Leading philosophers support Turkey’s writers Butler, Negri, Morin join signers of letter in support of Turkish writers; Roberto Saviano dedicates award to Altan brothers Support for an international letter protesting the recent detention of Ahmet and Mehmet Altan and calling on end to the unjust persecution of writers in Turkey has continued to grow … Read more
The day Hrant Dink was assassinated, this blog turned to be a critical one, we always knew state was involved in one way or another, but only after the political fratricide, we can get a little bit of documentation. There is possibly more footage that might be leaked soon… Footage reveals further evidence in Dink probe against … Read more
Amedspor: Not Going on Match without Fans Bianet :: English Amedspor, sentenced to play one game without audience by PFDK, has announced that they would not take the field against Fenerbahçe on Turkey Cup quarter final without their fans. Turkish academic acquitted of ‘terror propaganda’ over exam question on PKK leader A Turkish court has acquitted an … Read more
These 4 students- two men in the middle are our own Bilgi University- are the latest victims of Turkish judiciary… Turkey’s jailed university students – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of … www.al-monitor.com/pulse/…/02/turkey-university-students–jailed.html Feb 22, 2015 – Hundreds of Turkish university students have landed behind bars on …more than 3,000 university students are currently in prison, accused of…. … Read more
Does Biden support Academics for Peace or not? The Anatolian Agency and Turkish government spin the news On Turkish Media and Cultural Politics by ecealgan A look at the coverage of Biden’s visit to Turkey and the implications of his visit for the peace process with the Kurdish minority and Academics for Peace Initiative U.S. Vice … Read more
Amnesty: Turkish army operations ‘beginning to resemble collective punishment’ The Turkish military operations backed by curfews in the country’s southeast have begun to resemble “collective punishment,” Amnesty International said on Jan. 20 Top EU official calls for ceasefire, return to Kurdish peace process EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has called for an … Read more
Support for Academics from Paris Bianet :: English In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized. Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics Bianet :: English 212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues … Read more
Russia replaces Israel at top of threat list for Turks: Survey Most Turks see Russia as the biggest threat to Turkey, according to a survey recently conducted by a university in Istanbul Turkey has a long way to go before EU membership: Merkel Turkey still has a long way to go in its bid to become a … Read more
With Hunt Continues: Currently 27 academicians are detained in Turkey for questioning in relation to signing a peace letter. — Yaman Akdeniz (@cyberrights) January 15, 2016 Erdoğan Instructs, YÖK Takes Action Bianet :: English The Council of Higher Education has said, “What is necessary as to this statement will be done within the frame of … Read more
Turkey’s HDP plans to hold ‘autonomy’ rallies amid tension with gov’t over self-rule policy The Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is planning to hold rallies in favor of “autonomy” and “self-rule” before the end of January, at a time when one of its co-chairs is being investigated over his call for greater Kurdish self-governance … Read more
Turkey calls Kurdish plea ‘treason’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s President Erdogan condemns as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. Turkey’s ruling AKP: Declaration of autonomy ‘political assassination attempt’ A recent call for self-governance supported the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is “a political assassination attempt” targeting law order … Read more
100,000 people displaced due to clashes with PKK Hurriyet Daily News A police report on the effects of the recent clashes in southeastern Turkey has revealed that some 100,000 people have been displaced in five towns in the region, with 1.3 million people being affected by the repeated curfews Erdoğan vows Kurdish rebels ‘will be buried in … Read more
Residents in a Silopi neighbourhood are taken to a sports hall… reported in Turkish here. HDP co-chair questions gov’t over ‘cleansing’ in curfew towns HDP co-chair Demirtaş has questioned comments made by the ruling AKP gov’t asserting military operations would continue until the towns under curfew in Turkey’s southeast were fully “cleansed” of militants Kurdish militants killed … Read more
Soldiers posing with nationalists slogans in the classrooms, where students are supposed to be in… After clashes… Security forces attacking Kurdish citizen who oppose curfews and march from Şırnak to Cizre… Turkish police teargas crowds protesting military action against Kurdish rebels World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk About 10,000 troops have been deployed to the country’s south-east with military vowing … Read more
Undisclosed number of Turkish soldiers killed in major PKK attack An undisclosed number of Turkish soldiers were killed on Sept. 6 in a major attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari conducted by the outlawed PKK, marking a crescendo in a deadly stream of attacks since July. One security source told Reuters that 16 Turkish soldiers … Read more