EFD Rights Watch: Hrant Dink Foundation award goes to Turkey?s Saturday Mothers

Hrant Dink Foundation award goes to Turkey?s Saturday Mothers

Turkey?s ‘Saturday mothers,’ who have gathered every Saturday in Istanbul for nearly 15 years to draw attention to their missing family members, received the 5th International Hrant Dink Award

The ?Friends of Hrant? and the ?Friends of his murderer?

My friend Hrant was killed six years ago, in front of his office, a few minutes? walk from my home

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Editor-in-Chief arrested in coup plot case

The Editor-in-Chief of daily Yurt, Merdan Yanardağ, sentenced to 10,5 years in the Ergenekon trial, has been arrested by a local court following his interrogation

Intense use of tear gas blamed in death of man during protests in Istanbul

An autopsy has been performed Sept. 14 on the body of a man, following claims that his death the previous day might have been caused by intense tear gas

Male Violence January 2013

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 18 women, 3 men and 3 children killed, 11 women raped, 20 injured and 15 harassed in January 2013. Most battery-assault cases were reported from Kocaeli and Istanbul.

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