Discrmination everywhere: “Amedspor declares no Going on Match without Fans

Amedspor: Not Going on Match without Fans  Bianet :: English Amedspor, sentenced to play one game without audience by PFDK, has announced that they would not take the field against Fenerbahçe on Turkey Cup quarter final without their fans. Turkish academic acquitted of ‘terror propaganda’ over exam question on PKK leader A Turkish court has acquitted an … Read more

.@ecealgan discusses: “The Anatolian Agency and Turkish government spin the news: Does Biden support Academics for Peace or not? …

Does Biden support Academics for Peace or not? The Anatolian Agency and Turkish government spin the news On Turkish Media and Cultural Politics by ecealgan A look at the coverage of Biden’s visit to Turkey and the implications of his visit for the peace process with the Kurdish minority and Academics for Peace Initiative U.S. Vice … Read more

Deputies and journalists are directly targeted as Amnesty warns ” Turkish army operations ‘beginning to resemble collective punishment’…

Amnesty: Turkish army operations ‘beginning to resemble collective punishment’ The Turkish military operations backed by curfews in the country’s southeast have begun to resemble “collective punishment,” Amnesty International said on Jan. 20 Top EU official calls for ceasefire, return to Kurdish peace process EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has called for an … Read more

As of yesterday, 25 women including 3 female politicians, 44 children killed in Turkey’s Kurdish cities…

Number of killed mentioned here in Turkish. 50 dead still await to be buried in Sur, Cizre and Silopi. 3 Politician Women Killed in Silopi  Bianet :: English Three politician women who were killed as trying to get to Yeşilyurt neighborhood from Karşıyaka neighborhood in Silopi have been determined as DBP PM Seve Demir, KJA member … Read more

HDP plans to hold ‘autonomy’ rallies… while Erdoğan plans to tour for Presidential system…

 Turkey’s HDP plans to hold ‘autonomy’ rallies amid tension with gov’t over self-rule policy   The Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is planning to hold rallies in favor of “autonomy” and “self-rule” before the end of January, at a time when one of its co-chairs is being investigated over his call for greater Kurdish self-governance … Read more

Now ordinary in Turkey’s Kurdish towns: “Woman killed after rocket projectile hits house in Turkey’s southeast…

Woman killed after rocket projectile hits house in Turkey’s southeast One woman was killed and another was wounded after a rocket projectile hit a house and exploded during the clashes on Jan. 3 in the Sur district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, where a military curfew is ongoing  

Demand for autonomy: Treason. AKP leadership pays for the nationalist votes they have gained in the last elections…

Turkey calls Kurdish plea ‘treason’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s President Erdogan condemns as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. Turkey’s ruling AKP: Declaration of autonomy ‘political assassination attempt’ A recent call for self-governance supported the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is “a political assassination attempt” targeting law order … Read more

Here is the list of journalists in Jail in Turkey (25 Dec 2015)

Source: Bianet Adı Soyadı Çalıştığı Basın Kuruluşu Aldığı Ceza Adresi 1 Beritan Canözer JİNHA İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Beritan Canözer Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi 5 Nisan Mah. Emek Cad. Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cik Bağlar/Diyarbakır 2 Zeki Karakuş Nisebim.com İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Zeki Karakuş Mardin E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi Evren Mh., 47100 Mardin Merkez/Mardin 3 Ali Konar … Read more

100,000 people displaced in Turkey due to clashes in southeastern Turkey…

100,000 people displaced due to clashes with PKK Hurriyet Daily News A police report on the effects of the recent clashes in southeastern Turkey has revealed that some 100,000 people have been displaced in five towns in the region, with 1.3 million people being affected by the repeated curfews Erdoğan vows Kurdish rebels ‘will be buried in … Read more

Of course Turkish army is busy to fight against ISIS… Residents in a Silopi neighbourhood are taken to a sports hall… More news from the Kurdish region…

Residents in a Silopi neighbourhood are taken to a sports hall… reported in Turkish here. HDP co-chair questions gov’t over ‘cleansing’ in curfew towns HDP co-chair Demirtaş has questioned comments made by the ruling AKP gov’t asserting military operations would continue until the towns under curfew in Turkey’s southeast were fully “cleansed” of militants Kurdish militants killed … Read more

At war with its own Kurdish citizens…Right now… #ŞırnakCizreyeYürüyor

Soldiers posing with nationalists slogans in the classrooms, where students are supposed to be in… After clashes… Security forces attacking Kurdish citizen who oppose curfews and march from Şırnak to Cizre… Turkish police teargas crowds protesting military action against Kurdish rebels  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk About 10,000 troops have been deployed to the country’s south-east with military vowing … Read more

Use of assembly and demonstration rights in Turkey is more restricted while another provocation occurs in Silopi…

New decree to restrict use of assembly and demonstration rights in Turkey A change in the 1985-dated decree regulating the right to assembly and demonstrate restricts the use of this right considerably. Silopi today: Police Attack in Southeastern Province: 3 Deaths Bianet :: English According to HDP deputies İrmez and Encü, the police opened fire in Şırnak … Read more