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Now comes Reporters without Borders report on Turkey. Growing concerns on human rights issues…
Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 The YouTube... Read more
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Towards elections, Turkey main opposition party CHP struggling with another scandal…
A CHP mired in dirt by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The Republican People’s Party (CHP), which has been going through turbulent times since the resignation of its former leader Deniz Baykal... Read more
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Üniversite Yönetimi de Ahmet Şık’a sahip çıkıyor…
Sevgili Meslektaşlarım ve Çalışma Arkadaşlarım, 3 Mart 2011 Perşembe sabah saatlerinde İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi Ahmet Şık, Cumhuriyet Savcılığı’nın talimatıyla emniyet mensupları tarafından göz altına alınmış... Read more
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Still tense. Aftermath of journalist arrests…
IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin from Bianet :: English International journalism and human rights organizations condemned the arrests of journalists Şener and Şık. The freedom of... Read more
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IFJ starts a campaign for Press Freedom in Turkey…
IFJ campaign here. Journalists and their supporters hold banners as they march during a protest against the arrests of journalists in Istanbul March 4, 2011.… Read more » REUTERS/Osman... Read more
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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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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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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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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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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
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CHP to save Ergenekon suspects; Turkish PM says stress causes harsh rhetoric (!)
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inspects a guard of honour during a welcome ceremony in Kiev January 25, 2011.… Read more » REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Turkish PM says stress causes harsh... Read more
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Erdoğan at TÜSİAD meeting. Another step towards the center. And a politics roundup…
It seems that AKP is about the settle down as a center right political party with a more islamic tone. In the election process, now comes the peace with TÜSİAD…... Read more
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Gül’s Diyarbakır visit: “President embraces use of Kurdish, reaffirms Turkish as official language
Kurdish Town of Cizre Becomes Bilingual from Bianet :: English The departments in the southeast Cizre municipality building, controlled by the pro-Kurdish BDP are titled in both Turkish and Kurdish.... Read more
