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English PEN (@englishpen) Campaign: “Release Ahmet Şık”
Turkey: Release Ahmet Şık English PEN – Cat Lucas – Jan 6, 7:46 AM We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of award-winning investigative journalist and author Ahmet Şık... Read more
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Black Monday: Cumhuriyet daily raided, its chief editor and many columnists detained…
Prominent #Cumhuriyet columnist & #Turkey rep for @globalfreemedia @KadriGursel reported among journos slated for detention.His house raided — Amberin Zaman (@amberinzaman) October 31, 2016 Birkaç yıl önce Ergenekoncu olmakla suçlanan... Read more
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Strange days. “DW interview with Turkish youth minister seized” but ministry refutes…
DW interview with Turkish youth minister seized by ministry The record of an interview with Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç that was slated to be published for a... Read more
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After 9 years, new footage that proves some state officials’ involvement in Hrant Dink Assassination leaked…
The day Hrant Dink was assassinated, this blog turned to be a critical one, we always knew state was involved in one way or another, but only after the political... Read more
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“Campaign to Act in Solidarity With Aslı Erdoğan…
Aslı Erdoğan: I Haven’t been Given My Medication, Wasn’t Let Out To Fresh Air Bianet :: English Arrested Özgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultant Board member, novelist and columnist Aslı Erdoğan has... Read more
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Multiple bombed PKK attacks in the last days while detained novelist Aslı Erdoğan, another victim of rising tension…
In the last couple of days, PKK attacked police headquarters in Kurdish populated towns. Diyarbakır, Van and today Bitlis and Elazığ. Pro-AKP columnists are quick to explain rising number of... Read more
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Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners [for newcomers…] Updates on the Özgür Gündem raid…
Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners Turkey is set to release 38,000 prisoners as part of two new state of emergency decrees published in the Official Gazette on... Read more
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Somethings never change in Turkey: Legendary pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem raided by police after temporarily closed by court…
Özgür Gündem daily in Wikipedia Better to watch this movie about the daily. Journalist from IMC TV attacked while reporting during police raid on Ozgur Gundem newspaper. https://t.co/lS3jTU6m2R — Nate... Read more
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Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Cezaevinde bir ölüm daha… Tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya öldü
Tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya, Bingöl M Tipi Cezaevi?nde iki gün önce kalp krizi geçirerek öldü. İnsan Hakları Derneği (İHD) İstanbul Şubesi Cezaevi Komisyonu’nun Twitter hesabında tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya’nın öldüğü... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail; New media law to end newspaper bans…
Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News A prosecutor has asked for up to five years of imprisonment for two students Will the... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Medya Association protests the shut down of Özgür Gündem and a Human Rights in Turkey roundups
My dear readers, i have been so busy with some academic and personal stuff that I could not produce my usual roundups. Now, I am working on it by offering... Read more
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by the way, welcome back Özgür Gündem! [and a journalism roundup]
Legendary pro-Kurdish daily is back. It has recently been launched. In fact, the paper is always on the stacks but with different names. now it has its own name back.... Read more
