Pınar Selek Issused a Life Sentence after 15 Year Trial from Global Voices Online by Baran Mavzer Pınar Selek, a Strasbourg-based sociologist and a writer, previously accused of bombing the Istanbul Spice Bazaar in 1998, was sentenced to life in prison in Turkey. After after being acquitted three times during her almost 15 year-long trial, … Read more
The new authoritarian regime wants no place untouched by State power, Middle East Technical University has a long tradition of opposition, thus becomes the target of Turkish neocons… Students detained following protest against Turkish PM from Hurriyet Daily News Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) students are being taken into custody in increasing numbers following clashes … Read more
Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part I from Bianet :: English On the occasion of World Human Rights Day, Turkey’s two main human rights organizations released their annual torture reports, complaining that impunity on several torture cases encouraged the ongoing human tragedy in Turkey. Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part II from Bianet … Read more
PM insists on continuing debate on death penalty from Hurriyet Daily News Bringing the death penalty back into the Turkish legislative system has apparently become a permanent agenda item for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.. PM Urges to Reconsider Death Penalty from Bianet :: English Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling hunger strikes as … Read more
Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. – Blog – Committee to Protect Journalists Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director Last week’s release of CPJ’s report on Turkey’s press freedom crisis generated widespread domestic media coverage and sparked a robust public debate. The response from Turkish journalists … Read more
Renowned Turkish pianist’s trial postponed from Hurriyet Daily News Famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say’s trial for remarks he made on Twitter allegedly supporting atheism.. Renowned Turkish pianist to appear on trial for insulting religion from Hurriyet Daily News Famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say’s trial for remarks he made on Twitter allegedly supporting atheism Fazil … Read more
Turkey: Hundreds of Kurdish Political Prisoners go on Hunger Strike from Global Voices Online by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar Hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners have entered an indefinite hunger strike, challenging Turkey’s treatment of Kurdish political prisoners. Through their protest, some are demanding re-trials and language rights while others want to raise international attention about Turkey’s … Read more
Turkey’s miscarriage of justice Washington Post Turkey’s courts have been working overtime to throw government opponents of all political stripes behind bars. Since 2007, the government has run a series of trials against an alleged ultra-nationalist terrorist organization called Ergenekon, charging Turkey convicts more than 300 soldiers in coup trial (VIDEO) from Yahoo news Turkey … Read more
Many members of a radical left wing music band, Grup Yorum, have been recently arrested after a suicide bombing attack to a police station in Istanbul by the illegal organization this band is close to. However, Grup Yorum is around for ages, has a public reputation and a few years ago, more than 30 thousand … Read more
BACKGROUND: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_riots A historical evidence to what populists and angry political leaders lead to… Burada bir sürü foto var
Court Rules to Release Suspects Accused of Raping a Minor Bianet The next hearing of the case is scheduled for Nov. … Association in the southwestern province of Muğla, had also represented the defendants in a mass rape case … “The Turkish judiciary prefers wile over justice,” he added. Rape case to begin amid legal concerns from Hurriyet Daily News A Sakarya court is set to … Read more
‘Virginity’ reduction on incest rape imprisonment sparks anger from Hurriyet Daily News Lawyers and nongovernmental organizations have reacted angrily after the Supreme 2824 students are in prison, as the Ministry of Justice states. News in Turkish Huseyin Aygun, a parliamentarian for the country’s main opposition group, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), gestures at his … Read more
Turkish PM calls Alevi cemevi a ‘freak’ from Hurriyet Daily News An Alevi cemevi standing next to a cemetery in Istanbul is a “freak,” according to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ?The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship? from Bianet :: English Alevi Elder Muharrem Ercan questioned how their community … Read more
A Single Person Arrested in Mob Attack Against Alevi-Kurdish Family from Bianet :: English Officials arrested the traditional Ramadan drummer as part of their investigation into the attack against an Alevi-Kurdish family in the eastern province of Malatya. Opposition deputies who arrived in the province also castigated the authorities for their inadequate response to the … Read more
The ruling party’s increasingly explicit encouragement of mob rule now begins to result in attacks against minorities….This time there is no casualty but there has been an increasing number of attempts in harassing Alevite families all over Turkey and this seems to be step up in terms of risky confrontations. The attack happened in Sürgü, … Read more