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INTERVIEW WITH IFJ PRESIDENT BOUMELHA
What is the Role of Journalists in the Discussions of Genocide?
Speaking at “At the Foot of Ararat” International Media Forum in Yerevan, Armenia, IFJ President Boumelha told bianet about the role of journalists in the discussions related to the recognition of Armenian Genocide.
19 March 2015
ELİF AKGÜL REPORTED FROM YEREVAN
Armenia: We are not Cutting Ties With Turkey
Reminding that the bilateral accords with Turkey have been withdrawn, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said it didn’t mean that all relations are over between Turkey and Armenia.
19 March 2015
RTÜK Stops Cancer Foundation Ad After Ministry’s Motion
Upon a motion by Ministry of Health, Turkey’s Higher Board of Radio and Television stopped the television ad of a cancer foundation to fundraise for the most extensive oncology hospital project in Turkey.
17 March 2015
“Atheism Association Censorship is Only the Tip of the Iceberg”
Law professor Yaman Akdeniz commented to bianet on the blocking of 49 websites including that of Turkey’s only Atheism Association and Charlie Hebdo magazine, saying that the number of censored sites is more the given number.
5 March 2015
Union General Secretary Released From Detention
Arzu Çerkezoğlu, general secretary of Turkey’s DISK union have been detained in Istanbul while supporting a protest at a university hospital. Later on in the afternoon, she was released along with 35 other women.
25 February 2015
Inspector Visit After AKP is Shown 39.1 Percent
Tax inspectors paid an unexpected visit to Gezici Research Firm the day after it released a poll that showed AKP’s votes under 40 percent. Company owner Murat Gezici told bianet that the visit was meaningful considering its timing.
25 February 2015
Viral Harassment Message Fires Perpetrator, Results in Complaint
A Facebook message revealing an online harassment through food order became viral on social media in Turkey, resulting in the firing of employer and an official complaint.
24 February 2015
Journalist Charged With Prison For Defense With Acrostic
BirGün newspaper editor-in-chief Barış İnce has been charged with 4 years and 8 months of prison for insulting pthe president of Turkey when he defended himself with an acrostic.
24 February 2015
Corruption-Covering Reporters in Turkey Fear Layoff: Research
According to the preliminary results of an impunity research on Turkey, journalists fear that they might either face prosecution or layoff if they covered about corruption.
11 February 2015
Turkey Submits 2,642 Censor Requests, Twitter Complies 1,820
Previously taken back, Twitter now released its transparency report on Turkey again. According to the report, Turkey still tops the list worldwide with most requests to censor tweets.
10 February 2015
How to Read Turkey’s New Internet Law
Kerem Altıparmak from Ankara University Law Faculty explained in detailed on how Turkey’s new internet law will affect users. According to him, it will be possible to shut down twitter entirely despite previous ruling by Constitutional Court.
6 February 2015
“Perinçek’s Discriminative Discourse Affects Turkey’s Armenians”
Murat Çelikkan from Truth Justice Memory Center claimed bianet that the real reason behind Perinçek’s conviction by Swiss Courts was not denying the “genocide” but his discriminative discourse.
5 February 2015
“Create a Joint Resolution For Incidents in Cizre"
Peace Assembly of Turkey urged Peoples’ Democratic Party and Justice and Development Party government to create a joint resolution for the rising of tensions in the southeastern district of Cizre.
21 January 2015
[TIMELINE] Hrant Dink Memorial on the 8th Anniversary
Murdered on 19 January 2007, Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink will be remembered with a march from Istanbul’s Taksim district to Osmanbey where the murder scene and Agos newspaper headquarters are located.
19 January 2015
“We Are All Metin, We Are All Charlie”
Journalist Metin Göktepe, who was arrested on the job and killed due to the police violence 19 years ago, was commemorated at his graveside.
9 January 2015
People in Istanbul March for Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo attack that left 12 people dead was protested in Istanbul. Hundreds of people in two different marches said “Je Suis Charlie”, “I am Charlie”.
9 January 2015
Tough Year For Journalists: Closures, Assaults, Censorship
According to Media Council’s 2014 Press and Expression Freedom Report, 48 journalists have assaulted in Turkey this year.
31 December 2014
Chief Judge Becomes Editor-in-Chief
Kayseri 6th Assize Court ruled initially “provisional injunction” about the unpublished news story of Kayseri Deniz Postası. When the news website objected the rule, the court asked for the story.
12 December 2014
Turkey Ranks Lower in Corruption Perceptions Index
According to Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, Turkey fell 5 points and 11 ranks compared to 2013, remaining under 50 points.
3 December 2014
Facebook Censors bianet’s “Vagina” Story
Facebook censored bianet’s story in Turkish entitled “Vajina Sansürünün Anatomisi” which was published in English as “The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey”.
19 November 2014
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The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey
Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery.
18 November 2014
Police Swearing Stirs Unrest in Yüksekova
The usage of f-word during a police raid stirred unrest in the southeastern district of Yüksekova with local residents awaiting an announced apology from the police authorities.
10 November 2014
“Refugee Camps in Suruç Battle With Epidemics”
Deniz Erdoğdu from Turkish Doctors Union told bianet that while conditions in refugee camps located in the southeastern district of Suruç were not so terrible, he warned about certain infections could turn into epidemics in a matter of days.
10 November 2014
Statute of Limitations on Torturing High Schoolers in 1980
A statute of limitations has been issued to a case held by Kırklareli High Criminal Court on the torture allegations on high school students in a military facility during Turkey’s 1980 Military Court.
10 November 2014
Constitutional Court to Review KCK Media Case
The attorneys of 46 Kurdish media workers standing trial within Turkey’s KCK Media case submitted a request to a court for the review of the case by Constitutional Court. The request was admitted.
5 November 2014
Poetry Book Dedicated to Turkey’s Disappeared People
Writers Union of Turkey and Human Rights Association promoted a poetry book that was compiled from 59 poets’ works dedicated on the 500th gathering of Saturday Mothers/People.
3 November 2014
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TİB Censors Gay.com
Turkey’s Telecommunication Authority (TİB) blocked gay.com, a popular LGBTI social networking website.
29 October 2014
What Happened to Media Ban After ISIS Released Refugees?
While the media ban on the ISIS raid to Turkey’s Consulate in Mosul is still underway, several news stories appeared on the Turkish media regarding the release of hostages.
25 September 2014
Istanbul’s People March For Climate
Hundreds of Istanbulites took the streets yesterday within “People’s Climate March” in order to remind the city dwellers on the UN Climate Summit 2014 on Wednesday in NYC.
22 September 2014
İbrahim Şahin’s TRT
Assigned as Samsun Governor, TRT’s General Manager İbrahim Şahin is leaving behind his post with a series of controversies. bianet made a compilation.
19 September 2014
Victim Erdoğan, Suspect FoE
President Erdoğan’s lawyers filed complaints against journalists Sönmez and Dündar. In the past 6 months, a total of 52,740 liras of monetary fines and 208 years and 1 months if prison have been issued in cases where was the “victim”.
11 September 2014
Who is the Enemy of the Internet?
bianet asked participants of İstanbul for 9th Internet Governance Forum on who the enemy of the internet is. Here are the answers.
6 September 2014
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