Turkish military prosecutors dismiss investigation into Uludere massacre The General Staff?s Military Prosecutor?s Office has dismissed the investigation into the Uludere/Roboski massacre, in which 34 civilians were killed in an air strike HRW slams Uludere massacre impunity as ‘proof that state can get away with killing civilians’ Human Rights Watch slammed the Uludere massacre … Read more
ilk olarak burada yayınlandı İnterneti Kim Daha Çok Sansürleyebilir? İnternet Sansürünü kim daha çok azdırabilir yarışması gibi bir durumla karşı karşıyayız: ?İnternet Ortamında Yapılan Yayınların Düzenlenmesi ve Bu Yayınlar Yoluyla İşlenen Suçlarla Mücadele Edilmesi Hakkında Kanunda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun Teklifi? 18 Aralık?ta Twitter?dan AKP MV Zeynep Karahan Uslu (@zkarahanuslu) tarafından duyuruldu:https://twitter.com/zkarahanuslu/status/413423658326315008 Uslu ve arkadaşlarının … Read more
For the moment, the best English compilation can be found in Ahmet Sabancı’s blog post: The New Censorship Bill in Turkey 2014 started with a new bill proposal against free speech and internet freedom in Turkey. Down below, you can see what this new regulations brings if it passes. This list copied from Pirate Party Turkey?s … Read more
AKP’li vekillerin imzasıyla Meclis Başkanlığına sunulan “İnternet Ortamında Yapılan Yayınların Düzenlenmesi ve Bu Yayınlar Yoluyla İşlenen Suçlarla Mücadele Edilmesi Hakkında Kanunda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun Teklifi ve Gerekçesi” birçok konuda endişe verici bir metindir. Torba değişiklikle son derece özensiz bir şekilde yasalaşması beklenen teklif, mevcut sorunları çözmek bir tarafa, problemleri katmerleştirecek öneriler içermektedir. Öncelikle, önergenin gerekçe bölümünde … Read more
Hundreds of Turkish police removed from posts Shakeup follows corruption investigation which saw detention of politicians’ sons and businesspeople close to government About 350 Turkish police officers have been removed from their posts in Ankara overnight, CNN Turk said, in the biggest single reported police shakeup since a corruption investigation rocked the government last … Read more
Holiday bill of Turkish prosecutor allegedly paid by construction firm A prosecutor who supervised the recent corruption probe went for a holiday in Dubai last year that was paid for by a construction company, daily Sabah reported Turkish government’s motivations for retrials not convincing, CHP deputy chair says The government?s expressed intention for the retrial … Read more
Italian navy rescues over 1,000 migrants in one day The Italian navy said on Friday (3 January) it had rescued more than 1,000 migrants from boats trying to reach Europe, as an immigration crisis that killed hundreds in the last year showed no signs of easing. Italian navy helicopters spotted four overcrowded boats struggling to … Read more
Police units in southeastern city perform ?moral profiling? of students? private lives Police followed students’ political and social activities as well as their relationships, a report said Islamic Scholar Gülen?s letter to Ankara intensifies graft case row A letter recently sent to President Abdullah Gül by Fethullah Gülen has intensified the already rifted relations … Read more
Defense and commerce to mark Turkish PM?s Asia visit Economic partnership potential and defense industry alliances will be on the table during the Turkish PM?s week long official trip to Japan, Singapore and Malaysia, which started yesterday The EU and the US saw the deviation of the ruling AKP too late, Turkish journalist says … Read more
Support from Zynga helps Bitcoin break the $1,000 valuation mark again The price of Bitcoin is back over US$1,000 after gaming giant Zynga became the latest company to adopt the virtual currency…. Aaron Swartz’s father, Bob Swartz, discusses his son’s death It’s been nearly a year since my friend Aaron Swartz killed himself, Foursquare details how it rewards … Read more
Remaining three jailed Kurdish lawmakers also freed Two other jailed Kurdish lawmakers were freed on Jan. 2 upon a top court ruling Gezi victim turns 15 in coma as parents prepare to apply to ECHR Elvan marked 204 days in a coma on his birthday after three surgeries and two heart failures … Read more
Here is the link to the interview in English.
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Turkey mulls proposals for military re-trial Turkey is considering legal changes that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of people convicted of anti-government plotting Just in 5 months, a PM advisor changes his views on the coup trial and begins to accuse Gülen movement…. PM Erdoğan denounces ‘plot’ against Turkey at luncheon with journalists and … Read more
Facebook continues to have a negative relationship with activist news service Ötekilerin Postası who provides activist news with a radical left and pro-Kurdish perpestive. Today, it announced from its Twitter account its Facebok page was closed again and it listed the not much reasonable reasons to close down its pages or cases of censorship… Because of … Read more