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content tagged with hate speech

'Ebrar Karakurt is subjected to unacceptable attacks by a vocal minority'
'Ebrar Karakurt is subjected to unacceptable attacks by a vocal minority'
The Galatasaray Thought Association has reacted to the hate speech targeting volleyball player Ebrar Karakurt.
4 September 2023
İzmir Bar executives acquitted for condemning Diyanet's anti-LGBTİ+ sermon
İzmir Bar executives acquitted for condemning Diyanet's anti-LGBTİ+ sermon
The former chair and ten board members of the İzmir Bar Association have been acquitted of "openly insulting religious values."
25 April 2023
Education directorate investigates 'Nazi salute' during high school football game
Education directorate investigates 'Nazi salute' during high school football game
A student gave a Nazi salute after scoring a goal against an İstanbul Jewish high school.
17 March 2023
MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team
MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team
Fans of Bursaspor displayed racist banners and threw objects onto the pitch during a Sunday game against Amedspor, a team based in the Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır city.
7 March 2023
German FM summons Türkiye's Ambassador to Germany over provocative speech by AKP MP
German FM summons Türkiye's Ambassador to Germany over provocative speech by AKP MP
In his leaked speech, AKP Nevşehir MP Mustafa Açıkgöz says "they will not have the right to live here either" for the political opponents that he cites as supporters of illegal organizations. Many in Germany reacted to what he said, arguing it is "hate speech."
17 January 2023
LGBTI+s attacked, harassed in İstanbul's Kadıköy
LGBTI+s attacked, harassed in İstanbul's Kadıköy
When they wanted to read out a statement to denounce the attack, the LGBTI+s in Yeldeğirmeni were blocked by the police.
25 July 2022
'Price increases are coming one after another and anger is being directed towards refugees'
'Price increases are coming one after another and anger is being directed towards refugees'
Association for Solidarity with Syrian Refugees Chair Muhammed Saleh Ali has said, “When bread prices increase, some people are blaming Syrian refugees.”
23 June 2022 Melin Durmaz
Teachers suspended after sharing racist posts in front of Kurdish road sign
Teachers suspended after sharing racist posts in front of Kurdish road sign
Karayazı District Directorate of National Education has launched an administrative investigation against the teachers over the post, and the teachers were suspended until the investigation was concluded.
5 May 2022
Criminal complaint against two politicians, one physician for targeting refugees
Criminal complaint against two politicians, one physician for targeting refugees
Vice Minister of Interior Çataklı has announced that the Immigration Authority of Turkey will file a criminal complaint against Victory Party Chair Özdağ, Sinan Oğan and Prof. Bengi Başer over their remarks marking the Syrian refugees as targets.
4 May 2022
Investigation against teachers over racist post in front of Kurdish road sign
Investigation against teachers over racist post in front of Kurdish road sign
An investigation has been launched against the teachers who posed for the camera while making gestures in front of a Kurdish road sign in Erzurum’s Karayazı.
4 May 2022
What is possible for a media free of hate and disinformation?
REGULATIONS, EXPERIENCES IN EU & TURKEY
What is possible for a media free of hate and disinformation?
IPS Communication Foundation/bianet met rights organizations and journalists to share the outputs of its works as part of the Resilience project, which has set out to help “a media free of hate and disinformation” come true.
7 February 2022
Artificial intelligence and hate speech: An online talk
Artificial intelligence and hate speech: An online talk
Hrant Dink Foundation will hold an online talk shedding light on the opportunities and risks within the context of artificial intelligence and hate speech. Claudia von Vacano and Stefanie Ullmann will be the speakers and Berrin Yanıkoğlu will be the moderator.
20 January 2022
Twitter removes singer Leman Sam’s racist tweet
Twitter removes singer Leman Sam’s racist tweet
Twitter has removed singer Leman Sam’s tweet which has sparked harsh criticism on social media for saying “ignoble Arabs”.
14 January 2022
The hatred of refugees
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 5
The hatred of refugees
From the Mediterranean Sea to the Aegean Sea and to Belarus, the borders of the EU have turned into refugee graves because of the "policies of hatred."
12 January 2022 Murat Bay
The hate of the Fourth Estate
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 2
The hate of the Fourth Estate
At the media outlets within holdings, there emerges a publication policy close to the ideology of the dominant political power, which leads the hate speech towards the group portrayed as an enemy by the political power to be visible in the media.
11 January 2022 Eren Topuz
Where does hate speech stand, where does freedom of expression?
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 1
Where does hate speech stand, where does freedom of expression?
Considering hate speech outside the limits of freedom of expression is an example of the limitations on freedom of expression. This differentiation may be considered to indicate that the state is authorized to limit freedom of expression.
10 January 2022 Nazan Özcan
‘Resilience in Journalism’ article series begins
‘Resilience in Journalism’ article series begins
An article series will be published on cases of hate speech and disinformation in the media as part of the international Resilience Project, of which IPS Communication Foundation/ bianet from Turkey is also a partner.
7 January 2022
An online talk: How does discrimination spread through algorithms?
HRANT DINK FOUNDATION
An online talk: How does discrimination spread through algorithms?
Hrant Dink Foundation will hold an online talk on how discrimination spreads on social media through algorithms. Susan Benesch, founding director of Dangerous Speech Project, will discuss the issue; the talk will be moderated by Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu.
15 December 2021
Media’s hate for the colors of the rainbow
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 3
Media’s hate for the colors of the rainbow
The hate and propaganda media has specifically targeted the LGBTI+ community during the Boğaziçi University protests. But how has the discriminatory and hateful news affected LGBTI+s? How should have Turkey’s media covered these stories?
15 December 2021 Selay Dalaklı
Media in Kurdish threatened with extinction in Turkey
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 4
Media in Kurdish threatened with extinction in Turkey
While the opposition media in Turkey is faced with threats due to the content it offers, the very existence of the media in Kurdish is under threat.
13 December 2021 Murat Bayram
HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media
HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media
HDP MP Gülüm notes that ambiguous expressions such as “public morality”, “national and sentimental values” and “Turkish family structure” are brought forward in the media and requests the establishment of a Parliamentary investigation committee.
30 September 2021
Hrant Dink Foundation’s Hate Speech Digital Archive now available
Hrant Dink Foundation’s Hate Speech Digital Archive now available
The Hate Speech Digital Archive consists of nearly 16,500 news reports and columns that were detected by monitoring the printed press for 10 years.
7 September 2021
Hate speech against Alevi citizen on Parliamentary agenda
Hate speech against Alevi citizen on Parliamentary agenda
HDP İstanbul MP Ali Kenanoğlu has submitted a Parliamentary question about the incident where the house of an Alevi citizen in İstanbul’s Esenyurt was marked with “X” and “Alevi go away Kurd.”
19 July 2021
YouTube removes video of Erdoğan's communication director due to 'hate speech'
YouTube removes video of Erdoğan's communication director due to 'hate speech'
Fahrettin Altun has accused YouTube of "hypocrisy," claiming that it ignores hate speech against Islam and Muslims.
2 July 2021
‘The ones polarizing the society are the perpetrators of Deniz Poyraz’
NORTH CAUCASIANS
‘The ones polarizing the society are the perpetrators of Deniz Poyraz’
13 NGOs and individual people have released a joint statement about the deadly armed attack against the HDP İzmir office: “We see the politicians who have polarized the society with a language of hate and violence as the perpetrators of Deniz Poyraz.”
29 June 2021
‘Investigate the hate crimes against Romani people’
CHP MP ÖZCAN PURÇU
‘Investigate the hate crimes against Romani people’
In the wake of the suspicious death of Caner Sarmaşık during his mandatory military service, main opposition CHP MP Purçu has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry into the discrimination and hate speech faced by Romani people in Turkey.
7 May 2021
328 NGOs say 'We are together' against anti-LGBTI+ hate speech, police violence
BOĞAZİÇİ UNİVERSITY PROTESTS
328 NGOs say 'We are together' against anti-LGBTI+ hate speech, police violence
LGBTI+s have been targeted by government officials during the protests that have been going on at the university for one-and-a-half months.
18 February 2021
Doctor who said ‘Alevis are terrorists’ sentenced to prison
Doctor who said ‘Alevis are terrorists’ sentenced to prison
A physician has been given an 8-month deferred prison sentence for “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” by telling a patient, “Alevis have belly dancers dance in djemevis. They are all terrorists. Berkin Elvan is also a terrorist.”
9 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez
EU condemns high-level officials’ hate speech against LGBTI+s
BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS
EU condemns high-level officials’ hate speech against LGBTI+s
Amid Boğaziçi University protests, EU Spokesperson Stano says, “Hate speech displayed by high-level officials against LGBTI students during these events and the closing of a LGBTI association is unacceptable.”
5 February 2021
Two Boğaziçi University students arrested, two placed under house arrest
TARGETED BY RECTOR, STATE OFFICIALS
Two Boğaziçi University students arrested, two placed under house arrest
Taken into custody over a picture on display in an exhibition at the South Campus as part of the ongoing protests against the appointed rector, two students of Boğaziçi University have been arrested for “degrading or inciting the public to enmity or hatred.”
31 January 2021
LGBTI+s targeted in 1,476 hate news in Turkey in 2020
KAOS GL REPORT
LGBTI+s targeted in 1,476 hate news in Turkey in 2020
Kaos GL Association monitored discriminatory remarks and hate speech about LGBTI+s in 2020. According to the report, a total of 1,476 hate speech items and discriminatory remarks were published in Turkey’s newspapers last year.
7 January 2021
Hate and disinformation narratives in Turkey
RESILIENCE PROJECT
Hate and disinformation narratives in Turkey
Released as part of the “Resilience” project in partnership with a series of media organizations including bianet, “Hate and Disinformation Narratives in the Online Mediascape in Turkey” report analyzes the narratives against four main target groups.
31 December 2020 Sinem Aydınlı
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