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NGOs File Complaint Against Fatih Municipality

"URBAN TRANSFORMATION"

NGOs File Complaint Against Fatih Municipality

A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and professional chambers filed a formal complaint against the Fatih Municipality in Istanbul on the grounds they had forged false documents within the scope of the government’s “urban transformation” scheme.

“The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship”

ALEVİS RESPOND TO PM ERDOĞAN

“The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship”

Alevi Elder Muharrem Ercan questioned how their community would be able to construct licensed Alevi cem houses while the Turkish state still refuses to grant them recognition as official houses of worship, in response to a recent statement by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who called the Karacaahmet Cem House a “freak.”

Georgians Demand Education in Their Mother Tounge

TURKISH GEORGIANS PLATFORM

Georgians Demand Education in Their Mother Tounge

The Turkish Georgians Platform (TGP) issued a press release demanding Georgians’ right to education in their mother language as well as constitutional guarantees for all native languages spoken in Turkey.

Court Adjourns Selek Trial, Rejects Plea in Kurdish

PINAR SELEK ON TRIAL

Court Adjourns Selek Trial, Rejects Plea in Kurdish

An Istanbul court ruled to adjourn the case of sociologist and writer Pınar Selek, who has gone through a grueling 14 year long trial in connection with a blast in Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar in 1998, despite three verdicts of acquittal in her favor. The court also denied suspect Maşallah Yağan the right to plea in Kurdish.

Court Unjustly Bans Cegerxwîn Name

Court Unjustly Bans Cegerxwîn Name

Kayapınar City Mayor assistant Servet Yılmaz and Tüm-Bel Sen Diyarbakır Branch President Medeni Apkaya spoke to bianet on the court decision to ban the names of Cegerxwîn Youth and Cultural Centre and 19 parks in the district.