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well, there are new photos from a forgotten (Maraş) massacre…EFD Rights Watch…

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The Maraş Massacre (tr: Maraş katliamı) or Kahramanmaraş Massacre of December 1978 was the massacre of more than hundred civilians, mostly Alevis, a minority Muslim group in Turkey. The prime perpetrators were Greywolves.[1] It was an attack by rightists on leftists, Turks on Kurds, Sunnis (probably Kurdish as well as Turkish) on Alevis.[1]……….continue to read Today new photos from the 1978 Maraş massacre were released…  click here for … Read more

So who is right? how many imprisoned journalists in Turkey? -EFD Rights Watch

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Behind a wall of police, Turkish writer Ahmet Şik arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul to face antistate charges. (Reuters) Myths and Facts: ‘Imprisoned Journalists’ in Turkey Yavuz Baydar at Huffington Post The remaining six are accused of being members of Ergenekon, the alleged illegal terror network. (Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are not mentioned … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: body of Sebahattin Yılmaz found in debris. Journalists not only imprisoned but also die because of State misconducts in Turkey…

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Turkish Quake Death Toll Rises to 26 ? ABC News – Bertan Ayduk – Mehmet Guzel – 4 hours ago Colleagues and friends wept as rescue workers pulled out the body of Sebahattin Yilmaz from beneath the debris of the Bayram Hotel ? one of two hotels that When judiciary facilitates rape from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists … Read more