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More than 11K teachers fired, 28 HDP municipalities to be seized, Altan Brothers arrested without no substantive judiciary process…

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More than 11,000 teachers suspended over PKK links More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Education Ministry announced on Sept. 8 Turkey Uses Post-Coup Emergency Decree to Purge Mayors and Teachers NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU The government said it would take over the … Read more

Now it is Pope’s turn: “Erdoğan warns Pope Francis not to repeat ‘mistake’ about Armenian claims…

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Erdoğan warns Pope Francis not to repeat ‘mistake’ about Armenian claims Turkish President Erdoğan has condemned Pope Francis, warning him to not repeat the ‘mistake’ of describing the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as ‘genocide.’ European Parliament set to vote on ‘genocide’ claims The European Parliament is set to discuss and vote on a resolution April 15 … Read more

“US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media…Dispatches from Turkey…

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US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more

Turkish justice today: Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ & Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ in Police’s eyes…

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Turkish police saw Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ Police viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests as ‘morally problematic outsiders’ Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink on charges of making propaganda on behalf of PKK Indictment of Dutch journalist in Turkey heightens press freedom fears  World … Read more

The 2nd day of 15K Metal Workers… #MetalİscisiGrevde #MetaldeGrevVar

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Turkish metal workers begin strike for better wages A group of metal workers began a strike on Jan. 29 around Turkey to protest poor wages in the sector and demand a better collective bargaining agreement with employers in the industry. Another group of metal workers are also planning to go on strike Feb. 19, increasing the … Read more

8th anniversary of Hrant Dink Assassination commemorated as one Police chief arrested in the murder case…

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[TIMELINE] Hrant Dink Memorials on 8th Anniversary  Bianet :: English Murdered on 19 January 2007, Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink will be remembered with a march from Istanbul’s Taksim district to Osmanbey where the murder scene and Agos newspaper headquarters are located. [FULL TEXT] Murathan Mungan’s Hrant Dink Memorial Speech  Bianet :: English On the 8th anniversary … Read more

[Türkçe versiyon da var] Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant is waiting for your applications!

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Türkçe bülten için buraya tıklayınız. Նորությունների թերթոնն հայերենով՝ այստեղ Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant is waiting for your applications! Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant implemented by the Hrant Dink Foundation aims to support the travels between Turkey and Armenia to increase direct contacts and to promote cooperation between the peoples of the two neighbouring countries.   Hrant Dink Foundation … Read more

New Gezi Park crisis simmering While Turkish intel, security to get exclusive authority on personal data…

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Artillery Barracks project in Gezi Park back on municipal agenda Istanbul Municipality has again included a controversial construction project on the site of Gezi Park Turkey to go ahead with Istanbul park plan Aljazeera.com Turkish authorities have said they intend to go ahead with the redevelopment ofIstanbul’s Gezi Park, the same project that spurred deadly nationwide … … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: as Agos daily and Musa Anter books under censorship’s spot, Human Rights Watch warns Turkey

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Agos daily website, Armenian community’s paper in Turkey, was deemed not good for kids and was filtered by the request of Turkish Ministry of Education. This has been undone today… In the mean time, books of Musa Anter, assassinated Kurdish intellectual, are also investigated….   Turkey: Credibility Depends on Rights at Home | Human Rights Watch … Read more

Agos’un önünden son ileti ve görüntü derlemesi… #kardesimsinhrant

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http://storify.com/sakaerka/agos-un-onunden-son-ileti-ve-goruntu-derlemesi

In front of Agos daily. Thousands witness…

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http://storify.com/sakaerka/in-front-of-agos-daily-in-memory-of-hrant-dink

In Memory of Hrant Dink. Citizens report from the march…#kardesimsinhrant #agos

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http://storify.com/sakaerka/in-memory-of-hrant-dink-citizens-report-from-the-m

the 5th year of the assassination: EFD Special coverage for Hrant Dink March from Taksim to Agos daily headquarters #hrantdink

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Both in English and Turkish I will try to cover the march that is to begin at 13 at Taksim Square in Istanbul… Check out increasing number of  links at this post. To begin with: * Sinan Kızılkaya: HRANT?IN ve DEVLETİN HAKKI #hrantdink * Taksim?de toplanma başladı? #kardesimsinhrant * Yürüyüş başladı, twitter mesajları, görüntüleri? #kardesimsinhrant @hrantdink * with the … Read more