News List

Image Istanbul's feminist groups protested the Valentine's Day, saying that several expressions of love in Turkish language only reminded them on women murders. ...»

Image Police summoned 5 retired Turkish Army officers this morning, escorting them for their testimony to 28 February Coup Case held by an Ankara court. ...»

Image The official forensics report of Şahin Öner - a Diyarbakir resident whose cause of death was initially declared as "bomb explosion in the hand" - confirmed ...»

Image A prison blaze in Hakkari prison last night reminded the importance of recently released report saying that at least 3,263 right abuse complaints were reported in ...»

Image Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bağış has reportedly submitted a report to the cabinet regarding the regulations on headscarf dress code in the public sector of various ...»

Image Murat Karayilan, General Secretary of KCK's Executive Council, demanded the Turkish government to provide them a line of communication with Abdullah Öcalan, the PKK leader. ...»

Image The European Court of Human Rights found PM Erdogan's bodyguards guilty for inflicting ill-treatment on Necati Yılmaz during an inauguration ceremony, ordering Turkey to pay the ...»

Image Last night, police raided the apartment of Hanım Onur, a former jailed politician who was released yesterday due to her 2 disease-stricken children. ...»

Image Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken legal action for defamation against 7 high school students for saying "Ampul Tayyip" (Lightbulb Tayyip) in a public statement ...»

Image A car explosion at Turkey's border crossing to Syria this afternoon, leaving 12 people dead and at least 50 people wounded. ...»

Hanım Onur Freed [11 February 2013]

Image Hanım Onur, a jailed politician for being KCK organization member, has been released by a Diyarbakir court this afternoon due to her disease-stricken children. ...»

Image Disease-stricken siblings Solin and Mirhat addressed PM Erdogan, demanding freedom for their mother Hanım Onur, a Kurdish politician who was jailed in 2011 for being a ...»

Image Peace and Democracy Party co-chairperson Gültan Kışanak addressed hundreds of people in Antalya province, expressing Kurdish people's desire to live their language and history in an ...»

Image A high school activist group protested the promotion event of milk distribution in Turkey's public schools, reminding the poisoning incident of thousands of students last year. ...»

Image An Istanbul court freed 7 media staff pending trial in the KCK media case where 46 media staff including journalists, editor-chiefs and newspaper owners from Turkey's ...»

Image An Istanbul court rejected two defendants' request to defense in Kurdish yesterday afternoon, saying that a court procedure has not been met. ...»

Image In January 2013, male violence left 18 women and 3 children dead, 13 women raped. While 2 women have been murdered despite court expulsion orders for ...»

Image Freedom of Expression and Press Project hosted its third annual conference in Ankara yesterday, bringing together Council of Europe's General Secretary and three chairmen of Turkey's ...»

Image A Constitutional Court verdict came into effect this morning, allowing politicians and political parties to officially use Kurdish language, especially during party meetings and electoral propaganda. ...»

Image "Deputy PM Beşir Atalay claims that only 2 torture and ill-treatment complaints were reported in the past three years. We are calling the Turkish authorities to ...»

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