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Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener arrested. An unfortunate turn of events in the Ergenekon Case.
It is very hard to believe that our colleague and friend Ahmet Şık is an Ergenekon member. He devoted his life to struggle for human rights issues in Turkey as... Read more
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güncellendi: Çalışma arkadaşları Ahmet Şık’ın yanında: Ahmet Şık serbest bırakılsın – İmza Metni
03.03.2011 Basına ve Kamuya, Çalışma arkadaşımız, İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi Ahmet Şık, bugün evinde ve işyerinde yaklaşık 6 saat süren polis aramalarının sonucunda “Ergenekon terör örgütü üyesi olmak” ve “halkı... Read more
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Journalists protest latests Ergenekon arrests as Turkey goes thru a dark year for press freedom. Human rights roundup…
more photos here. Turkish Journalists Association: “A Dark Year for Press Freedom” from Bianet :: English After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the... Read more
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Today, Ergenekon Case loses its social legitimacy
Right now, police is still searching the office of Ahmet Şık, journalist and lecturer, which is right two offices away from mine. Ahmet Şık is someone we know, he is... Read more
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#blogumadokunma Turkey is about to become an enemy-of-Internet country
Outrageous ban on Blogspot.com continued today in Turkey. Due to a few blogs in copyright infringement, a Turkish court banned the whole Blogspot. Along with WordPress, Blogspot is one of... Read more
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#blogumadokunma -Turkish users start a Twitter campaign against Blogspot ban
Due to Lig TV’s copyright infringement case against particular blogs, a mighty local court in Diyarbakır, Turkey issues an access ban to Blogspot. Another shameful, outrageous attack against our Internet... Read more
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for the record, 1,469 Bodies in 114 Mass Graves so far… A human rights in Turkey roundup
1,469 Bodies in 114 Mass Graves – More to Come from Bianet :: English A research by the Turkish Medical Association revealed that the remains of 1,469 people were found... Read more
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Cengiz Aktar: Balyoz dersleri: Askersizleşme yarım yamalak olmaz
Balyoz dersleri: Askersizleşme yarım yamalak olmaz Balyoz davası ve tutuklamaların yarattığı hararete biraz mesafe alınca ortaya sevimsiz bir arkaplan çıkıyor. Kabaca, hükümet cenahında suç teşkil eden fiillerden darbe suçu çıkmayacağı... Read more
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TR Politics roundup: Arrested military officials’ wives’ Anıtkabir show; Oda TV arrests…
more photos here The Hasdal prison visit by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Chief of General Staff Gen. Işık Koşaner and four force commanders of the Turkish military visited the Hasdal Military... Read more
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Oda TV raided by police. Ergenekon trial moves onto journalistic/civil links
However it gets complicated. If there isn’t hard evidence, and there is a growing anxiety over the evidence issue, then it is impossible to support this raid. This is despite... Read more
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It gets harder to plan a coup in Turkey. 163 officers arrested.
Former Air Forces Commander Gen. Halil İbrahim Fırtına and former Naval Forces Commander Adm. Özden Örnek are among the 163 suspects who were arrested on Friday. from Today’s Zaman 162... Read more
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“Mass graves” in Turkey. A human rights roundup
This clip is from Taraf daily. Click to enlarge… In Turkish… Kurds criticize Turkish government’s silence on mass graves from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires Thousands... Read more
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Hrant Dink davası için yarın sabah 09.30′da Dolmabahçe’de…
Simdi, Avrupa Insan Haklari Mahkemesi’nin Turkiye adalet sistemiyle ilgili agir yorumlar iceren kararindan sonraki ilk durusmada yine tanigi, magduru ve takipcisi oldugumuz davamiz icin biraraya geliyoruz. Sesimiz daha cok ciksin... Read more
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Towards elections, Police violence in Turkey routinized again…
Police clash with protesters in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011,as they try to stop a march on Parliament by workers protesting government-proposed legislation that they say will strip them... Read more
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by the way, Mass grave in Mutki should not be ignored… A human rights in Turkey roundup…
Four heavy digging vehicles are being used for the excavations in the Mutki district in the province of Bitlis. DHA photo Dozens of bone fragments found during Mutki excavation Many... Read more
