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Ferit Binzet
writes
Challenges persist in Adıyaman 10 months after quakes
Ten months after the earthquakes, Adıyaman, one of the provinces most heavily hit by the February earthquakes, continues to wrestle with fundamental issues such as water and healthcare accessibility, unemployment, and a shortage of labor.
29 December 2023
Ferit Binzet
Can Atalay's message from prison: 'It's a historical responsibility to take a joint stance'
"There is a state crisis, and resolving this state crisis is the responsibility of everyone who feels responsibility towards the country, both the ruling party and the opposition," said the imprisoned MP.
29 December 2023
İstanbul Bar files complaint against court panel not implementing AYM decision for Atalay
In its application to the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors, the Bar Association requested an investigation into the president and members of the İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court for the newly constituted crimes of "abuse of power" and "deprivation of liberty."
28 December 2023
bianet's women-LGBTI+ editor Kepenek faces legal action over earthquake-related post
Journalist Evrim Kepenek, who shared information about the gendarmerie seizing aid gathered in Maraş Pazarcık after the earthquake, will face trial with a potential prison sentence ranging from 1 to 3 years. 24 journalists have been subjected to judicial harrassment in a year in the scope of the new article 217/A of the criminal code related to "spreading misleading information to the public."
28 December 2023
Hikmet Adal
İHD İstanbul calls for perpetrators of Roboski Massacre to be brought to justice
Twelve years ago today, in Roboski, 34 civilians, 19 of whom were children, were killed along with their mules as they returned from cross-border trade forced upon them to make a living, bombed by warplanes belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces. "The aftermath of the massacre is being covered with the armor of impunity," said the Human Rights Association İstanbul branch in a statement issued today.
28 December 2023
Constitutional Court releases reasoning, Can Atalay's lawyers petition the court
Constitutional Court has released the reasoning for its second violation decision regarding Hatay MP Can Atalay, published in the Official Gazette today. "A decision can no longer be awaited," stated Atalay's lawyers in the petition submitted to the İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court.
27 December 2023
Education union reacts to naming of school after 'torturer'
The Education and Science Employees' Union (Eğitim Sen), İzmir Branch No. 5, released a statement regarding the change of the name of a school in Buca to "Martyr Esat Oktay Yıldıran Primary School."
26 December 2023
Second censorship for Ekşi Sözlük in 10 days
The Information Technologies and Communication Authority blocked access to Ekşi Sözlük, one of the largest online communities in Turkey, which is under investigation for posts related to the loss of 12 soldiers in North Iraq.
25 December 2023
Ayşegül Doğan: 'All press cards are under the control of Directorate of Communication'
DEM Party Spokesperson, Şırnak Deputy, and also a journalist, Ayşegül Doğan spoke about the budget of the Directorate of Communication in the parliament and criticized the statement of the Minister of Justice, who claimed that there were no imprisoned journalists in Turkey.
22 December 2023
Ruken Tuncel
reports
'Can Atalay's friends' keep vigil in courthouse until release order is issued for the MP
According to the information provided by the court clerk to Can Atalay's lawyers, the panel will wait for the reasoned decision of the Constitutional Court. Lawyer Özgür Urfa stated, "We will not leave the courthouse until we receive the release order."
22 December 2023
Ruken Tuncel
CHP leader on AYM's Atalay ruling: 'Resisting the decision is to disregard the legal order'
CHP Chairperson Özgür Özel, stated that Can Atalay, against whom the Constitutional Court has issued a violation decision for the second time, should be released as soon as possible: "Resisting this decision is to disregard the constitutional legal order. We will continue to defend justice and the law."
21 December 2023
AYM unanimously calls for the implementation of its decision on imprisoned MP
"It has been decided, with 3 dissenting votes and by a majority, that the right to be elected and engage in political activities guaranteed by Article 67 of the Constitution, as well as the right to personal liberty and security guaranteed by Article 19, has been violated," the Constitutional Court stated in the "violation decision" for Can Atalay.
21 December 2023
DEM Party reacts to voter registration shifts as local elections approach
"You opened the door to unprecedented unlawfulness by increasing the number of voters from five in a single household in İdil to 1450, adding 743 voters to an address belonging to the Police Department in Iğdır," wrote Dem Party Co-Chairperson Tuncer Bakırhan in a post.
21 December 2023
Reaction from the Circassians to the 'sword residue' remarks of Sheikh Said's grandson
The Federation of Caucasian Associations accused Mehmet Kasım Fırat of generating hate speech and engaging in discrimination. The North Caucasus Culture and Solidarity Association in Eskişehir also claimed that Fırat's statements showed great disrespect to the histories of Caucasian and Balkan immigrant communities.
20 December 2023
Ill prisoner İsmail Hakkı Tursun's release delayed for third time
Among the reasons for delaying Tursun's release are disciplinary punishments due to his participation in hunger strikes.
20 December 2023
All defendants acquitted in 1995 Ümraniye Prison massacre case
Tweny-three political prisoners were killed and hundreds of others when the police raided İstanbul’s Ümraniye Prison.
20 December 2023
DEM Party MP urges urgent inquiry into hunger-striking prisoner's plight
Due to the hunger strike, Hüseyin Karaoğlan's weight has dropped from 70 kilograms to 45 kilograms, MP Serhat Eren has emphasized.
20 December 2023
'Journalists have been targeted with the Disinformation Law'
Erol Önderoğlu from RSF stated that the space accessible to the international press mission within the government has narrowed in recent years. Özgür Öğret from CPJ, on the other hand, remarked, "The number of imprisoned journalists in Turkey may have reached the lowest level in recent years. However, Turkey still ranks among the worst countries for press freedom."
20 December 2023
Rights advocate Celalettin Can released from prison after 110 days
"Today, I have regained my freedom, but there is a sense of bitterness. The reason is that I am leaving behind hundreds of friends in Marmara Prison, unfairly and unlawfully held there," Can said upon his release.
20 December 2023
Vecih Cuzdan
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Syriac MP George Aslan: 'Syriac language is a language of this land'
DEM Party Member of Parliament George Aslan, who celebrated Christmas in Syriac language in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and faced interference from members of the İYİ Party, described the incident as "primitive."
19 December 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
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Syriac MP verbally harassed in parliament for extending Christmas greetings in mother tongue
Georger Aslan, the sole Christian MP in the parliament, faced harassment from ultranationalist MPs, who asked for a translation of his remarks.
19 December 2023
Evrim Kepenek's
interview
His wife wants everyone to join her in asking what the criminal act of Tayfun Kahraman is
Meriç Demir Kahraman, who has been fighting for the release of her husband Tayfun Kahraman, an urban planner, a Gezi Park case convict sentenced to 18 years and imprisoned for 602 days now, says, "You are speaking to a large part of the country from behind the glass, and you cannot make your voice heard. A reality is happening here. How can this be ignored?"
18 December 2023
Evrim Kepenek
Supreme Court finds violation in preventing May Day celebrations in Taksim Square
In the decision by the Constitutional Court, it was stated that "Taksim holds a symbolic value for certain segments of society, especially unions and workers, due to the events in 1977 that resulted in the death of 34 people."
15 December 2023
Journalists' Association condemns journalist & columnist of government-affiliated newspaper
The Journalists' Association stated that Halit Turan's article titled "Delegation Market in CHP! İmamoglu opened the purse strings: The bribery wheel starts from 500,000 lira" and Mahmut Övür's column titled "Conscience and Wallet Reckoning in CHP İstanbul" were presented to the readers without evidence and with the perception that there was a factual basis.
14 December 2023
'We defend Palestine against genocide and free thought against censorship'
The publisher of the book "Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" in Turkey made a statement after the French publisher Fayard stopped the sale of the book by Israeli historian Prof. Ilan Pappe in France. "Defending Palestine against genocide and defending free thought against censorship is our editorial policy," said İntifada Publishing House.
14 December 2023
Evrim Kepenek
interview
'ECtHR's decision on LGBTI+ rights in Poland also binds Turkey'
Dr. Serkan Köybaşı, Head of the Constitutional Law Department at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law, provided commentary for bianet on the significance of the decision for Turkey.
13 December 2023
Evrim Kepenek
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Second application regarding Atalay referred to Constitutional Court General Assembly
The Constitutional Court's First Division referred the application regarding the violation of rights for Can Atalay, the TİP Hatay Deputy and convict in the Gezi Park Case, to the Constitutional Court General Assembly, which is to take up this second application on a date to be announced later.
13 December 2023
Syrian activist arrested: Katie was missing for 15 days
The İstanbul Police Department contacted Katie's family the previous evening, stating that the activist, who has been unaccounted for the past 15 days, is in custody. Katie was arrested on charges of "espionage" during the hearing held yesterday.
13 December 2023
Anti-refugee mayor removes sign of refugee association
Having returned to the CHP after being expelled, Mayor Özcan of Bolu had the sign of the Bolu Afghan Youth Social Cultural and Solidarity Association removed, stating, "No one can put up a sign in Bolu without our knowledge."
12 December 2023
DEM Party leader interrupted while addressing parliament in Kurdish
Tuncer Bakırhan was asked to translate what he said in Kurdish. His Kurdish remarks were marked as “...” in the parliamentary minutes.
12 December 2023
Court of Appeals rejects case regarding disclosure of the burial place of Sheikh Said
Kasım Fırat, a grandson of Sheikh Said, is preparing to make an individual application to the Constitutional Court.
12 December 2023
Former deputy Güzel's detention continues
Semra Güzel, former MP for Diyarbakır from the HDP: "It was stated in the previous hearing that we would hear the secret witness in this hearing. At this stage, it is unjust for my detention to be extended."
11 December 2023
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