After Gezi: Amnesty Issues Major New Report humanrightsturkey.org ? heissenstat ? Jun 10, 3:37 AM ? The army of police, the limits on freedom of transport, the deserted center of the city. A year after Gezi, this is the face of the new Turkey, where dissent is stifled with overwhelming force and massive police … Read more
Turkish Court Says YouTube Ban Is Unconstitutional NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU DISPATCHES FROM TURKEY: Popular Twitter User Receives 15 Months of Prison Bianet :: English E. P., the owner of popular twitter user “Allah CC?, has been convicted to 15 months of prison for ?overtly humiliating religious values accepted by a faction of the society?. … Read more
ECHR Convicts Turkey Due to ?Halt Warning? ECHR found Turkey guilty of violating the right to life in Taydaş case, ordering Turkey to pay 52,000 euros for non-pecuniary damages. Turkey fined 52,000 euros for man?s injuries in 2007 operation in Tunceli The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) fined Turkey 52,285 euros for violating the … Read more
Report shows hard prison conditions for LGBT?s, disabled A recent report stated that the prison conditions in Turkey were not good for LGBT individuals, disabled persons and the old Turkey?s democracy deficit led to Gezi protests: SISecretary General Gezi Park protests have clearly reflected the distance between the priorities of the Turkish people and the … Read more
Divan Hotel which sheltered Gezi Park protesters awarded PKF hotelexperts, based in Germany?s Munich, has awarded Turkey?s Divan Hotel with its ?Hospitality Innovation Award? ***************** Witness protection shields 273 in Turkey Close to 300 people are now living under Turkey?s witness protection program following procedures such as facial surgery Turkish government moves for shortening compulsory … Read more
On 30 May police in Istanbul broke up a small demonstration by several hundred environmentalists, using tear gas, beating protestors and burning their tents. The cause of the protestors and the abusive response of the authorities touched a nerve. Within days, tens of thousands of protestors had taken to the streets across the main cities … Read more
Part 2 Beyond the Gezi Park protests Back at the Gezi protests, it was clear AKP misread what triggered the country- wide non-violent demonstrations. The ruling party not only misread the causes of the unrest but also the protesters themselves. It was easier for the ruling power to blame the cause of these protests … Read more
?Police Systematically Used Tear Gas as a Weapon? Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) urged the U.S. authorities to suspend tear gas exports to Turkey. ?The Turkish government used needless and extreme forced,? said PHR regarding the police intervention during Gezi Resistance. Turkish Protesters Are Still Said to Be Ailing From Tear Gas Almost 40 percent … Read more
PKK?s urban wing vows to support ‘democratic protests’ The PKK?s urban wing has vowed to support the ?democratic protests across the country? VIDEO: Turkey activist death sparks clashes Police in Turkey clash with demonstrators after the death of a 22-year-old activist in the south-eastern city of Antakya. When is it free to assemble in Turkey? … Read more
Police close Istanbul Gezi Park ahead of support demo for ODTÜ Istanbul police have closed Gezi Park following a call for a demo in support of ODTÜ students Opposition deputies join university ?resistance? against road plan Main opposition CHP deputies joined a group of protesters opposing a road project that will lead to the demolition of a … Read more
Turkish police used excessive force in Gezi protests, Interior Ministry?s report says Police exercised ?excessive force? in trying to quell the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul and İzmir With a Burst of Color, Turkey’s Public Walkways Become a Focus of Quiet Protest When city authorities in Istanbul attempted to quash the initiative of a public-spirited … Read more
News in Turkish and a photo gallery can be found there… Turkey: Istanbul Redevelopment Plan Threatens Historic Russian Orthodox Church Copyright show: No In June, Turkey experienced the worst anti-government protests in decades over plans to redevelop Gezi Park in central Istanbul. Now, a historic church once used by Russian refugees fleeing the 1917 Bolshevik … Read more
Turkey’s ?post-modern? Feb 28 coup case set to start Hearings over the Feb. 28 process, dubbed the post-modern coup, will begin in Ankara?s 13th Criminal Court today Turkey trial for 100 ‘coup plotters’ A trial is due to open in Turkey of alleged military coup plotters for ousting a pro-Islamist government in 1997. **************** for … Read more
108 soldiers commit suicide since 2012, Turkish defense minister says The Turkish defense minister said that 166 soldiers have committed suicide or been killed in accidents across the country in the last year and a half 50 Percent of Rape Victims Are Children, TÜİK Says According to Statistics Institute of Turkey, sexual assault crimes have … Read more
State channel TRT cancels comedy series after actors join Gezi protests The producers of a Turkish comedy series titled ?Leyla ile Mecnun? (Leyla and Mecnun) have said Turkey?s state-run TV channel TRT will cease broadcasting the show after the production?s actors joined the Gezi Park protests. Yezidi migrants in Germany mull possible Turkey return … Read more