Beyza Kural

Beyza Kural

beyza@bianet.org

Kasım 2012- 2018 arasında bianet'te muhabir ve editör olarak çalıştı. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü mezunu.

Court Demands Defense from University Rejecting Academic's Request for Reinstatement

Court Demands Defense from University Rejecting Academic's Request for Reinstatement

The court has demanded defense and justification from the Muş Alparslan University, which has rejected the request for reinstatement submitted by discharged academic Deniz Kimyon after the State of Emergency has been lifted.

13 November 2018

Cenk Yiğiter: Aim is to Spread the Climate of Fear

Cenk Yiğiter: Aim is to Spread the Climate of Fear

Dr. Cenk Yiğiter, who was discharged from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University by a Statutory Decree and has been released after being taken into custody in a house raid in Ankara on November 9, has commented on his four-day period of detention.

12 November 2018

Academics from Ankara University Acquitted After 4 Years

Academics from Ankara University Acquitted After 4 Years

Detained at Ankara University Cebeci campus four years ago, five academics have been acquitted.

11 September 2018

Police Block Entrance to İstiklal Street, Statement Read Out at İHD's Street

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE

Police Block Entrance to İstiklal Street, Statement Read Out at İHD's Street

Preventing sit-in protest of Saturday Mothers/People at Galatasaray Square in their 701st week, police blocked entrance to İstiklal Street at many points. The statement has been read out at the exit of Human Rights Association's Street.

1 September 2018

“We’ll be at Galatasaray in Our 701st Week”

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE

“We’ll be at Galatasaray in Our 701st Week”

Saturday Mothers/People have declared that they will be at Galatasaray Square in the 701st week as well and listed their demands.

Saturday Mothers/People Ask for Appointment with Erdoğan

Saturday Mothers/People Ask for Appointment with Erdoğan

Saturday Mothers/People have made an application to meet with President Erdoğan.

Police Attack Saturday Mothers with Plastic Bullet

SATURDAY MOTHERS/PEOPLE 700TH WEEK

Police Attack Saturday Mothers with Plastic Bullet

Police attacked rights defenders, MPs and Saturday Mothers, who gathered for 700th time with pepper gas and plastice bullets upon Ministry of Interior's order.

Journalist Coşkun Sentenced to 2 Years 3 Months in Jail

Journalist Coşkun Sentenced to 2 Years 3 Months in Jail

Cumhuriyet Newspaper correspondent Canan Coşkun has been sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison on charge of “targetting officers who took charge in fight against terrorism”.

Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison Without Deferment

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison Without Deferment

Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı, who has been tried for having signed the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The prison sentence of Ersanlı has not been deferred.

May 1 Meeting in Maltepe: We Will See Beautiful Days

May 1 Meeting in Maltepe: We Will See Beautiful Days

May 1 meeting is taking place in Maltepe, İstanbul.

Maltepe is Ready for May 1 Demonstration

Maltepe is Ready for May 1 Demonstration

Those to attend May 1 Labor Day demonstration in Maltepe has departed. The participants will come to the area from three sides.

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for 9 Academics

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for 9 Academics

Academics İpek Merçil, Oğuz Arucu, Güven Gürkan Öztan, Gülhan Türkay, Sinan Yıldırmaz, Taner Gören, Ertan Ersoy, İbrahim Kaboğlu, Mehmet Ruza Türkay and Yücel Candemir have had their second hearings.

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Friends of Celalettin Can have demanded release of him on his 78th day in detention.

Prison Sentence for 1 Fine Arts Associate Professor, Statements of Defence by 5 Academics

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prison Sentence for 1 Fine Arts Associate Professor, Statements of Defence by 5 Academics

Assoc. Prof. Merve Didem Dayı has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison; her sentence has been suspended. Müftüoğlu, Durakbaşa, Yapıştıran, Taşkın and Akça have presented their statements of defence.

35th Heavy Penal Court Combines Cases of Academics

35th Heavy Penal Court Combines Cases of Academics

35th Heavy Penal Court combined 10 cases that were heard today. The next hearing will be held on October 18.

Attorney of 2 Academics Presents Excuse, Hearings Adjourned

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Attorney of 2 Academics Presents Excuse, Hearings Adjourned

Two academics from Arel University and Işık University have had their second hearings at 32nd Heavy Penal Court. The court board has granted additional time for the statements of defence upon the presentation of excuses by their attorney.

Jail Term for 2 Professors, Sentences Deferred

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Jail Term for 2 Professors, Sentences Deferred

Chemistry professor Tunçay and Prof. Ondan each have been sentenced to 15 months in prison. The court has deferred announcement of the verdict.

9 Academics Stand Their First Trial in 3 Courts

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

9 Academics Stand Their First Trial in 3 Courts

While one of three courts have approved the demand that files be requested from 13th Heavy Penal Court, the other two rejected. Demands for immediate acquittal have been rejected.

Presiding Judge: I Cannot Deal With Rogatory

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Presiding Judge: I Cannot Deal With Rogatory

The rogatory request submitted by the attorney of an academic continuing her academic work abroad has been rejected by the 37th Heavy Penal Court Presiding Judge, who has said, “I cannot deal with rogatory, it is such a difficult procedure.”

Newroz in İstanbul Celebrated in Bakırköy

Newroz in İstanbul Celebrated in Bakırköy

Newroz celebrations in İstanbul are being held at Bakırköy Open-Air Marketplace.

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Call from 5 Organizations: A Democratic, Fair and Clean Election without a State of Emergency

Call from 5 Organizations: A Democratic, Fair and Clean Election without a State of Emergency

Union for Democracy, Dialogue Group, Equity and Justice Platform, Democracy First and Citizen Initiative organizations have issued a joint statement, declaring that “The demand and call of the civil society is a democratic union of forces.”

‘Children Tell, You Listen’

PROJECT BY ŞİŞLİ MUNICIPALITY AND STRUGGLE AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION

‘Children Tell, You Listen’

Trainings for parents and municipality personnel will be organized with a project initiated by Şişli Municipality and Struggle Against Sexual Violence Association. Participatory teachers will conduct studies to raise awareness in children.

Same Court, Same Request, Different Ruling

TRIALS OF ACADEMICS

Same Court, Same Request, Different Ruling

Prof. Dr. Neşe Yıldıran, Asst. Prof. Dr. Çağla Diner, Prof. Dr. Melih Kırlıdoğ, Research Assistant Canan Özcan, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülçin Coşkun have had their first hearings, and Research Assistant Şükran Çavdar has had her second today. (February 27).

27 February 2018

15 Academics Appear Before Judge in 2 Courtrooms

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

15 Academics Appear Before Judge in 2 Courtrooms

First hearings of 15 signatory academics from Koç, Arel, Marmara, Özyeğin, Bahçeşehir, Yüzüncü Yıl, Kadir Has, Yıldız Teknik universities have been held.

13 February 2018

2 Academics Have Second Hearings

HEARINGS OF ACADEMICS

2 Academics Have Second Hearings

Two academics from Istanbul and Galatasaray Universities who had their first hearings on December 7, 2017 at 33rd Heavy Penal Court have presented their defenses at their second hearings.

8 February 2018

4 Academics Have First Hearings

HEARINGS OF ACADEMICS

4 Academics Have First Hearings

34th Heavy Penal Court has rejected acquittal, consolidation and citation requests in all four hearings. The court ruled for a written statement to be submitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office on how the declaration by Academics for Peace was made public.

6 February 2018

Trial of 13 Academics Held

HEARINGS OF ACADEMICS

Trial of 13 Academics Held

First hearings in which peace academics have been tried continued at 32nd Heavy Penal Court.

30 January 2018

Hrant Dink Marked: Water Found Its Spring

Hrant Dink Marked: Water Found Its Spring

Former Agos Weekly Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Dink was marked on 11th death anniversary in front of Agos building where he was murdered.

19 January 2018

35th Penal Court Accepts Demands That Files be Asked from 13th Penal Court

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

35th Penal Court Accepts Demands That Files be Asked from 13th Penal Court

Hearings about signatories of “We Will not be a Party to This Crime” declaration released by the Academics for Peace continued at 35th Heavy Penal Court at İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan.

18 January 2018

33 People Detained in Demonstration Held for Gülmen, Özakça to Stand Trial

33 People Detained in Demonstration Held for Gülmen, Özakça to Stand Trial

The Solidarity for Nuriye and Semih have made a call for people to support the demands of Gülmen and Özakça, and attend the hearing.

18 January 2018

Academic Kıvılcım: In Both Countries, Universities Under Pressure of the Same System

BERLIN, HOW FOUR ACADEMICS SEE IT

Academic Kıvılcım: In Both Countries, Universities Under Pressure of the Same System

Based upon her own experiences, academic Zeynep Kıvılcım compares the academia in Germany and Turkey. She points out that there is a firm stand against the system in Turkey, while the universities in both countries are under pressure of the same system.

Academic Kaya: Struggle in Berlin Forms According to Needs of the On-going Struggle in Turkey

BERLIN, HOW FOUR ACADEMICS SEE IT

Academic Kaya: Struggle in Berlin Forms According to Needs of the On-going Struggle in Turkey

While the academics are facing charges and being tried for having signed the peace declaration in Turkey, academic Muzaffer Kaya tells about the solidarity in Germany that reaches from Berlin to Turkey.

27 December 2017

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