[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
Twelve-year-old shot dead in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast A 12-year-old boy was shot dead in Cizre in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the sixth person to be killed in the largely Kurdish town in the last three weeks, security sources said. The spate of killings risk undermining confidence in a two-year-old peace process between the government and the … Read more
via Amnesty launches campaign to stop S Korea exporting tear gas to Turkey The change.org campaign aims to stop S Korea exporting some 1.9 mln tear gas canisters to Turkey Repent over your tattoos, Turkey’s top religious body says Turkey’s top religious body has issued a fatwa that urges Muslims who have tattoos to repent if they … Read more
Media campaign against Kurdish youth is obviously a government led propaganda: Pro-AKP Troll in Twitter created a hashtag to TT: #CizredeMüslümanlarSaldırıAltında [Muslims are under attack in Cizre] At least two dead as Turkey’s Hizbullah, PKK engage in street battles At least two people were killed as fresh gunfights erupted between Hizbullah and the PKK in a southeastern province … Read more
Gulen Ad | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Mavi Boncuk Mavi Boncuk | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Turkish President Erdoğan slams New York Times over ISIL story President Erdoğan has slammed the New York Times for a recent story claiming that Turkey is one of the biggest sources of recruits for ISIL militants Erdoğan holds … Read more
Elderly woman resists construction at a park in northwestern Turkish city A 75-year-old woman has stopped construction at a local park in the northwestern province of Edirne by sitting in front of the bulldozer. Erdogan won the elections, but will he convince the Turkish people? The prime minister governs a polarised nation, … Read more
The Monument Counter is an on line (internet) monument to commemorate women who lost their lives due to domestic violence. It is also a counter that is updated every day. It has been announced that between January and September 2012 that 125 women lost their lives due to domestic violence. The Monument Counter has been … Read more