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A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
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Turkey Starts Ground and Air Operations in Northern Iraq
Turkey Starts Ground and Air Operations in Northern Iraq
The General Staff has confirmed that the Turkish Armed Forces carried out air operations and sent soldiers into Northern Iraq on 21 February. Iraq is calling for respect for its borders and a non-military solution.
22 February 2008
452 Claims of Torture in 2007, Says TIHV
452 Claims of Torture in 2007, Says TIHV
The Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TIHV) has published its annual report, in which it says that 452 people applied to its centres with claims of torture and maltreatment.
20 February 2008
Letter to President Calls for Solution to Kurdish Issue
Letter to President Calls for Solution to Kurdish Issue
More than a hundred academics, lawyers and human rights activists have signed a letter to President Gül calling for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue, which, they say, needs a political approach, and not court rooms.
18 February 2008
Activists Call for Release of “Peace Mothers”
Two “peace mothers” were taken into custody after trying to make a press statement in Taksim. Activists have called for their release.
14 February 2008
Former Minister Will Be Tried for Underground Operations
Former Minister Will Be Tried for Underground Operations
The 1st Chamber of the State Council has decided that former minister and police chief Mehmet Agar should be tried in the Susurluk case for "forming a criminal organisation."
14 February 2008
How Many More Shipyard Deaths?
Yesterday yet another worker at an Istanbul shipyard died. Workers have long protested at the unsafe and inhumane working conditions on shipyards.
13 February 2008
How Many More Shipyard Deaths?
Yesterday yet another worker at an Istanbul shipyard died. Workers have long protested at the unsafe and inhumane working conditions on shipyards.
13 February 2008
“Peace Can Only Happen with Women’s Liberation”
The Peace Parliament organised a symposium entitled “Democratisation and the Kurdish Issue during the New Constitutional Process.” Without women, peace is not achievable.
12 February 2008
Father of Police Victim: Police Assume Impunity
The father of Baran Tursun, who was shot dead by a police officer in Izmir called on the media and others to attend the second hearing in the trial to ensure that those responsible were punished.
7 February 2008
Call for Peace from Cudi Mountain
The demonstrators who had set out from Diyarbakir to Sirnak in order to protest against cross-border operations spent the night at Cudi Mountain.
7 February 2008
20 Thousand Hail The March Against Cross Border Operations
20 Thousand Hail The March Against Cross Border Operations
A march against cross-border operations in Northern Iraq, organised by the pro-Kurdish DTP, was sent off by some 20 thousand people in Diyarbakir. Convoy joining from Istanbul was held up after constant searches.
6 February 2008
Trade Unionist Condemns Gross Negligence in Workplace Safety
Trade Unionist Celik says that 600 inspectors work for the Ministry of Employment to inspect 750,000 workplaces and accuses the government of turning a blind eye.
4 February 2008
Explosion in Illegal Fireworks Factory: 23 Dead, 117 Injured
Explosion in Illegal Fireworks Factory: 23 Dead, 117 Injured
An explosion in an illegal firework production complex has killed twenty people and injured 117. The factory owners have disappeared. Trade unions have accused employers and the government of "work murders."
31 January 2008
Kurdologist van Bruinessen: Turks and Kurds Should Trust Each Other
“The DTP, as the elected representatives of the Kurds must be allowed space; the PKK must be taken seriously,” warns reputed sociologist Prof. van Bruinessen pointing out that the Kurdish problem arises out of inequality and denial of cultural rights.
28 January 2008
A Portrait of a Nationalist Lawyer: Kemal Kerincsiz
Kemal Kerincsiz, the nationalist lawyer taken into custody in relation to a secret weapons arsenal found in Ümraniye, Istanbul in June 2005. Kerincsiz is a brand name among nationalists.
24 January 2008
"Turkey's Public Debate Issues Obsolete" Says PM
"Most of our public debate agenda are older than the fall of the Berlin Wall…Most of our issues, are remnants from the days of 12 September 1980 military coup of 1980", says Prime Minister Erdogan.
23 January 2008
Somali Refugees’ Marriage Not Recognised
Because Somali refugees Mahad and Zehara had no passports and could not prove their unmarried status, their marriage has not been recognised in Turkey.
22 January 2008
Malatya Murders: More People Involved?
More people were involved in the murders in Malatya believes Orhan Kemal Cengiz of the lawyers team of the victims' families argued that
16 January 2008
For Erdogan, Freedom Means Headscarf Rather Than 301
Erdogan spoke at the Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations in Madrid, discussing the headscarf and Article 301 in a press meeting.
16 January 2008
"Killer of 3 Protestants Tied With The Police"
The Malatya Murder Case
"Killer of 3 Protestants Tied With The Police"
Defendants, in the second hearing charge the main suspect Emre Günaydin with having ties with the local police chiefs. The court refuses lawyers on both sides access to certain evidence, in the files.
16 January 2008
Murder Suspect Police Officer Released
Police officer on trial in İzmir for shooting Baran Tursun, a young driver, allegedly without reason, is released amid angry protests from the victim's relatives. "The evidences are falsified" father Tursun says.
15 January 2008
Who Accompanied Hrant Dink's Killer in Istanbul?
An informer, the day after journalist Hrant Dink's murder, called local gendarme in Trabzon and told that suspect O. S. went to Istanbul to kill the journalist "with friends", says family lawyer Fethiye Cetin.
15 January 2008
Lawyers Protest at "Negligence" in Malatya Case
The recordings of murder suspect Günaydin in hospital were handed over to court too late, so that they will not be considered as evidence. Joint plaintiffs doubt that this was plain "negligence".
13 January 2008
Silent March Against Violence in Diyarbakir
Individuals and NGOs in Diyarbakir marched through the city on Thursday in a silent protest against the bombing: "We do not want violence," they said.
10 January 2008
Kurdish MP: We Condemn Violence, Yet It Isn't Valued
Kurdish MP: We Condemn Violence, Yet It Isn't Valued
Gültan Kisanak a DTP deputy said: "We are not considering forming an investigative commission about the bombing. During our visit to the governor we could not get any information."
9 January 2008
Sixth Death After Bombing
The Diyarbakir bombing of 3 January has claimed a sixth life, that of 17-year old Engin Taskaya.
9 January 2008
Four People Released in Diyarbakir Bomb Case
After the bombing in Diyarbakir on Thursday, four of the people initially arrested have been released.
7 January 2008
Return Poisoned for Hostage Soldiers
Return Poisoned for Hostage Soldiers
Taken hostage on 21 October 2007 by the PKK, released on 4 November and then arrested on their return to Turkey, the eight soldiers are facing heavy sentences.
7 January 2008
Dink Murder Suspect Was Over 19, Says Forensic Report
O.S., the young man suspected of shooting Hrant Dink, was 19 years old biologically at the time of the crime, says a Forensic Medicine report, issued after the court decision to ewnd the controversy regarding the suspect's age.
6 January 2008
Diyarbakir NGOs: No Surrender to Violence
Diyarbakir NGOs: No Surrender to Violence
Around fifty NGOs from Diyarbakir, the scene to a deadly blast last week, expressed determination to stop violence. "Violence and savagery must never be used as methods to try to solve problems" they said.
6 January 2008
Erdogan: Peace and Affluence for 2008
In his last speech of 2007, Prime Minister Erdogan mainly spoke of the Kurdish question and violence. “We are aiming at a democratic, laicist and social legal state for 2008.”
1 January 2008
Claims of Fourth Operation in Northern Iraq
Based on reports by the Reuters News Agency, Turkish news websites have stated that the Turkish Armed Forces carried out a fourth operation in Northern Iraq.
26 December 2007
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