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Article 301 Now Sentencing Unionists!

A Tunceli court has sentenced Bekmezci, the Egitim-Sen offical for making a statement about murdered taxi-driver Akdag; and unionist Ser, for criticizing the postponement of the 6. Munzur Culture and Nature Festival, to 6 months in prison each.

17 February 2006 Erol Önderoğlu

The Most Touchy Apparatus: The State

In 2005 157 cases were opened against for expressions of ideas, 29 people stood trial on grounds of article 301, 17 for influencing the court decision, 15 on grounds of article 216; the media was fined 1, 491, 594 new Turkish liras in damages.

14 February 2006 Erol Önderoğlu

Trial of Five Journalists Adjourned

Trial of journalists Murat Belge, Haluk Sahin, Erol Katircioglu, and Ismet Berkan of the daily Radikal, and Hasan Cemal of the daily Milliyet appeared before the court amidst nationalist scuffles. Court was postponed

8 February 2006

Children Dont Want to be Viewed as Problems

The reporters at the training seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights, looked for possibilities for creating a child-friendly media and allowing childrens participation in the media. Children should be given the opportunity to express themselves.

6 February 2006 Tolga Korkut

22 Journalists Are Facing Jail

The reforms in the penal code have not saved Turkish journalists from the threat of jail. The number of journalists and writers who have been charged with or convicted for violating the notorious Article 301 has increased to 22.

29 December 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Shouldnt Say: Guilty Child

Participants of the training seminar on Childrens Rights and Reporting on Childrens Rights, discussed children who are pushed into committing crimes. It is often said that children are released, that they go unpunished, said lawyer Akco.

26 December 2005 Tolga Korkut

Article 301 Used to Persecute Writers

A local court sentenced writer Kisanak to 6 month in prison for publicly insulting the state by writing a book called Lost Villages. The prison sentence was then commuted to a fine of 3,000 YTL. Kisanaks lawyer Kilic will appeal the decision.

26 December 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Quest for Child-Friendly Media

At the training seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights in Diyarbakir, local reporters, NGO representatives and lawyers discussed ways to create a child-friendly media and get children to participate in the media. They talked about violations in media.

26 December 2005 Tolga Korkut

Six to Stand Trial on 301 This Year

Cagri magazines reader Erkan Akay, as well as writer Orhan Pamuk, journalist Ersen Korkmaz, publisher Zarakolu, writer Kisanak, and singer Ferhat Tunc, will stand trial based on article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code by the end of this year.

14 December 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Reporters Promise to Protect Childrens Right

37 reporters and academicians participated in the Seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights by the BİA² and UNICEF. They agreed that the media plays an important role in the correct representation of the child in society.

8 December 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Same Content for Different Language Broadcast

Turkeys public TRT television broadcast in languages other than Turkish is criticized for its stereotype content. The Kirmanchi Zaza Circassian Arabic and Bosnian news broadcasts remain identical and little emphasis is laid on cultural differences.

5 December 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Women Journalists Enjoy Rights Training

32 local reporters and womens rights activists met at the BIA² training and discussed womens rights and reporting on womens issues. They focused on violence against women and honor murders and said We will bring womens rights into local reporting.

30 November 2005 Tolga Korkut

Womens Representation in Media Discussed

Seventy-one reporters and NGO representatives from seven provinces attended the BIA² Seminar. The participants criticized womens misrepresentation and inadequate representation in the media and called for effective reporting.

21 November 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

IHD Calls for Respect for Prisoners Dignity

The Human Rights Foundations Batman Director calls attention to F-Type prisons and solitary confinement: These prisons are contrary to fundamental rights and freedoms.

21 October 2005

Turkey 98th in Press Freedom Ranking

Reporters Without Borders has released the 2005 World Press Freedom Index report ranking 167 countries according to the level of freedom of the press. Turkey has been ranked 98th, fifteen places higher than last year.

21 October 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Newspaper Refuses to Pay Fine

A public suit has been filed against Cumhuriyet newspaper publisher İlhan Selçuk, editor-in-chief Mehmet Sucu, and reporter Alper Turgut, for not paying a USD 50 thousand fine levied against them for publishing a report called Acquittal for Torture.

17 October 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

We Own These Bodies...

BIA² organized its third seminar on Womens Rights and Womens Rights Reporting in Eskisehir. Educators and media employees from the provinces of Eskisehir, Bilecik and Kirsehir attended the seminar.

17 October 2005 Neval Gündoğan

IHD and Mazlumder: Silence the Weapons

Human rights groups IHD and Mazlumder are concerned about the intensifying recent clashes in the southeast and Kurdish areas, and are campaigning for an end to military operations and the replacement of violence with political solutions.

14 October 2005

I Came as a Lady, Im Leaving as a Woman!

Reporters from 31 local media in Adiyaman, Ardahan, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Erzincan, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Igdir, Malatya, Mardin, Mus, Siirt, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Sirnak, Midyat, Nizip and Van discussed Womens Reporting.

13 October 2005 Ayşe Durukan

New Anti-Terror Law Carries Heavier Penalties

The proposed changes to the Anti-Terror Law carry penalties of three-year prison terms for publication of the statements of a terrorist organization and terrorist organization propaganda. The changes could result in ECHR lawsuits.

3 October 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Police Will Bring Novelist Pamuk to Court

Sanar Yurdatapan, the spokesperson for the Initiative Against Thought Crimes, criticized the court for deciding to have police officers bring writer Orhan Pamuk to the hearing. This decision was totally unnecessary, said Yurdatapan.

21 September 2005

Court Rejects Releasing Reporter Duru

DIHA reporter Duru was arrested while he was investigating allegations about cannabis planting. The local court has rejected his demand to be released. His camera and tape recorder have not been returned so that the evidence is not fiddled with.

21 September 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

ECHR Fines Turkey on Freedom of Expression

ECHR handed Turkey a fine of 166,000 dollars in damages last year, in 17 cases about freedom of expression, fair trials and journalist deaths. In the first six months of this year, ECHR has fined Turkey 370,000 dollars in damages.

15 August 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

RSF Protests Arbitrary Arrest of Journalists

Reporters Without Borders protests against the arrest of journalists who covered the release of Turkish infantryman private Kirandi. The legitimate and necessary fight against terrorism can never justify such violations of press freedom, the RSF said.

BIA2 Report: Journalism Shadowed by the Law

BİA2s second quarterly media monitoring report includes rights violations within the new legal setting of the new Penal Code, the Anti-Terrorism Act, RTUKs members election by the Parliament; and discusses union existence in the media sector.

25 July 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Trainer Can Remain Foreign to Local Reporter

19 July 2005 Ragıp Duran

Journalist Bogatekin was Acquitted

Bogatekin, the owner of the Gerger Firat newspaper was acquitted in which he was tried for writing an article.In another trial, he was handed a fine of 1,000 YTL for failing to inform the prosecutors office about the type of his publication within 30 day

12 July 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Writer to Sell His Flat to Pay for Damages

Columnist Dilipaks flat has been sequestrated after he failed to pay a high fine. The Military Supreme Court has overturned a lower military courts decision to send a trial, in which he is charged with damaging juniority-seniority relations, ...

13 June 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Army Sues Reporter Rahmi Yildirim

Yildirim is faced with up to three years in prison for criticizing some generals relations with holding companies, in an article published on www.sansursuz.com. In a second investigation opened against the writer after the article was published in Sol.

13 June 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

Reporters Attacked in Istanbul

DIHA Reporters Suna and Bozkurt were attacked by a group of extreme nationalists as they were covering a clash between leftist and rightist students at the Istanbul University. The reporters filed a complaint against attackers.

10 June 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

NGOs will Now Have Their Voices Heard!

A total of 121 NGO representatives from 21 provinces attended BIA²s communication training seminar for rights organizations. NGOs, which criticized the media for overlooking them, were more qualified to have their voices heard by the end of the seminar.

9 May 2005 Erhan Üstündağ

Primer Determined to Fight Against Humorists!

In spite of claims of unprecedented tolerance for freedom of expression, Prime Minister Erdogans continues sue cartoonists and humorists. Already 8 writers and journalists have been imprisoned during 28 months of his government in power.

3 May 2005 Erol Önderoğlu

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