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Bianet receives City Planning Media Award

TMMOB Chamber of City Planners handed out City Planning Media Awards. Bianet received an award for contributing to the city culture and urban consciousness, for bringing urban problems onto agenda and for providing scientific arguments.

11 November 2004 Özge Gözke

Journalist Sirin is Released

Journalist Sirin, who was sentenced to 17.5 years for being a member of an illegal organization, and who has been in prison for 8.5 years, was released due to amendments to the Turkish Penal Code.

9 November 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Turkey is the 113rd in RSFs Freedom List

RSFs third annual worlwide press freedom index says East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom recordsEU members among the first 40; Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia lag behind. The greatest press freedom is found in northern Europe.

27 October 2004

Questions Raised for Press Freedom in Turkey

RSF has drawn attention to the continuing problems for press freedom in Turkey on the eve of a visit to Paris by Turkish PrimeMinister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today.

20 October 2004

Changes to Press Law Acquit Journalist Kara

A Datca court acquitted Kara as a result of the amendments to the Press Law. He, the former owner of daiy Datca News , was standing trial for not delivering the local official two copies of the dailies. He had been jailed for the same reason before.

20 October 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Detaining Journalist Karakurt was Illegal!

Hurriyet reporter Karakurt, who was detained for interviewing Kurdish militant Karayilan on the Kandil Mountain, and writing about the lives of militants, was detained by the police and later released. TGC ve the Press Council condemned his detention.

20 October 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

I Will not Let my Charisma be Damaged!

Incesu, a caricaturist of daily Ulkede Ozgur Gundem said the international community would not understand why daily Evrensel was fined for a caricature. Kart from the daily Cumhuriyet drew a stick man to represent the prime minister in his caricature.

15 October 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Rights Journalism Trainning in Diyarbakir

51 reporters of 11 eastern and southeastern provinces discussed responsible reporting and reporting on rights at the local media seminar by the BIA ² project. Prof. Dr. Koker, Dr. Dursun, Dr. Tosun, Duran, Madra, Haksever, Ondul made presentations.

11 October 2004 Özge Gözke

Reforms and Punishments Conflict on Media

Gun TV and Can TV were ordered off the air by RTUK for 30 days for broadcasting Kurdish songs and programs. RTUK is considering our application to broadcast in Kurdish, while at the same time, it is punishing us for Kurdish programs said Gur of Gun TV.

5 October 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

TCK Protects the State Not Media

The improvements brought about by harmonization regulations to articles on dangerous provocation and insulting the state, have been kept in the new TCK. But the new law brings about new crimes for the media members including Internet reporters.

5 October 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

90 Trials for 192 Editions of Daily Gundem

Editor-in-chief Ucar said 12 new cases have been brought against the daly Ulkede Ozgur Gundem after the DGMs were annulled. It is still a crime to publish announcements by a non-violent group, said Ucar. He argued there are 90 cases against the daily.

15 September 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Reforms Yet Insufficient for Free Speech

IHD workers Salman and Kizgin are being tried for insulting state officials because of their posts. The same people are trying Salman and Kizgin.

15 September 2004 Yıldız Samer

One Month Suspension Against Local Radio

The RTUK sanctioned Ozgur Radio for referring in a press review to the front page of the daily Günlük Evrensel that said police in plain clothes had massacred members of DEHAP during a wedding in Adana.

BIA2 Media Monitoring: Violations Persist

BIA2 (Network for Monitoring and Covering Media Freedom and Independent Journalism) publishes second Quarterly Media Monitoring Report, which covers the period April-June 2004. Violations still persist.

NGOs Meet Commissioner Verheugen on Turkey

IPA concerned about dangers threatening publishers in lead up to consideration of Turkeys membership in the EU

Police at NATO Protest Should Stand Trial

Human Rights Foundation is offering medical support to 63 people who were hurt during police intervention in the NATO and Bush protests. TIHV condemned police violence against those who were using their basic rights.

A Delicate Dance:Freedom to Publish in Turkey

We may have great powers who prefer to have strict control over what is being said and written in the world, but a lot depends on how open we as publishers, authors, journalists, human rights workers will be to ideas not exactly like ours.

5 July 2004 Müge Gürsoy Sökmen

DGM Committee Becomes Heavy Penalty Committee

The same DGM committee, but under the new name of Heavy Penalty Court, took up the case about three distributors of the Yeniden Ozgur Gundem newspaper, and three DIHA reporters, who are being accused with terrorist propaganda.

2 July 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Radyo Dunya Can get Disbanded

DGM asked the Industry and Commerce Ministry to disband a company that owns Radyo Dunya. The radio is being sued for disseminating propaganda in favor of PKK. DGM also asked Turkeys television and radio watchdog to take action against the station.

29 June 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Relagated Ahead of NATO Summit

According to journalists, TRT reporter Demirs temporary appointment to Erzurum amounts to an exile. We will show our reaction as TGC, said Calislar. Newspapers and journalists should not remain indifferent, said Toluay and Guven.

24 June 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Kretchmer: Broader Freedom of Expression

Representatives of the EC and Council of Europe met with members of Turkish Parliamentary Justice Commission to discuss the draft Turkish Penal Code and Kretschmer hopes Turkey will review lows on freedom of expresion.

RSF Protests Journalists Detentions

Mass arrests of pro-Kurdish journalists ahead of NATO summitRSF has described as shocking an 8 June 2004 operation by anti-terrorist police that took 25 people into custody in raids on two pro-Kurdish publications and a news agency in Istanbul.

Languages Other than Turkish on TV and Radio

There will be Bosnian, Kurdish, Zaza, Circassian and Arabic broadcasts on radio and TV once a week each. Kurds and Zazas think six oclock in the morning is too early for the radio programs. Bosnians say they did not demand to have Bosnian broadcasts.

8 June 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

IHD: S. Perincek was Executed Without Trial

The Human Rights Association is protesting the execution of Siyar Perincek, the son of IHD regional head Mehdi Perincek, who was killed by police in Adana with a bullet to his back.

Bosnians: We are not Separatists

The broadcast in local dialects and languages, which is regarded as an important step towards the European Union path of Turkey, was launched yesterday in Bosnian. The broadcast of state-run TRT Channel caused the reactions of Bosnians in Turkey.

Trial for Education in Mother Tongues

The owner of the Munzur Haber and lawyer Aygun is standing trial for giving a speech about the students who petitioned to receive education in their mother tongues. He had been acquitted before in a similar trial.

8 June 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

How Reader Feels Comfortable?

Director General of WAN Timothy Balding talked about how the written press would be affected by the Internet and rapidly developing electronic media in the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum (WEF).

3 June 2004 Zafer Ozcan

Two Sentences Infringe Press Freedom

RSF has protested jailing of a journalist for insulting the memory of Ataturk - founder of the Turkish Republic. Former editorialist Albayrak of Milli Gazete was sentenced to 15 months in prison and was sent to Kalecik prison in Ankara,

Albayrak Sentenced for Ataturk Crime

Milli Gazetes former writer Albayrak was sent to the Kalecik Prison after an appeals court upheld the 15 months of prison sentece handed to him for insulting Ataturk. Albayrak will remain in prison for five months.

25 May 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Vakit to Pay Damages to Generals

The Vakit newspaper will have to pay a total of USD 40,500 in damages to 312 generals for an article titled, The country where those who do not have the capacity to become corporals have become generals.

First Kurdish Film on Gun TV

Gun TV broadcasted a Kurdish film with Turkish subtitles for the first time. TVs chair Dogan said they broadcasted the program as an individual broadcast, and said RTUK has still not responded to their request to broadcast a Kurdish cultural program.

14 May 2004 Erol Önderoğlu

Religious Leaders Meet in Mardin for Peace

The second International Symposium of Religions and Peace in the Light of the Common Ancestor (Abraham) (Harran Meetings), organized by Intercultural Dialogue Platform of Journalists and Authors Foundation (JAF), begins in Mardin today.

13 May 2004 Mustafa Ozge

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