News List
USA Urges Hands Freed in Incirlik Airbase [19 January 2005]
US demands for further independence in using Turkish airbases raises public concerns. Dr. Gerger points out that even the formalities of obtaining permission from the Turkish ...»
Journalist Cevher Ilhan Freed On Appeal [18 January 2005]
Cevher Ilhan of Yeni Asya newspaper is released from jail. Ilhan is freed after two days in prison due to amendments in Article 312 of the ...»
Zarakolu Gets Freedom of Expression Award [18 January 2005]
Zarakolu received the Freedom of Expression Award by the Norwegian Writers Association He asked that the arrest warrant issued against Ozguden be lifted, that imprisoned journalists ...»
Journalists, Embrace Your Jobs! [18 January 2005]
During the 2nd Turkish Journalists Conference, Turkish media embraced the idea of contributing to dialogue between the Western and Arab media. In the final statement, journalists ...»
Turkish Journalists Campaign For Union [18 January 2005]
Journalists Union has begun a campaign to ensure Press Freedom and to Say No to Censorship and also published a Declaration on Press Freedom. Ipekci explained ...»
BIA2 Annual Media Report: No Jailing But [18 January 2005]
According to the BIA2 Report, RTUK ordered 12 local media off the air for a total of 360 days. Two reporters are still in prison. The ...»
Journalists; Most Educated and Unorganized [12 January 2005]
The media sector, with its 60 hours-a-week shifts, state-issued cards that are only handed to sex workers and journalists, connections with police, stock market, and sports ...»
Children of Turkey in 2004 [12 January 2005]
During 2004 child negligence and homelessness were frequently covered. The Juvenile Justice System failed to be implemented. Child labor and the futility of Child Protection Agency ...»
Women Insecure at Home, at Work, on Street [12 January 2005]
Women unionists, after a recent tape case, urge the government introduce protective measures to safegurad women workers from sexual harassment. Nurse N.T. was raped on the ...»
Media Still has Serious Problems [05 January 2005]
TGC head Erinc said that the Labor Ministry would finalize its preparations on the Press Labor Law in 2005 and expressed hope that the medias problems ...»
Yurdatapans Document Quest Continues [05 January 2005]
National Security Policy Document is secret. This is the MGKs reply to human rights activisit Yurdatapans question. When he didnt get a satisfactory response to his ...»
2004 was Good for Women, 2005 will Be Better [05 January 2005]
Representatives of womens groups want the right of equal participation for women through necessary amendments to the Law on Political Parties and Elections in 2005. They ...»
Nomad Guards of Doganli Camp [29 December 2004]
Now-nonexistent Uzundere people have changed 4 villages in 9 years. They drink water of the nearby villages well and live in windowless houses snowed on for ...»
Turkey: The Parties Could Have Come Too Early [20 December 2004]
The problem does not lie only in Turkey, says Nejdet Ates, a hotel worker in Afyon. It is also in Europe. It has to decide if ...»
Turkey Should Force Greekcypriots for ... [20 December 2004]
Turkey will have to recognize Cyprus during EU negotiations, said Akinci from BDH, Soyer from CTP and Angolemli from TKP. There has to be peace in ...»
Womens Movement in Turkeys EU Bid [20 December 2004]
Although the EU is more advanced than Turkey in terms of equality between sexes, there still exists the dominance of men in EUs institutions and the ...»
Bianet Childrens Site Is Launched [20 December 2004]
The site, which emphasizes childrens rights, aims to encourage media to have more coverage of children, to start a discussion on childrens journalism , help NGOs ...»
Turkey: Europe Could Be a Decade Away [17 December 2004]
Turkey would become the largest EU member, because its population is expected to surpass that of Germany by 2020. ...»
Still Far from EU Standards of Press Freedom [17 December 2004]
The legislative progress that has undeniably been made should not conceal the fact that the climate remains as harsh as ever for the most outspoken journalists, ...»
My Grandmother Heranus [15 December 2004]
During the 1915 Armenian deportation, Mrs. Heranus was forcibly taken away from her mother by soldiers. Her name was changed to Seher, she was brought up ...»
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