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Turkish justice today: An academic sentenced for insulting Erdoğan, Pınar Selek Acquits for the Fourth Time, Arrest warrant for Fethullah Gülen

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 News in Turkish. An assistant professor Elifhan Köse is sentenced for 11 months for slogans against Erdoğan during Berkin Elvan memorial. … Pınar Selek Acquits for the Forth Time Bianet :: English Acquitted three times and ordered to stand trial for the forth time regarding the 1998 Grand Bazaar Blast Incident, sociologist Pınar Selek acquitted from … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: FT Piece on “Media censorship in Turkey”

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  Media censorship in Turkey Erdogan’s new style of control is less brutal, but much more effective, writes Jacob Weisber   11 documentaries withdraw from #Antalya #GoldenOrange festival amid '#Gezi' censorship claims http://t.co/dYhwe626ic pic.twitter.com/sNkThUiIAr — News For Turkey (@NewsForTurkey_) October 9, 2014   Court lifts warrant for sociologist Pınar Selek The Istanbul 15th Court of Serious … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey is after Pınar Selek…

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Turkey applies to France for convicted sociologist’s Selek’s extradition Pınar Selek was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1998 Spice Bazaar bombing Woman detained for protesting Turkish PM with shoebox Police detained a woman in Manisa after she protested against PM Erdoğan with a shoebox Projects Under Scrutiny Displace Istanbul?s Poor Development projects like the … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey?s ?Standing Man? receives German human rights award

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Nine suspects released on probation in Turkey?s ?post-modern? Feb 28 coup case The figures released on probation pending trial included the former head of the Higher Education Board (YÖK), Kemal Gürüz and former Air Force Commander Ahmet Çörekçi Turkey wants scholar on Interpol list International Red Notice could be issued for dissident academic Pinar Selek … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Feb 28 coup case set to start…Government pressure on university campuses increases….

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Turkey’s ?post-modern? Feb 28 coup case set to start Hearings over the Feb. 28 process, dubbed the post-modern coup, will begin in Ankara?s 13th Criminal Court today Turkey trial for 100 ‘coup plotters’ A trial is due to open in Turkey of alleged military coup plotters for ousting a pro-Islamist government in 1997.  **************** for … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Anayasa olmuyor Başkanlık verelim

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Anayasa olmuyor Başkanlık verelim   29 ocak grup toplantısında Başbakan malûmu ilâm etti: ?Temennimiz odur ki Mart sonuna kadar bu iş biter, bitmesi halinde sağlıklı şekilde bizlerde yaşamış oluruz. Bitmemesi halinde, Ak Parti?nin bu konuda yaptığı çalışma Meclis gündemine taşınacaktır. İnşallah Meclis gündeminde bizim yeni anayasa tasarımızı böylece orada halkımıza, milletimize sunmuş olacağız. Eğer biz … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: The collapse of Turkish Judiciary: Trial of Pınar Selek…

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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

Turkey’s glorious Human Rights Record 2012 by Bianet…Army suicides… a roundup…

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Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part I from Bianet :: English On the occasion of World Human Rights Day, Turkey’s two main human rights organizations released their annual torture reports, complaining that impunity on several torture cases encouraged the ongoing human tragedy in Turkey. Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part II from Bianet … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “A Single Person Arrested in Mob Attack Against Alevi-Kurdish Family, “William Burroughs’ Turkish publishers’ obscenity trial postponed and more..

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A Single Person Arrested in Mob Attack Against Alevi-Kurdish Family from Bianet :: English Officials arrested the traditional Ramadan drummer as part of their investigation into the attack against an Alevi-Kurdish family in the eastern province of Malatya. Opposition deputies who arrived in the province also castigated the authorities for their inadequate response to the … Read more

“Mass graves” in Turkey. A human rights roundup

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This clip is from Taraf daily. Click to enlarge… In Turkish… Kurds criticize Turkish government’s silence on mass graves from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires Thousands of people marched Wednesday in eastern Turkey to protest the government’s silence on mass graves uncovered in the area last month. ******************** Kurds Outraged about … Read more

Campaign for Pınar Selek, Torture Museum, Belated Justice issues in Turkey; a roundup

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FOR JUSTICE, WE TAKE SIDE, BESIDE PINAR SELEK from KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH by Karakök This is an urgent call from Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative to all intellectuals, writers, artists, feminist associations, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politicians Feminist, sociologist, anti-militarist peace activist, writer  and founding member of Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative Pınar Selek  is … Read more

A possibly another grave failure from Turkish judiciary: Pınar Selek found guilty…

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Sociologist guilty in 1998 Spice Bazaar blast, top Turkish court rules from Hurriyet Dailynews The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that the 1998 explosion in Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar was caused by a bomb placed there by sociologist Pınar Selek. NTV interview with Ms Selek in Turkish here. Öğrencilere verilen ceza için ben de başbakanı … Read more