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
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
A Turkish band, REDD, put the models of imprisoned journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener on the stage recently. photo source. Strasbourg, 12 July 2011 CommDH(2011)25 Original version REPORT by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following his visit to Turkey, from 27 to 29 April 2011 Freedom of expression … Read more
Country of No: No Laziness or Adventurism from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White The Crime? Directing Turkish People to Laziness and Adventurism. The punishment: a $92,000 fine. In effect, cease publication of the humor magazine, Harakiri. From Hurriyet (click here): The humor magazine Harakiri has been forced to shut down after being slapped with a … Read more
Reporters Without Borders urged the Turkish government today to prove it supports the media freedom it proclaimed during the recent election campaign. The appeal came in a report called ?Media and justice in Turkey ? mistrust and repression? after recent fact-finding visits by the worldwide media freedom organisation to investigate the hounding and prosecution of … Read more
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Azadiya Welat Newspaper Banned – Again Azadiya Welat, the only nation-wide newspaper in Turkey publishing in Kurdish, has been banned for the duration of 15 days. This is the ninth publication ban for the daily. Its printing house in Diyarbakır was searched by the police. BİA Media Monitoring Report 2011 First Quarter – Full … Read more
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, seen here in 2011, has warned Israel against another act of bloodshed in international waters after activists announced plans to send a new aid flotilla to the blockaded Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/Ferenc Isza) Turk is favourite to take over at IMF by Graeme Wearden Kemal Derviş heads the list at … Read more
Click here to view the PDF document by Open Society Foundation… ********************** Is Turkey going cold on EU membership? by Open Europe blog team As Europe limps along economically and struggles to speak with a single voice on? well almost anything, and at a time when the EU’s two flagship projects – free movement and … Read more
Turkey ‘world leader’ in imprisoned journalists, IPI report says – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey by M.A.M Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey Mavi Boncuk | There is no firm estimate of the number of Roma in the country. Roma continued to face persistent discrimination and … Read more
I think in the final analysis this is a face saving operation. Journalists’ arrest did not do good for the Ergenekon Case. Mr. Öz will still be around though he was a bit under pressure. Now new prosecutors to energize the process… Ergenekon Prosecutor Öz removed from case in reassignment by ISTANBUL – Daily News … Read more
more photos and videos here. Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır The Foreign Affairs Department of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party issued a press release on their sit-down strike in Diyarbakır, a Kurdish-majority city in south-eastern Turkey. What do Kurds want? by ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ As we saw with the recent Nevruz incidents, … Read more