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15 high schools kids are sued allegedly insulting PM Erdoğan… EFD Rights Watch
“Lightbulb Tayyip” Slogan Sued Again 17 individuals including 15 high school students in the northwestern province of Bursa have been sued over shouting the slogan “Lightbulb Tayyip” to protest the... Read more
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Document: Ergenekon Defense Files | Full Text in Turkish
Ergenekon Defense Files | Full Text in Turkish Ergenekon Defense Fies | Full Text in English for Balbay, Haberal and Ozkan All files... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: for Fazıl Say, it is the suspended jail term for blasphemy….
Turkish Pianist Sentenced for Twitter Postings from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU Fazil Say, given a 10-month suspended sentence for insulting Islam and offending Muslims, said the accusations... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Sergeant arrested after his alleged “pun tweet”… Euro court fines Turkey 80,000 euros
Turkish sergeant arrested after his ‘pun tweet’ from Hurriyet Daily News A military court arrested a Turkish first sergeant in the eastern province of Ağrı for allegedly. Euro... Read more
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“Silivri today…
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Turkey Today: Nevruz comes with Ceasefire, Pressure on Media more than ever, Grave state of Ergenekon Case…
Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan declares ceasefire with Turkey from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch PKK leader makes historic gesture to end 30-year Kurdish war, stressing need ‘to... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: the PM forcing the journalist to reveal sources.. Unsatisfying Uludere Massacre report… In the last 16 years 366 women abused in custody…
Reveal İmralı leak sources or we might: Turkish PM Erdoğan from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the media to reveal its sources. Turkish PM... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Karl Marx and Michael Moore, Turkish authories’ latest targets…
********** YÖK questions professor’s use of Marx, Moore after students complain from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) asked an academic from Kocaeli University to explain why he... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Al Jazeera declares Turkey as the ‘World’s biggest prison’ for media… BDP’s Black Sea Campaign stopped due to security reasons…
Turkey: ‘World’s biggest prison’ for media from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Reporter rights groups accuse Ankara of jailing more journalists than any other country in the world last year.... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors but increases pressure on radical Turkish left…
Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward from Yahoo news DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten Kurdish defendants, including six former mayors, were released from jail on Tuesday in a... Read more
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Ergenekon trial today. Gendarmerie fires pepper gas… a Human rights roundup.. .
by @DikerMert FACTBOX-Turkey’s “Ergenekon” case draws to a close Reuters AlertNet The Ergenekon network was said to have been linked to the “Deep State”, militant secularists in key areas of Turkish life.... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey’s miscarriage of justice”, İsmail Beşikçi receives Dink Award, TIHV report: Torture and Ill-Treatment on the Rise
Turkey’s miscarriage of justice Washington Post Turkey’s courts have been working overtime to throw government opponents of all political stripes behind bars. Since 2007, the government has run a series... Read more
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First decisions in the critical trial: 3 general gets 20 years at Balyoz Trial
Turkish generals sentenced to 20 years in jail in coup case from Hurriyet Daily News A court in Istanbul has sentenced retired Air Force Cmdr. Gen. İbrahim Fırtına, retired 1st... Read more
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Turkey retires charged commanders, now no excuse for military tutelage…
Turkey Retires Charged Commanders from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY The move is the latest by the government to tame the once indomitable army. Turkish military council retires... Read more
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Campaign site: Say no to Abortion Ban!
TO THE POLICIES OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE GOVERNMENT THAT TARGET GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S BODIES, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND SEXUALITY, OUR RESPONSE IS A RESOUNDING “NO!” A roundup of... Read more
