Turkey?s Glow Dims as Government Limits Free Speech from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU While Washington and Europe praise Turkey as the model of Muslim democracy for the Arab world, human rights advocates say the government is curbing press freedom. Turkey’s former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, center left, … Read more
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?Collateral damage? in Uludere, Şırnak…. Turkey to compensate air strike victims from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Families of 35 civilians killed in strike meant for Kurdish rebels will receive payments within days, says deputy prime minister Turkey will compensate the families of 35 civilians mistakenly killed in an air strike meant for Kurdish rebels, … Read more
Two Students Under Custody Since 2009, Despite Lack of Evidence Two university students, who were arrested during a demonstration will remain in prison as the the prosecution fail to show any evidence for allegations against them. Another student, who had been a symbol of freedom of expression violations against the youth, is condemned to 20 … Read more
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
strangling the public sphere piece by piece…. Turkey arrests journalists in alleged terror plot CNN International – 13 minutes ago Turkey has been battling a Kurdish separatist insurgency led by guerillas from … organization referred to as the Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) ********************** Interior minister criticizes media reports on beating from Hurriyet Daily News Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin … Read more
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
Free press on trial in EU aspirant Turkey – by Andrew Rettman from Turkish Digest by A-News The trial of 11 journalists – including Turkey’s “last investigative reporter” – begins today, Tuesday (22 November) in a country which says it wants to join the EU. Turkish journalists stand trial in alleged coup plot Washington … Read more
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
Fury rages over rape case from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Government ministers and deputies from opposition parties all joined an outcry regarding a court decision that lowers the sentence for 26 suspects who were tried for allegedly raping a 13 year old girl. Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin … Read more
No one can believe Prof. Ersanlı is a member of KCK. this is all gone wild… Prof. Büşra Ersanlı (L) is seen with BDP deputy Ayla Akat Ata in this file photo. AA photo Turkish police detain academic in KCK probe **** RSF Criticized Government Directives to the Media from Bianet :: English Reporters … Read more
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59 of them are in prison due to non-journalistic crimes, Ministry of Justice claims.Full list of the imprisoned journalists can be found here. That’s the tricky part. Some use being a journalist as a cover, and but most are accused of non-journalistic crimes to punish oppositionary journalism… “Journalists not Detained because of their Writings” Bianet … Read more
FEATURE-Jailed journalists write for freedom in Turkey Reuters Many of those are for articles about the alleged anti-government plots of the shadowy “Ergenekon” network since the investigation was launched four years ago. Some 2000 cases have been opened against reporters. Well known journalist Ahmet Slk was…. Mission Journal: Media under growing pressure in Turkey CPJ … Read more
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