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MPs bring Sputnik strike to parliament

MPs bring Sputnik strike to parliament

Sputnik Turkey journalists have been on a strike for 44 days.

29 September 2023

Pınar Selek's trial postponed to June 28

Pınar Selek's trial postponed to June 28

"An unjust trial. A trial that wears people down and exhausts them," Pınar Selek's lawyer and father Alp Selek, stated.

29 September 2023

Politicians react to Gezi verdict

Politicians react to Gezi verdict

The Court of Cassation upheld the sentences of five of the eight defendants, including Osman Kavala.

29 September 2023

Ill prisoner’s situation on parliamentary agenda

Ill prisoner’s situation on parliamentary agenda

Green Left MP Eren has applied to the Parliament’s Human Rights Examination Commission.

29 September 2023

Ahmet Uçar released

Ahmet Uçar released

Uçar was detained at İstanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport yesterday.

29 September 2023

Human rights groups condemn Gezi trial verdict

Human rights groups condemn Gezi trial verdict

The Court of Cassation upheld the sentences for five defendants, including Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.

29 September 2023

Alevi organizations protest detentions

Alevi organizations protest detentions

Representatives of Alevi organizations were detained when they wanted to read out a statement for the press at Çağlayan Courthouse.

29 September 2023

Mücella Yapıcı released from prison: ‘I cannot comprehend this notion of justice’

Mücella Yapıcı released from prison: ‘I cannot comprehend this notion of justice’

Three of the eight defendants’ sentences were overturned in the case concerning the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

29 September 2023

'In this case, freedom will be won in political arena, not in courtrooms'

'In this case, freedom will be won in political arena, not in courtrooms'

Rights activists from France having arrived in İstanbul to be in solidarity with academician Pınar Selek in today's hearing of her never-ending case for 25 years, have also commented on the Court of Cassation's Gezi verdict, stating that it is evidence of the collapse of the rule of law in Turkey.

29 September 2023 Evrim Kepenek

TİP to march from Hatay to Ankara

TİP to march from Hatay to Ankara

Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) stated that with yesterday's decision, the Court of Cassation openly recognized the Gezi Resistance as a criminal element, taking a stance against the people.

29 September 2023

Turkey’s top appeals court upholds Osman Kavala’s life sentence

Turkey’s top appeals court upholds Osman Kavala’s life sentence

Among the seven other defendants who received 18-year prison sentences, four had their sentences upheld and three overturned.

28 September 2023

Pınar Selek to attend trial from Paris: ‘Experiencing terrible injustice, but strengthened by solidarity’

Pınar Selek to attend trial from Paris: ‘Experiencing terrible injustice, but strengthened by solidarity’

The academic’s next hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.

28 September 2023 Evrim Kepenek

Nine workers forced to retire by Ataşehir Municipality

Nine workers forced to retire by Ataşehir Municipality

The municipality’s action was unlawful, according to workers and lawyers.

28 September 2023 Vecih Cuzdan

Over 1,800 agricultural workers killed on the job in a decade

Over 1,800 agricultural workers killed on the job in a decade

The İSİG report attributed the high rate of work-related accidents in the agricultural sector to seasonal work

28 September 2023

‘Ministry’s allegations are misleading’

‘Ministry’s allegations are misleading’

Filmmakers, critics and politicians denounced the Culture Ministry’s allegation that the “Kanun Hükmü” documentary makes “terrorist propaganda.”

28 September 2023

Twelve detained in Mersin

Twelve detained in Mersin

The suspects are facing “terrorist propaganda” charges.

28 September 2023

Lawyers calls for end to isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and others in İmralı Prison

Lawyers calls for end to isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and others in İmralı Prison

No news has been received from Öcalan and the other three detainees for over 30 months.

28 September 2023

Cable factory workers continue strike in Kocaeli

Cable factory workers continue strike in Kocaeli

The workers demand a 105% increase in their wages, which are currently at the minimum wage level.

28 September 2023

European unions call for solidarity ahead of health workers’ union members’ trial

European unions call for solidarity ahead of health workers’ union members’ trial

Despite there being no detained union members in the trial, some SES members are still under house arrest.

28 September 2023

Child worker killed after falling from construction site in Manisa

Child worker killed after falling from construction site in Manisa

The 16-year-old boy was a vocational training center student.

27 September 2023

Witness H.B.A. who caused Diyarbakır Mayor to be arrested revealed as police officer

Witness H.B.A. who caused Diyarbakır Mayor to be arrested revealed as police officer

Muhsin Bilal, the lawyer of Selçuk Mızraklı, the elected Mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality who has been in custody for four years, says, "The sole reason for Mızraklı's detention was based on the entirely collapsed and proven fraudulent statements of a witness known as H.B.A. However, with a new document, we have learned that H.B.A. has been working in the police organization since 2012."

26 September 2023

Kurdish journalist Sedat Yılmaz faces 'terror' charges over 'lack of banking transactions,' social media activities

Kurdish journalist Sedat Yılmaz faces 'terror' charges over 'lack of banking transactions,' social media activities

Yılmaz, who is also an author for the BİA Children'S Library, has been remanded in custody since May 3.

22 September 2023

Fast-track appeal from prosecutor to acquittal of bianet correspondent

Fast-track appeal from prosecutor to acquittal of bianet correspondent

The court acquitted bianet correspondent Ruken Tuncel yesterday in the trial she stood for "violating the privacy of personal life" for sharing a video that a Munzur University faculty member posted on her WhatsApp status, but the prosecutor requested the preservation of the right to appeal right away.

22 September 2023

Twenty-four detained in Antalya raids targeting unions, leftist parties

Twenty-four detained in Antalya raids targeting unions, leftist parties

The detained individuals are accused of "spreading terrorist propaganda" due to their participation in commemorations for 1970s' communist revolutionaries.

21 September 2023

Özel who announced candidacy for CHP leadership visits Silivri Prison

Özel who announced candidacy for CHP leadership visits Silivri Prison

Visiting the Gezi prisoners and journalist Yanardağ in Silivri Prison, Özgür Özel said, "Every minute they are held inside is being inscribed with dark marks on our annals of law."

21 September 2023

Youth association members face 'terror' charges for singing songs, wearing certain colors

Youth association members face 'terror' charges for singing songs, wearing certain colors

Twelve individuals will appear before the court in late September for "being a member of a terrorist organization" and "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."

20 September 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Twenty-seven detained for 'inciting hatred' and 'disseminating misleading information'

Twenty-seven detained for 'inciting hatred' and 'disseminating misleading information'

There are social media account managers of three internet news portals among the 27 who were taken into custody in simultaneous operations carried out by the police in 13 provinces.

20 September 2023

Forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions in Turkey discussed at UNHRC event

Forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions in Turkey discussed at UNHRC event

Human rights advocates highlighted legal harassment against human rights activists and the prevailing impunity concerning forced disappearances.

20 September 2023

Journalist Pınar Gayıp acquitted of 'targeting counterterrorism officials'

Journalist Pınar Gayıp acquitted of 'targeting counterterrorism officials'

Gayıp stood trial for a tweet regarding a specialist sergeant's sexual assault on a woman.

19 September 2023

Jailed Kurdish journalist denied musical instrument over "security" reasons

Jailed Kurdish journalist denied musical instrument over "security" reasons

Communication notes can be concealed inside the instrument, the prison administration said.

19 September 2023

Censorship on award-winning children's book

Censorship on award-winning children's book

Stonewall Children and Young Adult Literature Honor Award-winning book "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress" will now only be allowed to be sold in an "envelope or bag," and will not be allowed to enter the schools.

18 September 2023 Hikmet Adal

bianet Kurdish editor Ferid Demirel wins the Musa Anter journalism award

bianet Kurdish editor Ferid Demirel wins the Musa Anter journalism award

Musa Anter Journalism and Free Press Martyrs Awards are given for news articles in Kurdish, and in Turkish since 1993, dedicated to Kurdish journalist and author Musa Anter who was assassinated in 1992.

18 September 2023

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