In year 2000, Turkish authorities intervened the ongoing “death fast” protest by radical left wing political prisoners. the protest was against the new F-type prison system. A soldier confessed after 11 years: “The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not … Read more
Many imprisoned journalists in Turkey contributed to a paper that is distributed today. I heard that with the help of Birgün, Evrensel and Cumhuriyet dailies, 42 thousand copies were distributed today…
World’s Oldest Terrorist from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Photo from Radikal Lalihan Akbay, 102, faces a criminal investigation for “making propaganda for a terrorist organization”. She attended a mevlud (a commemorative religious ceremony where the Quran is read) in Tatvan that someone had organized for her son, Mehmet Rauf Akbay, a member of … Read more
A Turkish band, REDD, put the models of imprisoned journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener on the stage recently. photo source. Strasbourg, 12 July 2011 CommDH(2011)25 Original version REPORT by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following his visit to Turkey, from 27 to 29 April 2011 Freedom of expression … Read more
Country of No: No Laziness or Adventurism from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White The Crime? Directing Turkish People to Laziness and Adventurism. The punishment: a $92,000 fine. In effect, cease publication of the humor magazine, Harakiri. From Hurriyet (click here): The humor magazine Harakiri has been forced to shut down after being slapped with a … Read more
Azadiya Welat Newspaper Banned – Again Azadiya Welat, the only nation-wide newspaper in Turkey publishing in Kurdish, has been banned for the duration of 15 days. This is the ninth publication ban for the daily. Its printing house in Diyarbakır was searched by the police. BİA Media Monitoring Report 2011 First Quarter – Full … Read more
Massive Police Intervention against Anti-AKP Demonstrators from Bianet :: English Heavy clashes occurred between demonstrators and the police before and after a meeting of PM Erdoğan in Hopa in north-eastern Turkey. The police threw many gas bombs and made use of water cannons. One person died, many protestors and policemen were injured. Istanbul and Izmir … Read more
Turkish highschool students run during celebrations marking May Day in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Activists flooded Turkey’s largest city Istanbul Sunday and marked international workers’ day around the world with marches demanding more jobs, better working conditions and higher wages. About 200,000 workers gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square in the largest May Day … Read more
One killed in protests in Turkey’s Southeast by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires A demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces in the Bismil district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province, broadcaster CNNTürk reported on its website. Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration … Read more
Journalists held a protest near the courthouse. The banner read ‘We will touch even if we get burned.’ DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL Journalist Şık Absent at Court – Transportation Mishap at Prison Bianet On Thursday (14 April) the Kadıköy (Istanbul) 2 nd Criminal Court of First Instance held a hearing of the trial … Read more
Turkey ‘world leader’ in imprisoned journalists, IPI report says – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey by M.A.M Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey Mavi Boncuk | There is no firm estimate of the number of Roma in the country. Roma continued to face persistent discrimination and … Read more
Orhan Pamuk to pay compensation for his words, court decides by Milliyet Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk will pay 6,000 liras in total compensation to five people for writing in 2005, ‘The Turks have killed 30,000 Kurds and 1 million Armenians in this land.’ Legal Landscape of 2010 Dominated by Anti-Terror Law According to data … Read more
more photos and videos here. Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır The Foreign Affairs Department of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party issued a press release on their sit-down strike in Diyarbakır, a Kurdish-majority city in south-eastern Turkey. What do Kurds want? by ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ As we saw with the recent Nevruz incidents, … Read more
It started this morning with the publishing house, Ithaki Yayınevi, which is expected to publish Ahmet Şık’s book on Fethullan Gülen movement’s involvement with the Turkish police force. The book is entitled as İmamın Ordusu [Imam’s Army]. According to Twitter accounts, policemen are searching copies at Radikal daily now and the found copies in hard … Read more
Of course, it is not nice. In a human sense. Nor the reactions are nice. The PM and others are not showing the same level of negative reaction to recently increasing police brutality. Moreover, citizens of this country witnessed several times police officers not behaving nice to deputies. In terms of deep state, bureacrats were … Read more