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ZİRVE PUBLISHING HOUSE MASSACRE
Reassignment of Judges and Prosecutors Sparks Controversy
Authorities reassigned two judges and two prosecutors in the case of the Zirve Publishing House Massacre. The decision constitutes an intervention in a fair trial, according to case lawyer Erdal Doğan, while his colleague Ali Koç offered a different view on the matter.
6 September 2012
“The State is Feeling the Waters to Censor Social Media”
Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım referred to social media a “threat” that needs to be contained. Minister Yıldırım later denied allegations that they were working on measures to censor social media, but Dr. Özgür Uçkan from Istanbul’s Bilgi University expressed doubt about his statement.
5 September 2012
Uncertainty Reigns Supreme in Beytüşşebap
Beytüşşebap District Mayor Yusuf Temel claimed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had taken control of the district’s outlying areas in wake of Sunday’s clashes that cost the lives of 10 troops, while Şırnak Governor’s Office vehemently denied his claims.
3 September 2012
POLICE VIOLENCE
Police Shoots Man to Death in Ankara
Police officers shot Cem Aygün to death in Ankara’s Keçiören district on Thursday on the grounds that he did not comply with their orders to stop. The victim’s father İsmet Aygün told bianet that the police did not even provide him with an explanation.
31 August 2012
PROF. MEHMET ALTAN
“The AKP Could Never Internalize Democracy”
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has increasingly come to view an authoritarian approach to politics as a solution to its own failures, renowned journalist and writer Prof. Mehmet Altan told bianet.
31 August 2012
Elusive Expert Report in Oda TV Trial Finally Reaches Court
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) finally released its expert report on the computers of three suspects standing trial in the Oda TV case. The report, however, proved to be just as enigmatic as it had remained elusive for the seven months that it took to prepare it.
27 August 2012
New Fishing Regulations Raise Hope on Maritime Conservation
A notice presented by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock to the Prime Ministry represents a step forward in the conservation of Turkey’s fish stocks and maritime environment, according to Greenpeace Mediterranean Oceans Campaigner Banu Dökmecibaşı.
24 August 2012
Cabinet Introduces War Time Laws for Dam Construction
Cabinet authorized two government agencies and certain municipalities to enact the “express nationalization” of estates to make way for the construction of hydroelectic dams. Critics have underlined the fact that such a measure is normally reserved for times of war.
4 August 2012
Turkey’s First Conscientious Objector Tayfun Gönül Passes Away
Turkey’s first conscientious objector to mandatory military service passed away at the age of 54 due to a heart attack on Monday night. A doctor by training, Tayfun Gönül had made critical contributions to the antimilitarist movement in Turkey, according to his friends.
31 July 2012
Attack on Kurdish Alevi Family Draws Protests, Condemnation
Mobs attacked a Kurdish Alevi family and torched their barn in the eastern province of Malatya over the weekend after family members argued with a traditional street drummer who wakes up the faithful for their pre-dawn ritual meal in the month of Ramadan. The incident has drawn condemnations and protests from various quarters.
30 July 2012
Police Defends Promotion of Staff Member Accused of Torture, Rape
The Turkish Police Headquarters issued a public statement in defense of their controversial decision to promote Sedat Selim Ay, the newly appointed deputy director of the Istanbul Anti-Terror Police Department who had been convicted of charges of rape and torture.
30 July 2012
DEBATES OVER JUDICIAL REFORM RAGE ON
No Leftists Convicted in 1980 Coup Left Behind Bars?
The 78’ers Initiative Spokesman Celalettin Can and İlhan Canan, the son of Tahir Canan who spent 31 years in prison, both disputed the recent claims raised by deputy Selçuk Özdağ of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that no leftists convicted by the Sept. 12, 1980 coup administration were still left behind bars.
13 July 2012
Court Rules to Release Two Perpetrators of 1978 Massacre
An Ankara court decided to release Bünyamin Adanalı and Ünal Osmanağaoğlu, two the seven perpetrators of the “Bahçelievler massacre” that saw the killing of seven members of the Turkey Workers’ Party (TİP) in 1978.
11 July 2012
Court Sentences Singer to Two Years in Prison for Speech
A specially authorized court in the eastern province of Malatya sentenced Kurdish-Alevi singer Ferhat Tunç to two years in prison on terrorism related charges due to his invocation of the names of deceased Turkish leftists during a speech on May 1, 2011.
27 June 2012
National Search Engine to Protect Citizens from Google!
Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım said the United States has access to all information flowing from Turkish citizens due to companies like Google and Yahoo and announced the introduction of a national search engine instead, while Prof. Yaman Akdeniz questioned the wisdom behind such an initiative.
15 June 2012
Court Decree Without Lawyer
“Lawyers sometimes do not attend to the court hearings in order to prevent the court’s decision however the court violates the right to defense by not collecting defense evidences” told Lawyer Cinmen.
20 May 2012
Impressions of Silivri Prison by "Mr. Z"
Following Silivri Prison visit of the journalists with Minister of Justice, we talked to Mr. Z who had been the guest of prison for long years. He doesn’t agree that the prison food is of good quality.
15 May 2012
Prisoner Tahir Canan Must Pay For His Meals Says the State
The state asked Tahir Canan to pay for the meals he ate in the prison for 30 years 10 months.
11 May 2012
24 APRIL 1915
"97th Anniversary of Genocide and the Tradition of Unsolved Murders”
At the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, a commemoration event organized at Taksim Square. It was stated that leading 250 Armenian people were sent to a road of no return and it was a way of silencing them all.
25 April 2012
THE DIRECTOR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM INSTITUTE HAYK DEMOYAN:
“Modern Turkish State Does Not Want To Face The Genocide”
The director of Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Hayk Demoyan spoke to bianet about the museum studies, the new partition of the museum “Anatolians that helped Armenians” and the genocide process.
24 April 2012
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Savda: Nationalist and Militaristic Judiciary in Turkey
Conscientious objector Halil Savda made a statement after he was released from the prison by Probation Law. He said he was sentenced due to “alienating the public from military service” because of the high nationalist and militaristic sensitivity of the judiciary.
17 April 2012
Turkey "Country of Particular Concern" for Religious Freedom
According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Turkey is among the 16 countries of particular concern regarding religious freedom. Other countries in the same category are e.g. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
21 March 2012
IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK
"Borders are the Actual Problem"
The Immigrant Solidarity Network and international non-governmental organizations went to the immigration centre in Edirne after the four-day "Transborder Conference" to demand "the right to free movement and a world without borders".
21 March 2012
Price for Refusing Military Service: Civil Death
30-year-old Kocaoğlu was doomed to civil death after his ID was seized ten years ago when he refused to complete his military service. He is not able to work, to marry and claims not to be able to receive medical treatment at hospital.
15 March 2012
ODA TV TRIAL
Journalists Şık and Şener Released
Four defendants of the Oda TV case were released pending trial: Journalists Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık and Odat TV writers Çoşkun Musluk and Sail Çakır. Şık and Şener presented their defence at the 12 March hearing.
13 March 2012
Milestone Decision for Conscientious Objection in Turkey
The Malatya Military Court claimed that decisions of the ECHR regarding conscientious objection could also be applied to domestic law in the scope of Article 90 of the Constitution. This landmark ruling was the result of the trial against conscientious objector Delice.
12 March 2012
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"Access Ban to RedHack Site Unlawful"
Access was banned to the kizilhack.org (RedHack) website on the grounds of alleged catalogue crimes as mentioned in Law No. 5651. Internet experts Akdeniz and Altıparmak criticized the access ban saying that the activities of Redhack were not included in the catalogue crimes.
2 March 2012
Deadly Torture at the Military - 30 Defendants, 1 Prison Sentence
Murat Polat died as the result of torture in a military prison during his military service in 2005. 30 soldiers were tried, among them also commanders. At the end of the trial, one private was sentenced to imprisonment.
29 February 2012
Conscientious Objector Savda Arrested again
Conscientious objector Savda was arrested and taken to prison upon the approval of a five-month prison sentence on charges of "alienating the public from military service". Amnesty International Turkey and the Human Rights Foundation condemned his arrest.
27 February 2012
Police Violence against Students - Procedures Dropped
The investigation about the police officers who beat students in the course protests against the Prime Minister was stalled. Despite visual records the prosecution decided to drop procedures due to a "lack of concrete evidence".
24 February 2012
UĞUR KANTAR TRIAL
Forensic Medicine Institute: Reason of Kantar's Death Unclear
Trial procedures regarding soldier Uğur Kantar who allegedly died as the result of torture are still going slowly. The Ankara Forensic Medicine Institution was not able to determine the reason for Kantar's death. The trial was postponed to 20 April.
20 February 2012
VAN EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
Tent Cities Emptied - Former Tenants Left without Shelter
Authorities in Van decided to remove nine tent cities that shelter earth quake victims. House owners will be accommodated in containers. People who used to live in rented flats before the major quakes have not been provided with any alternative yet.
13 February 2012
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