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Call from Litterateurs for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike: Their Demands must be Met

Call from Litterateurs for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike: Their Demands must be Met

The litterateurs have called on the authorities: “The authorities must step in to meet the demands of Gülmen and Özakça, who protest their unjust discharges and demand that they be reinstated to their job”.

Sibel Çapraz Sentenced to 6 Years, 3 Months in Prison

Sibel Çapraz Sentenced to 6 Years, 3 Months in Prison

What is the rationale behind sentencing Sibel in such a mad rush where there has been no investigation yet launched into the ones who shot her?

12 May 2017 Necip Çapraz

Poilce Take Off Even Flowers on Yüksel Street on 65th Day of Hunger Strike

Poilce Take Off Even Flowers on Yüksel Street on 65th Day of Hunger Strike

Police have cleared the Human Rights Monuments where Gülmen and Özakça have been resisting for 185 days on Yüksel Street, four people have been detained.

12 May 2017 Beyza Kural

Academic for Peace Signatory Yay Detained

Academic for Peace Signatory Yay Detained

Discharged academic Yay has been detained after the police searched his home.

11 May 2017 Beyza Kural

Curfew Declared in 21 Regions in Muş

Curfew Declared in 21 Regions in Muş

Muş Governorship has announced that curfew has been declared in 21 neighbourhoods, villages and plateau regions in Muş province as of 3:30 a.m. Some districts have been closed to traffic.

4 CHP MPs Go on Hunger Strike for 24 Hours for Gülmen, Özakça

4 CHP MPs Go on Hunger Strike for 24 Hours for Gülmen, Özakça

4 CHP MPs have gone on hunger strike for 24 hours to act in solidarity with academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça, who have been on hunger strike for 64 days with the demand that they be reinstated to their jobs.

11 May 2017 Beyza Kural

Solidarity Message from David Harvey for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Solidarity Message from David Harvey for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Prof. Dr. David Harvey has said “I express my solidarity with my friends and colleagues in Turkey who are on hunger strike” in the video he released for Gülmen and Özakça who have been on hunger strike for 63 days.

Adıgüzel: Armored Vehicles Caused Death of at Least7 Children in 18 Months

Adıgüzel: Armored Vehicles Caused Death of at Least7 Children in 18 Months

CHP’s Adıgüzel has demanded a parliamentary investigation concerning casualties caused by the armored military and police vehicles.

Police Officer Causing Death of 2 Children in Silopi Arrested

Police Officer Causing Death of 2 Children in Silopi Arrested

A police officer, who entered into a house with panzer through the wall and caused death of two children in Silopi district of Şırnak, has been arrested.

Ahmet Şık’s Birthday: #İyiKiVarsınAhmetŞık*

Ahmet Şık’s Birthday: #İyiKiVarsınAhmetŞık*

Friends of journalist Ahmet Şık, who has been in custody for 130 days, have celebrated Şık’s birthday with the photos they have published on the newspapers.

Winners of Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award Announced

Winners of Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award Announced

The winners of the “Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award” which will be given for the 15th time this year have been announced. The award ceremony will be held in Human Rights Foundation office.

Gezmiş, İnan, Aslan Commemorated in Hour of Their Execution

Gezmiş, İnan, Aslan Commemorated in Hour of Their Execution

A commemoration ceremony was held at first light of Saturday for Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan, the three well known leaders of the 68 generation.

Police Raid Belge Publishing House, Seize 2,000 Books

Police Raid Belge Publishing House, Seize 2,000 Books

Police have raided Belge Publishing House and seized 2.000 books.

Curfews in Diyarbakır, Bingöl

Curfews in Diyarbakır, Bingöl

Curfews have been declared in 16 villages in Diyarbakır, and 19 villages in Bingöl.

1 Woman Killed During Operation in Küçükçekmece

1 Woman Killed During Operation in Küçükçekmece

Sıla Abalay aged 18 were killed in an operation launched by the İstanbul Anti-Terror Directorate units in Küçükçekmece on Saturday.

A Group of Peace Academics Go on Hunger Strike for Gülmen, Özakça

A Group of Peace Academics Go on Hunger Strike for Gülmen, Özakça

A group of Peace Academics have gone on hunger strike in support of Gülmen and Özakça, who demand that they be returned to their work and went on hunger strike.

5 May 2017 Beyza Kural

UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Conference Ends With Call to ‘End Impunity’

UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Conference Ends With Call to ‘End Impunity’

The UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2017 Conference has done its closing with the the Jakarta Declaration which included recommendations for UNESCO, its members and civil society.

Gün on Hunger Strike to Retrieve His Son’s Body

Gün on Hunger Strike to Retrieve His Son’s Body

Kemal Gün has been on hunger strike for 70 days to retrieve body of his son who was killed in airstrike in Dersim.

Unemployed Journalists Chasing News Project Ends on BİA’s 20th Birthday

Unemployed Journalists Chasing News Project Ends on BİA’s 20th Birthday

The final meeting of bianet’s “Unemployed Journalists Chasing News” projects was held yesterday on the World Press Freedom Day celebrating also 20th birthday of bianet.

Sentence for Social Media Post Upheld, Yerik Arrested Again 1 Year After Release

Sentence for Social Media Post Upheld, Yerik Arrested Again 1 Year After Release

Being released after kept in prison for three months due to her social media posts, Gizem Yerik has been arrested again as her sentence was upheld.

Bediz Yılmaz, Serdar Ulaş Comment on KCK Discharges

Bediz Yılmaz, Serdar Ulaş Comment on KCK Discharges

We have spoken with Bediz Yılmaz and Serdar Ulaş, who were discharged from Mersin University, about the expulsions in the academy.

3 May 2017 Tansu Pişkin

13 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

13 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

13 of 16 academics taken into custody after being discharged from the Dicle University through the Statutory Decree No. 689 have been released after giving testimony.

3 Months of Press Freedom: The Situation is Very Dire

3 Months of Press Freedom: The Situation is Very Dire

The governance under the State of Emergency, which has been introduced following the July 15 coup attempt and will soon be in force for one year, has pretty much damaged the ties with the European Union due to the violation of the journalism rights as well as the fundamental rights and freedoms.

1 May 2017 Erol Önderoğlu

165 People Detained During May 1

165 People Detained During May 1

165 people who wanted to march to the Taksim Square were detained during May 1 Workers' Day.

Police Attack Group Marching From Zincirlikuyu to Taksim

Police Attack Group Marching From Zincirlikuyu to Taksim

Police have attacked a group of people gathering in Zincirlikuyu district of İstanbul to March to Taksim Square for May 1 celebrations.

May 1 in Ankara: 4,500 Police Officers on Duty, Streets Closed

May 1 in Ankara: 4,500 Police Officers on Duty, Streets Closed

May 1 celebrations in Ankara will be held on Tandoğan Square by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Turkey and on Kolej Square by Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey as well as Confederation of Public Laborer's Unions.

4 Detentions at Taksim Square, İstiklal Street

4 Detentions at Taksim Square, İstiklal Street

The people who wanted to get to the Taksim Square on May 1 were detained on the İstiklal Street last night. Police detained two others walking towards the Taksim Square this morning.

1 Village Guard Killed in Van

1 Village Guard Killed in Van

One village guard has lost his life, three others have been injured in a clash that erupted between the village guards and PKK members in the neighborhood of Doluca in Van.

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

Four soldiers have lost their lives due to the detonation of improvised explosive devices in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak as well as in Kars province in eastern Turkey.

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

An investigation has been launched into five Faculty of Political Sciences students for "asking the dean to come down rather than going to his office".

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

They were taken from their houses on April 24, 1915 and were forced to leave İstanbul heading for Anatolia. They could not make it back, they were murdered...

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

The Six Points Association of the Blind Diyarbakır Branch Secretary Berent has looked at the Education Support to Individuals with Disabilities from Diyarbakır, and has listed the problems his solution offers.

24 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz