AKP leadership attacking Supreme Court as 4 former ministers’ corruption case to be determined today…

Supreme Court plotted against AKP, health minister claims Hurriyet Daily News Mehmet Müezzinoğlu diagnosed the Supreme Court as ‘the main element which plotted against the ruling party’ Inquiry panel to vote on fate of former ministers A parliamentary inquiry commission is expected to decide whether to send four former ministers to the Supreme Council for trial on … Read more

#DirenODTÜ Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Öğrenci Kolektifleri: “Polis plastik mermi kullandı, bir öğrenci başından yaralandı”

ODTÜ’deki eyleme polis saldırısı gerçekleşti. Polis saldırısıyla ilgili derleme… Devamı burada:   [View the story “ODTÜ’deki eyleme polis saldırısı” on Storify]

Ayşe Özer: Çıplak Devlet

ÇIPLAK DEVLET Eflatun abimizin (bu adamcağıza da daha uygun bir isim bulsak ya) Devlet isimli kitabının kapağında görmüştüm ilkin, çıplak bir Yunan büstüydü devlet. Cinsel organının üstüne mermerden bir örtü serilmişti. O an anlamamıştım tabii, sonradan kendisiyle karşılaşınca anladım ki devlet erkekti. Öyle Yunan büstleri kadar terbiyeli filan da değildi. Bildiğin anadan üryan dolaşıyordu ortalıkta. … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey fined 2.3 mln euros for killing of 33 villagers in 1994

Turkey fined 2.3 mln euros for killing of 33 villagers in 1994 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 2.3 million euros to the 38 people ***************** Court lifts headscarf ban for attorneys The Council of State has approved the removal of the headscarf ban for lawyers Trial of Gezi … Read more

Ankara’da 13 Kasım’da: KONFERANS: TOPLUMSAL EYLEM RETORİĞİ

KONFERANS: TOPLUMSAL EYLEM RETORİĞİ 13-14 Kasım 2013/ İlef 13 Kasım 2013/Çarşamba ATK Sanatevi   10.30-12.00 Açılış ve Açılış Bildirisi   Açılış Konuşması Ruken Öztürk   Açılış Bildirisi Social Movements and the Rhetoric of Protest  Herbert W. Simons   12.00-13.00 Öğle Yemeği   13.00-14.30 Oturum   Oturum Başkanı Eser Köker Estetik Bir Deneyim Olarak Toplumsal Eylem: … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: European Court fines Turkey for torture under police custody

Road collapses near ODTÜ construction after water pipe blast A road in front of Middle Eastern Technical University?s (ODTÜ) campus has collapsed due to a water pipe blast Islamized Armenians voice their 100 years in ?purgatory? Muslim Armenians say they are left in between ?in a purgatory,? saying they are accepted by neither Turkey nor … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “an on line (internet) monument to commemorate women who lost their lives due to domestic violence….

The Monument Counter is an on line (internet) monument to commemorate women who lost their lives due to domestic violence. It is also a counter that is updated every day. It has been announced that between January and September 2012 that 125 women lost their lives due to domestic violence. The Monument Counter has been … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Suspect accused of providing chemical materials to Syrian rebels released ..”Roma Still Targets of Hate Crimes.

Turkey: Roma Still Targets of Hate Crimes In Iznik, a small town in western Anatolia, a deadly dispute involving three men prompted a mob to go on a rampage in the town?s Roma neighborhood. Experts are voicing concern that the incident is a sign of rising intolerance against the Roma community in Turkey FEMEN Turkey … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Police attacked demonstrators for the hearing of Ethem Sarısülük #EthemSeniCağırıyor

  Tear Gas in the Courthouse Police intervened demonstrators who gathered outside Ankara courthouse to follow the hearing of Ethem Sarısülük, a Gezi Resistance protestor allegedly killed by police violence. The suspect police officer didn?t attend the hearing. Court decision triggers tensions at trial of slain Gezi protester?s murder in Ankara Police intervened at the … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “ODTÜ shows no lesson learned: EU?s envoy”…

ODTÜ shows no lesson learned: EU?s envoy The debate over a controversial road construction on the ODTÜ’s land shows that ‘some people have not learned their lessons,’ according to EU Ambassador to Turkey This guy with the bat is claimed to be sent by Ankara Municipality. via @EratalaySevinc Main opposition CHP reveals report on jailed … Read more

#DirenODTÜ First municipality workers then Police attack students in Turkey’s capital. Banditry by officials continue in Ankara…

ODTÜ denies agreement with municipality over removal of trees amid fresh clashes Middle East Technical University has returned the money transferred by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for the removal of trees in its campus *******************  Happening right now:  

EFD Rights Watch: ODTÜ rector revolts against Ankara municipality, says night-time construction raid ?illegal?

ODTÜ rector revolts against Ankara municipality, says night-time construction raid ?illegal? ‘ODTÜ does not approve the midnight raid nor consider it a good-willed approach. What?s been done is entirely illegal,’ Ahmet Acar said Protesters plant trees where Ankara municipality cut them down on ODTÜ land Demonstrators gathered near ODTÜ to protest the night-time construction raid … Read more

18 Ekim 2013 Cuma Gecesi ODTÜ Yerleşkesine Yapılan Müdahale İle İlgili Rektörlük Açıklaması

Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi ekiplerinin 18 Ekim 2013 Cuma günü gece saatlerinde habersiz ve izinsiz olarak yerleşkemize girmesi ile başlayan süreçle ilgili olarak mensuplarımızdan, basın organlarından ve kamuoyundan gelen bilgilendirilme talepleri nedeniyle aşağıdaki açıklamanın yapılması gerekli görülmüştür. ODTÜ Koruma Amaçlı İmar Planı?nın Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı tarafından onaylandığı, 2 Ekim 2013 tarihli Bakanlık faksıyla ilgili kurumlara … Read more

#DirenODTÜ There is only one provocateur in town: Ankara Municipality begins the “invasion of ODTÜ forest” at midnight

Since most of the students are in vacation due to 9-day holiday and cannot resist, Ankara Municipality grasps the opportunity and starts to cut down the trees in order to build a highway. Despite an ongoing judiciary process, AKP’s Ankara Municipality is keen on having a-fait-accompli strike at the forest. A video from the scene: … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey to build 207 prisons over 5 years…

  Turkey to build 207 prisons over 5 years Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has announced plans for construction of 207 new prisons over the next five years., ?Side Effects of Tear Gas Still Linger? According to a statement released by Turkish Doctors Union, 39 percent of those who were affected by tear gas during Gezi … Read more