13-year-old Gezi protester facing prison-time for graffiti-painting acquitted The secondary school student was facing charges of ‘damaging public property’ for writing ‘Government resign, death to fascism’ on the pavement Human Rights Watch report slams Turkey over growing intolerance The Turkish government is demonstrating a growing intolerance of political opposition, public protest and critical media, Human … Read more
Investigation deepens into death of child bride in southeastern Turkey An investigation into the death of a 14-year-old mother in the southeastern province of Siirt has been intensified Father of child bride victim voices doubts on her circumstances of death The case widens as the Family Ministry applies to become a party in … Read more
Turkish military prosecutors dismiss investigation into Uludere massacre The General Staff?s Military Prosecutor?s Office has dismissed the investigation into the Uludere/Roboski massacre, in which 34 civilians were killed in an air strike HRW slams Uludere massacre impunity as ‘proof that state can get away with killing civilians’ Human Rights Watch slammed the Uludere massacre … Read more
Not only in Roboski but in many cities, citizens commemorate the Roboski massacre today… 34 villagers died in Turkish planes bombardment: The Roboski strike, also known as the Uludere massacre,[2] Sirnak massacre,[3][4][5] or Roboski massacre[6] took place on December 28, 2011 at 9:37 pm local time near Turkish-Iraqi border.[7] Two Turkish F16 jets fired at a group of villagers, acting on an information that … Read more
Nolle Prosequi in Alabora Tweet Case Prosecutors discontinued charges in Memet Ali Alabora case, saying that ?the aforementioned tweet did not commit the crime of encouraging a crime?. ?The point is not Gezi Park, friend. Didn?t you get it yet? Come join us,? Alabora tweeted on May 30. Amnesty International calls for the suspension of … Read more
Prosecutors launch probe into sergeants over accusations of sexual abuse of minor in Turkey Prosecutors in the southeastern Anatolian province of Bingöl have launched an investigation over accusations that five sergeants sexually abused a 16-year-old girl. ***************** Uludere case sent to a military court The Diyarbakır public prosecutor has ruled the ongoing Uludere case out … Read more
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Göktürk-2 Göksel bir heyecan sardı ortalığı, öyle ki ahali zor zapt edilir oldu. 450 okkalık Göktürk-2 ?dost? Çin diyarından fezaya yolcu edildi. Nevzuhur millî heyecana ve de meydan muharebelerine sebebiyet veren bu peyk neyin nesiymiş merak ettim. Türkçede doyurucu mufassal bilgiye ulaşmak mümkün değil. Alışık olduğumuz gizlilik. Uyduyu birlikte ürettikleri anlaşılan TUSAŞ ve TÜBİTAK?ın websitelerindeki … Read more
işte mutluluğun resmi! ahmet, yonca ve mina şık… twitter.com/altinsaray/sta? — Cem Altınsaray (@altinsaray) March 12, 2012 İşte fotoğraf budur. Nedim Şener’in ilk işi kızını okula götürmek oldu… twitter.com/erenguler/stat? — Eren Güler (@erenguler) March 13, 2012 Court releases arrested scribes after 375 days from Hurriyet Daily News Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were released … Read more
No arrest for Armenian soldier?s killer from Hurriyet Daily News A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ruled Jan. 30 to continue without arrest the trial of suspect Kıvanç Ağaoğlu in the case of Sevag Şahin Balıkçı, a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin killed under dubious circumstances while performing his military service in … Read more
Thirty-four people who were killed in an airstrike in Şırnak province due to an intelligence failure were buried following the noon prayer in Şırnak?s Ortasu cemetery. (Photo: Today’s Zaman, Kürşat Bayhan) Savaş hukuku İnsanlık tarihi savaş tarihidir de. Varolduğundan bu yana savaşan bu mahlûk zamanla savaşın hukukunu da yazmış. Zira sanayileşmeyle silahların gücü artınca telefat … Read more
Trying to get at the truth of Turkey’s jailed journalists from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade Turkey is regarded as having a dire press freedom record. But the facts – even the numbers – are disputed. First, the numbers. According to the Turkish Journalists’ Union and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), … Read more
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2012 tükenmenin miladı olmasın Uludere katliamı ve hükümetin katliam karşısındaki tavrı epeyidir biriken huzursuzluğun açığa çıkmasına vesile oldu. Memleketin üzerinde biriken kara bulutların, daralan demokrasi ve siyaset alanının herkes farkında ama bu gidişat nasıl terse çevrilecek belli değil. Aksine varolan, tuhaf bir kadere boyun eğmişlik, yılgın bir ruh ve şuur hali. 2011 ve öncesi doğal … Read more
Turkey?s Glow Dims as Government Limits Free Speech from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU While Washington and Europe praise Turkey as the model of Muslim democracy for the Arab world, human rights advocates say the government is curbing press freedom. Turkey’s former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, center left, … Read more