Turkey: End the Gezi Trial Injustice | Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch Turkey: End the Gezi Trial Injustice … of attempting to overthrow the Turkish government for their alleged role in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, HRW calls for ‘end to injustice’ in Gezi Park case following top prosecutor’s opinion CFWIJ: Turkey ranks first in legal harassment of … Read more
You can follow this Twitter account for trial updates in Turkish and in English: @MLSADavaTakip 18 KURDISH JOURNALISTS APPEARED IN COURT TODAY: ‘There is a single newspaper in Kurdish at the moment and it is standing trial’
It was a busy day. In the morning, I saw Erdoğan wanted EU membership; when I checked again at night, Sweden was becoming a member, and briefly, I thought, Turkey at least got some visa freedom etc. I asked Perplexity what happened: Türkiye demanded EU membership path for Sweden’s NATO bid but then accepted Sweden’s … Read more
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul – YouTube Swedish newspaper calls Turkey to return to Sweden ‘the criminals who live in luxury here’ Aftonbladet, the biggest daily newspaper of Sweden published a call where it was stated that the Turkish authorities and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan among them, are making calls, at every opportunity, … Read more
Turkey hikes tax rates to reduce budget deficit ISTANBUL, July 7 (Reuters) – Turkey on Friday hiked value-added tax (VAT) by 2 percentage points and also raised the tax collected on bank consumer loans, in moves intended to tackle a growing budget deficit and also likely to fuel already high inflation. The VAT rate charged … Read more
Turkey ranks 147th out of 163 countries in ‘Global Peace Index’ Image via here The Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has released the 2023 Global Peace Index. According to the index, Turkey ranked 147th out of 163 countries, sharing this position with Iran. Just below Turkey and Iran on the list was North … Read more
Turkey’s public broadcaster sparks controversy with new series portraying Kavala as ‘villain’ Turkey’s state-owned broadcaster has sparked controversy with its new series centered around Osman Kavala, a prominent businessperson and human rights advocate who has been imprisoned for nearly six years. Osman Kavala is a Turkish human rights defender and philanthropist who has been … Read more
As far as I observe, all LGBTI+-related events are banned and criminalizing LGBTI+ is going towards a legal basis. Islamists are easily channeling gender anxieties into all-out attack. The current state of LGBT+ rights in Turkey is complex and challenging. While there has been some progress in the last 20 years, LGBT+ individuals still face … Read more
Release of Gezi prisoner Can Atalay still pending as MP term begins Photo: TİP Click to read the articles in Turkish (1)(2)(3) Turkey’s 28th Grand National Assembly swearing-in ceremony on Friday (June 2) had one notable absentee, namely, Can Atalay, the elected MP for the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) in the heavily February … Read more
Let’s see the new official reason to keep them in prison… CoE’s governing body requests immediate release of Yüksekdağ, Demirtaş, Kavala Photo: CoE’s Committee of Ministers Click to read the article in Turkish The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers demanded today (June 8) the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments regarding Osman Kavala, a … Read more
Turkish Lira continues to weaken after elections Following the second round of the presidential election on May 28, the Turkish lira continues to experience depreciation, causing concerns in the economy. Following his re-election, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to appoint Mehmet Şimşek as the minister of treasury and finance was anticipated as a sign of Turkey’s … Read more
Facebook audiences are broader and heterogeneous. The opposition seems to have ignored this. A digital strategist explains how conspiracy took over by looking at the publicly available data in this Twitter thread. Turkish lira plunges as Erdoğan claims mandate to continue divisive rule West caught between fear and hope as Erdoğan extends 20-year rule in … Read more
We are in Kadıköy, hosting our traditional election watch program. Unlike the first round, few people are hopeful that Kılıçdaroğlu will win. Turkish voters to choose their president: Erdogan or Kilicdaroglu Turkey election live: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in presidential runoff Erdoğan hands banknotes to supporters outside Turkish polling station – video Erdoğan … Read more
Kılıçdaroğlu on popular Youtube channel: ‘Don’t worry, we will win in the second round’ ‘He works hard’: Voters in Turkey’s quake zone backing Erdoğan in runoff Polls undecided: Erdoğan leading in two, Kılıçdaroğlu ahead in one RSF attests media system is rigged, denounces biased coverage of Turkey’s election Deepfakes, Cheapfakes, and Twitter Censorship Mar Turkey’s … Read more
Erkan Saka, professor of journalism and media studies at Istanbul Bilgi University, says the power of trolls may be overstated. The mainstream press reaches a larger audience, and much of it is friendly to the president. “The whole media establishment is in fact using disinformation,” Saka says. The full text here Adam Tooze: Why … Read more