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Boycott Call After Death of Rebuked Teacher Halil Serkan Öz

Boycott Call After Death of Rebuked Teacher Halil Serkan Öz

Education and Science Workers' Union have called teachers to boycott their first class today after the death of math teacher Halil Serkan Öz.

Police Introduces “Keeping Out By Lying on Floor” Concept

Police Introduces “Keeping Out By Lying on Floor” Concept

Istanbul Police authorities released a statement regarding 18 students who were photographed lying on the floor handcuffed in reverse fashion, saying that they were “kept out by lying on the floor” in order to maintain their own security.

3 April 2015 Beyza Kural

Police Ousts Advocates, Bar Chairman From Courthouse With Shields

Police Ousts Advocates, Bar Chairman From Courthouse With Shields

Advocates who refuse to enter Istanbul Courthouse through x-ray machines have been ousted from the premises.

Clash Outside Istanbul Police Headquarters

Clash Outside Istanbul Police Headquarters

Gunshots were heard around 5:45 pm local time outside Istanbul’s Police Headquarters in Vatan Street. Advocates at the building spoke to bianet.

HDP: 300 Village Guards Are Being Hired

HDP: 300 Village Guards Are Being Hired

Peoples’ Democratic Party Group Interim Chairman Idris Baluken submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the reasons for hiring village guards in Bingöl and Elazığ during the resolution process.

Operation in Istanbul Courthouse: Hostage-Takers, Prosecutor Dead

Operation in Istanbul Courthouse: Hostage-Takers, Prosecutor Dead

Special-ops units held an operation against the hostage-takers in Istanbul Courthouse, killing all 2 militants and evacuating the abducted prosecutor in an ambulance who died later on in the hospital.

Media Ban on Prosecutor Hostage Incident

Media Ban on Prosecutor Hostage Incident

The Prime Minister’s Office imposed a temporary media ban on the coverage regarding the taking hostage of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz in Istanbul Courthouse.

Prosecutor Held As Hostage in Istanbul Courthouse

Prosecutor Held As Hostage in Istanbul Courthouse

Storming his office in Istanbul Courthouse, DHKC organization members held as hostage Mehmet Selim Kiraz - the prosecutor in charge of Berkin Elvan killing investigation.

Power Outage Grips Turkey

Power Outage Grips Turkey

A power outage gripped several cities in Turkey. Turkey’s Electricity Distribution Company announced that the outage occurred due to a system failure.

Campaign For Buddhist Temple on Campus After Mosque Plans

Campaign For Buddhist Temple on Campus After Mosque Plans

Istanbul Technical University students launched a campaign to build a buddhist temple on campus after the university president announced that there had been a demand for a mosque.

Contrasting Statements From TSK and PKK on Mortar Exchange

Contrasting Statements From TSK and PKK on Mortar Exchange

Turkish Armed Forces and a military wing of Kurdish PKK released contrasting statements regarding the mortar exchange in the mountainous region of Dağlıca on March 25.

13 Years 9 Months of Prison For Taking Down Flag

13 Years 9 Months of Prison For Taking Down Flag

Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court convicted Ömer Mutlu to 13 years and 9 months of prison for taking down turkish flag located in the garden of 2nd Air Force Base in the southeastern district of Diyarbakır.

Demirtaş: Monitoring Committee is Not Our Red Line

Demirtaş: Monitoring Committee is Not Our Red Line

Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş said that the monitoring committee to the resolution of the Kurdish problem is not their red line as long the “process would continue”.

Investigation Into Arınç, Gökçek

Investigation Into Arınç, Gökçek

Ankara Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into Vice PM Bülent Arınç and Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek under different charges after their debate on President Erdoğan’s comments on the resolution process.

Gökçek vs Arınç Spat Causes “Unrest” Amid AKP Grassroots

Gökçek vs Arınç Spat Causes “Unrest” Amid AKP Grassroots

A full-blown spat between Vice PM Arınç and Ankara Mayor Gökçek after President Erdoğan’s comments on Turkey’s resolution process revealed a transition of power that caused unrest amid ruling party AKP grassroots.

Reactions to Öcalan’s Message

Reactions to Öcalan’s Message

We compiled PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s Newroz message’s reactions by various politicians, human rights activists and writers.

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

“One of the steps to make concerning the resolution process is to form a monitoring committee. We have a roadmap,” Vice PM Bülent Arınç said as he spoke positively on Öcalan’s Newroz message.

Erdoğan: I Don’t Look at Monitoring Committee Positively

Erdoğan: I Don’t Look at Monitoring Committee Positively

President Erdoğan said that he didn’t look at the idea of a monitoring committee to the resolution of the Kurdish problem positively. The member names, on the other hand, are still unknown and pending clarification.

AKP Below 40 Percent, HDP Passes Election Threshold: Poll

AKP Below 40 Percent, HDP Passes Election Threshold: Poll

According to a poll by Gezici Research Firm for March 2015, ruling AKP’s votes are currently 39.3 percent while CHP 29.6 percent, MHP 17.7 percent, and HDP 11.4 percent - above the election threshold.

Armored Police Vehicle Crushes Protestor in Istanbul

Armored Police Vehicle Crushes Protestor in Istanbul

Cemil Kurt, a protestor who joined Berkin Elvan commemorations on March 11, has reportedly been ran over by an armored police vehicle and suffered from spine, leg and arm injuries.

18 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

HDP Leader's One Sentence Speech Pledges “Erdoğan Won’t Be the President”

HDP Leader's One Sentence Speech Pledges “Erdoğan Won’t Be the President”

Making the shortest speech ever in a parliamentary party meeting, Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş pledged that they would not let Erdoğan “elected as the President”.

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

An investigation for charges related to “threatening Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” against Hatice Cömert, mother of dead Gezi protestor Abdullah Cömert, has been discontinued on the grounds that her words were not “a threat but malediction”.

HDP: Observation Council Members Not Finalized

HDP: Observation Council Members Not Finalized

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a statement denying the allegations that party officials’ meeting with Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan didn’t finalize on the number and names of Observation Council members to the resolution of Turkey’s Kurdish problem.

Homeland Security Act Partially “Withdrawn” From Parliament

Homeland Security Act Partially “Withdrawn” From Parliament

Even the government has withdrawn the legislation of the remaining articles of Turkey’s Homeland Security Act draft, the opposition criticized the move saying that the most controversial topics have already been passed.

Turkey Retires RF-4E Warplanes After Deadly Crashes

Turkey Retires RF-4E Warplanes After Deadly Crashes

Turkey’s Air Force Chief announced that they have suspended the operations of RF-4E warplanes after the recent crashes.

Turkey’s Gendarmerie to Work Under Interior Ministry

Turkey’s Gendarmerie to Work Under Interior Ministry

5 more articles of Turkey’s new homeland security act have been passed last night with the administration transfer of gendarmerie forces from the Turkish Army to Interior Ministry.

Ex-Chief Spy Back to Post After Withdrawing From Pre-Candidacy

Ex-Chief Spy Back to Post After Withdrawing From Pre-Candidacy

Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s ex-spy chief, has been reappointed to his post after from abandoning plans to run for parliament.

Deputy Complains to ECHR Over “Drudgery”

Deputy Complains to ECHR Over “Drudgery”

HDP deputy Hasip Kaplan submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights, saying that the unstopped parliamentary schedule between February 17 and 27 for the legislation of Turkey’s new homeland security act was “drudgery”.

14 Columnists Appear With Same Headline to Defend Kabataş Incident

14 Columnists Appear With Same Headline to Defend Kabataş Incident

14 columnists from 5 pro-government newspapers appeared today with the same headline in solidarity against the refutation of Erdoğan’s allegations that a veiled woman was harassed by protestors during the Gezi Resistance.

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Several stakeholders of Turkey’s resolution process reacted to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for a PKK congress in spring to decide on quitting arms and 10 measures. Here is a compilation by bianet English.

“Three Level Tunnel Won’t Solve Traffic Like Other Projects“

“Three Level Tunnel Won’t Solve Traffic Like Other Projects“

Regarding Istanbul’s new project to build a three-level sub-sea tunnel, Murat Ergün, an Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University’s (İTÜ) Civil Engineering Faculty, told bianet that traffic issues won’t be resolved with more roads.

27 February 2015 Nilay Vardar

“Homeland Security” Talks Resume With Scarves, Gas Bombs

“Homeland Security” Talks Resume With Scarves, Gas Bombs

The parliamentary talks on the draft of Turkey’s new homeland security act continue along with opposition deputies’ protest by wearing covering their face with scarves and holding gas bomb grenades.

26 February 2015