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 expression organization IFEX called for the release of the journalists and for sending appeals to Justice Minister Ergin by fax and mail. Trust is … Read more
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 Orsal/Files Full text of prosecutor’s query report on Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık. Turkey: Journalists’ Arrests Chills Free Speech Human Rights Watch (press release) … Read more
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 a journalist and he was in Nokta magazine team whose publications started the Ergenekon case in the first place. Many people suspect his unabating anti-Gulenism … Read more
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 kin ve düşmanlığa tahrik etmek? suçlamalarıyla göz altına alındı. Biz, aşağıda imzası bulunan İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi çalışanları, yöneltilen bu suçlamaları, arkadaşımız Ahmet Şık?ı biraz olsun … Read more
more photos here. Turkish Journalists Association: “A Dark Year for Press Freedom” from Bianet :: English After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that “crimes of thought are on the rise again”. The Contemporary Lawyers Association sees a fair trial endangered. Most dailies today … Read more
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 critical of Gülen movement and its possible links at police force but there is no way he is connected to Ergenekon gang. Now he is … Read more
Outrageous ban on Blogspot.com continued today in Turkey. Due to a few blogs in copyright infringement, a Turkish court banned the whole Blogspot. Along with WordPress, Blogspot is one of the most used blogging platform among Turkish bloggers so this ban is basically breaking down Turkish blogosphere. There are many ways to circumvent the ban … Read more
Due to Lig TV’s copyright infringement case against particular blogs, a mighty local court in Diyarbakır, Turkey issues an access ban to Blogspot. Another shameful, outrageous attack against our Internet freedom… blogumadokunma means “don’t touch my blog!” As of 16:00 local time, the campaign becomes the top Twitter trend in Turkey Trends…
1,469 Bodies in 114 Mass Graves – More to Come from Bianet :: English A research by the Turkish Medical Association revealed that the remains of 1,469 people were found in 114 mass graves so far, the real figure may exceed these numbers by far. The association is concerned about the obscuring of evidence during … Read more
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 endişesi hâkim. Karşıdaki askerci cenah ise ?bu günleri de mi görecektik? isyanı ile ?ne var bu beyanlarda, darbe bile yok? pişkinliği arasında gidip geliyor. Asker … Read more
more photos here The Hasdal prison visit by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Chief of General Staff Gen. Işık Koşaner and four force commanders of the Turkish military visited the Hasdal Military Prison on Friday to see military officers and generals who were recently arrested as part of a probe into the Sledgehammer coup plan, which includes … Read more
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 the fact that I have no sympathy for Soner Yalçın and his gang at Oda.TV, an influential website with idiosyncratic left leanings, anti-AKP and pro-Ergenekon … Read more
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 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial Bloomberg That case is based on a conspiracy by an alleged gang of secular nationalists called “Ergenekon.” Critics … Read more
This clip is from Taraf daily. Click to enlarge… In Turkish… Kurds criticize Turkish government’s silence on mass graves from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires Thousands of people marched Wednesday in eastern Turkey to protest the government’s silence on mass graves uncovered in the area last month. ******************** Kurds Outraged about … Read more
Simdi, Avrupa Insan Haklari Mahkemesi’nin Turkiye adalet sistemiyle ilgili agir yorumlar iceren kararindan sonraki ilk durusmada yine tanigi, magduru ve takipcisi oldugumuz davamiz icin biraraya geliyoruz. Sesimiz daha cok ciksin ki adaletin kapisi aralanabilsin istiyoruz. Biliyoruz ki, arkadasimiz Hrant?in davasi bu ulkenin onur davasidir. Bu kez 7 Subat 2011 Pazartesi saat 09.30‘da, once Dolmabahce’de bulusuyoruz. Kisa bir yuruyusle her zamanki … Read more