelli Neighborhood in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul after a shop owner alleged that “his daughter was harassed by someone.”

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Before the football match between Sakaryaspor and Diyarbakır-based Amedspor, video footages of operations were displayed on the screen. After the match, the fans of Sakaryaspor attacked the Amedspor players at the bench and in the changing room.

15 October 2018

Attack on Shops of Syrians in Konya

Attack on Shops of Syrians in Konya

A group attacked the shops of Syrians in Konya with rocks and sticks. One Syrian was injured.

6 November 2017

Cheer in Sign Language by Beşiktaş Fans: No to Racism

Cheer in Sign Language by Beşiktaş Fans: No to Racism

Beşiktaş football team fans will cheer in sign language as “No to racism” and “Black Eagle” in the game against Benfica at Champions League today.

23 November 2016

Race and Racism in Modern Turkey

Race and Racism in Modern Turkey

Ninety years since the establishment of the Republic, in an ever more complex society, the limitations and contradictions of Turkish national identity are coming to the fore more and more.

12 November 2014 Bülent Gökay

Solidarity Demonstration With Syrians in Antep

Solidarity Demonstration With Syrians in Antep

Human rights activist rallied in the southern province of Antep to show their support to the growing number of refugees from Syria. “Don’t touch my Syrian brother,” they shouted.

“Scientific” Racism in Divinity School Magazine

ANTI-SEMITIC ARTICLE

“Scientific” Racism in Divinity School Magazine

An article that appeared in a magazine published by the Faculty of Theology at Uludağ University engages in racism under the guise of “science,” according to Turkish-Jewish writer Roni Marguiles. Deputy Dean Recep Cici refused to comment on the issue to bianet.

14 August 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Racist Film in Schools: Lawyer Calls on Parents to Sue

Lawyer Fethiye Çetin has called on parents to go to court to prevent schools from screening a racist “documentary” dealing with the controversial events of 1915.

23 February 2009 Tolga Korkut

Children Exposed to Racist Propaganda Movie

A "documentary" on the events of 1915 prepared by the Turkish army incites protest by NGOs and individuals. The nation-wide showing of the propaganda material in schools will instill hatred in a whole generation they warn.

18 February 2009

Actors Protest Against Journalist’s Antisemitism

More than 300 signatures have been collected in protest at the comments of Bugün newspaper journalist Aykut Işıklar, for comments he wrote about theatre actor Nedim Saban.

12 February 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

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