Source: Bianet Adı Soyadı Çalıştığı Basın Kuruluşu Aldığı Ceza Adresi 1 Beritan Canözer JİNHA İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Beritan Canözer Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi 5 Nisan Mah. Emek Cad. Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cik Bağlar/Diyarbakır 2 Zeki Karakuş Nisebim.com İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Zeki Karakuş Mardin E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi Evren Mh., 47100 Mardin Merkez/Mardin 3 Ali Konar … Read more
UN group says Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty The United Nations-mandated Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released its opinion on the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case 64 journalists under arrest, Turkish main opposition announces There are 64 journalists under arrest and another 123 are facing trial on charges of terrorism, the Republican … Read more
Torture Allegations in Şakran Prison Serdar Gültekin from Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) told bianet that children inmates in Şakran Prison were subjected to hone beatings, solitary confinement penalties in sound proof cells, while a prison staff member claimed that the facility had ?10 star? hotel comfort. Torture, abuse reign in İzmir juvenile prison: Claim Minor inmates … Read more
“Nişanyan’s Sentence Contradicts Secularism” Reporters Without Borders condemned Sevan Nişanyan?s conviction to 13.5 months of prison for insulting Prophet Mohammed and urged a dismissal in the appeals trial. Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish-Armenian writer?s blasphemy sentence RWB slammed the ruling issued against Sevan Nişanyan. *************** Father confesses to killing his own son in landmark homosexual … Read more
Child Workers Near 900,000 in Turkey from Bianet :: English According to a recent report released by Turkey’s main statistics institute, there are currently 893,000 child workers with half of them not going to any school in Turkey On Turkish Media: What I Told Al Jazeera and They Couldn’t Air from The Istanbulian by Emre … Read more
Panel approves Uludere report despite opposition?s objection from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament?s Human Rights Examination Commission has approved a report drafted by a subcommission. Another list, again with journalists from Hurriyet Daily News For a long time, it has been the case of ?journalists under arrest? that has been used as a reference. Armenian … Read more
Reveal İmralı leak sources or we might: Turkish PM Erdoğan from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the media to reveal its sources. Turkish PM urges media to reveal İmralı leak sources from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the media to reveal its sources. … Read more
Report Reveals Hate Speech in Turkey’s Media from Bianet :: English A recent report released by Hrant Dink Foundation revealed hate speech practises in Turkey’s media which mostly targeted Jewish and Armenian communities Turkey Found Guilty on Missing Shepherds Case from Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty on the … Read more
Turkey: ‘World’s biggest prison’ for media from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Reporter rights groups accuse Ankara of jailing more journalists than any other country in the world last year. Violent protests lead to cancelation of BDP?s Black Sea tour from Hurriyet Daily News Violent protests staged in the Black Sea provinces of Sinop and … Read more
An informant offers to cooperate in the Dink murder probe: report from Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul prosecutor investigating the murder of Hrant Dink received a letter Feb. 13 from an inmate claiming to have information on Dink?s killers *************** Iran MP criticizes Turkey’s ‘crackdown’ on journalists from Hurriyet Daily News Spokesperson for Iran?s … Read more
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
by @DikerMert FACTBOX-Turkey’s “Ergenekon” case draws to a close Reuters AlertNet The Ergenekon network was said to have been linked to the “Deep State”, militant secularists in key areas of Turkish life. * The investigation was initially spurred by seizure of 27 hand grenades in a police operation on a house in Istanbul’s Umraniye by @ilterjan Gendarmerie … Read more
A woman is helped by demonstrators as Turkish riot police fire water cannon and tear gas during a Kurdish demonstration in support of a widespread hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners, on November 4, 2012 in Istanbul (AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic) VIA Turkey: Turkish Police Use Tear-Gas Against Protesting Mothers from Global Voices Online by … Read more
Turkey accused of pursuing campaign of intimidation against media from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall Two independent reports have found evidence of a pattern of harassment against writers and broadcasters Ankara is pursuing a systematic campaign of intimidation against the Turkish media, including the prosecution and jailing of writers, and demands for … Read more
Turkey would rather jail journalists than address the Kurdish question | Fazel Hawramy from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Fazel Hawramy The state has too long shaped the Kurdish issue as one of terrorism. About 100 journalists are now in prison ? it must end Turkey has put 44 Kurdish journalists on trial this … Read more