An asymmetrical war against the military
Death of a girl exposes Turkey?s failures – The National Newspaper
Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent
ISTANBUL // All seemed normal when Ceylan Onkol, a 12-year-old schoolgirl from Turkey?s Kurdish region, led her family?s sheep out of her village one morning last month to let them graze. But then villagers heard an explosion. They rushed to the meadow where Ceylan had been sitting and saw that a grenade had torn the girl?s body apart.”
Censorship
Two websites unblocked, over 1,300 others remain inaccessible – IFEX
“Two websites unblocked, over 1,300 others remain inaccessible
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the unblocking of the social-networking website MySpace and the video-sharing website Akilli.tv on 6 October 2009 after their representatives resolved disputes with the Turkish Record Industry Association. Two other websites that refuse to comply with the association’s demands, Lastfm.com.tr and YouTube, continue to be blocked.”
Europeans Criticize Turkey Over Threats to Media Freedoms
Ergenekon
Europeans Criticize Turkey Over Threats to Media Freedoms – NYTimes.com
Bağış complains about blurry line between gangs, opposition
Today’s Zaman
Dozens of suspected Ergenekon members, including journalists, businessmen and members of the military, are currently in jail. Baykal accused the governing
‘Suicidal’ special operations unit head had 7 fractured ribs
Today’s Zaman
He replaced ibrahim Şahin, who is currently under arrest for membership in the Ergenekon terrorist organization, a clandestine network charged with …
Special forces police officer murdered, family allegesHurriyet Daily News
Recusation of Joint Attorneys in JİTEM Case
Hrant Dink
Basic questions still unanswered during Dink trial’s 11th hearing
Reporteros sin Fronteras
One is the investigation into the ultranationalist conspiracy known as Ergenekon, and the other is the investigation into the 2007 murder of three
Will State Intelligence Bring Light into Dink Murder Case?
Summary of the 11th Hearing
Process still under way by MÜMTAZ?ER TÜRKÖNE
Interior Minister Beşir Atalay, the coordinator of the ?democratic initiative,? went to Diyarbakır. He said he will ?lend an ear to the man in the street.?Campaign for Diyarbakır Prison
I could not gather the links for the campaign right now but there is an ongoing effort to make the old Diyarbakır Prison a museum. This prison remains to be the most infamous prison for political prisoners in Turkey’s history. Unspeakable torture scenes happened there after the 12 September 1980 coup…
Torture techniques in Diyarbakır Cezaevi- a circulating drawing…
update 17 October: Just found the campaign link:
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