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ECHR: Violation Despite Commuted Sentence

ECHR: Violation Despite Commuted Sentence

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted found Turkey in the case of Öner and Türk where two Kurdish politicians were sentenced to prison within Anti-Terror Act.

31 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Traces Found For “Disappeared” Children in Dargeçit

Traces Found For “Disappeared” Children in Dargeçit

Another mass grave was discovered in the southeastern district of Dargeçit. Families of the disappeared people applied to court for further investigation.

31 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Turkey Didn’t Implement 1,241 ECHR Rulings: Council of Europe

Turkey Didn’t Implement 1,241 ECHR Rulings: Council of Europe

The Council of Europe General Secretary announced that Turkey didn’t apply respect 1,241 ECHR rulings including the one on Hrant Dink case.

Roboski Villagers, Animal Activists Outraged After Mule Killings

Roboski Villagers, Animal Activists Outraged After Mule Killings

İHD’s Şırnak Province Office released a report on the killing of mules in Roboski by Turkish Army soldiers, saying that the attitude was hostile and urged the government for action.

Penguen Humor Magazine Reacts “Erdoğan” Punishment

Penguen Humor Magazine Reacts “Erdoğan” Punishment

Penguen humor magazine reacted to the court ruling that its caricaturists were punished, wishing it to be the “last example of efforts to turn down free thought”.

Instagram Censors Journalist Ahmet Şık’s Newroz Photos

Instagram Censors Journalist Ahmet Şık’s Newroz Photos

Instagram closed the account of prominent journalist Ahmet Şık after receiving massive complaints over the photos he shared during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır province on March 21.

Caricaturist Fined For “Insulting Erdoğan”

Caricaturist Fined For “Insulting Erdoğan”

Caricaturist Bahadır Baruter has been convicted to pay a fine of 7,000 liras for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a caricature.

25 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Turkey Convicted of Violating Union Rights

Turkey Convicted of Violating Union Rights

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating union rights in the case of Ismail Sezer.

24 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Every Caricaturist in Turkey Will Face A Complaint By Erdoğan!

Every Caricaturist in Turkey Will Face A Complaint By Erdoğan!

After a “sympathizer”s complaint, Penguen magazine caricaturists Baruter and Aydoğan face trial for charges related to insulting the “prime minister. Here is the timeline…

20 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Armenian Genocide Museum Director: “My Grandma Has Been Deported Twice”

Armenian Genocide Museum Director: “My Grandma Has Been Deported Twice”

“For me, the most dramatic story about the Genocide is my family’s. My grandmother’s,” Armenian Genocide Museum Director told bianet.

20 March 2015 Elif Akgül

Police Attacks Newroz Celebrators in Batman Province

Police Attacks Newroz Celebrators in Batman Province

Police assaulted Newroz celebrators in the southeastern province of Batman yesterday with tear gas, rubber bullets and cannoned water. Several injuries were reported.

“Demonstration Penalty” Cleared After 10 Years

“Demonstration Penalty” Cleared After 10 Years

Following an ECHR ruling that their rights were violated, a retrial of 9 defendants who were jailed for attending a protest in the southeastern district of Cizre ended with an acquittal.

19 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Children's Channel in Kurdish To Air on March 21

Children's Channel in Kurdish To Air on March 21

A children's channel in Kurdish language’s Kurmanji, Zazaki and Sorani subdivisions will start airing on March 21 - the Newroz Day.

Police Torture Convicted After 15 Years

Police Torture Convicted After 15 Years

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating torture and inhuman or degrading treatment ban in the case where police officers were acquitted for torturing Şükrü Yıldız on the grounds of “self-defense”.

17 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

ECHR Punishes Turkey For "Unclaimed Mine Explosion"

ECHR Punishes Turkey For "Unclaimed Mine Explosion"

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay damages for failing to fair trial in the case where 3 children were affected by a mine explosion in Diyarbakır province in 1999.

17 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

A banner depicting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a Hitler-like mustache resulted in 3 insult cases across Turkey with different procedures.

16 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

PKK Leader to Have a “Secretariat”

PKK Leader to Have a “Secretariat”

5 inmates convicted to life sentence within PKK case is reportedly to serve as the secretariat of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in the upcoming days of Turkey’s resolution process.

Advocate Applies to Ministry to Find Brother’s Missing Body

Advocate Applies to Ministry to Find Brother’s Missing Body

Turan Ece, an advocate who lost his PKK guerrilla brother in 1994, officially urged authorities to return his brother’s grave and confiscated personal belongings.

13 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Gazi Incident Victims Commemorated in 20th Anniversary

Gazi Incident Victims Commemorated in 20th Anniversary

A commemoration ceremony has been held for the 20th anniversary of Gazi Massacre - an incident that left 22 people dead in Istanbul’s predominantly Alevi Gazi neighborhood after a series of riots on March 12, 1995.

Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Unable to Become Deputy

Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Unable to Become Deputy

Even though two conscientious objectors have so far declared for pre-candidacy in the upcoming elections in Turkey, existing elections law bar them from being elected.

12 March 2015 Ekin Karaca

Turkey’s Romanis Sue Columnist Over Discrimination

Turkey’s Romanis Sue Columnist Over Discrimination

Romani People’s Rights Association submitted a complaint against columnist Emin Çolaşan over discrimination due to his definition of Romanis as people who “take life on the light side” and “have nothing to do with religion”.

10 March 2015 Nilay Vardar

KCK: First Resolution, Laying Down Arms Later

KCK: First Resolution, Laying Down Arms Later

KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık urged the Turkish government to take concrete steps on the resolution before they could lay down arms.

“Atheism Association Censorship is Only the Tip of the Iceberg”

“Atheism Association Censorship is Only the Tip of the Iceberg”

Law professor Yaman Akdeniz commented to bianet on the blocking of 49 websites including that of Turkey’s only Atheism Association and Charlie Hebdo magazine, saying that the number of censored sites is more the given number.

5 March 2015 Elif Akgül

Media’s 3 Years: A Summary With Graphics

Media’s 3 Years: A Summary With Graphics

According to BIA Media Monitoring Report 2014, 22 journalists and 10 distributors entered the year of 2015 in prison. While the number of jailed journalists took a dive, the number of detentions, censorship and layoffs soared. Here is what happened in terms of press freedom in the past three years!

4 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Stands Trial For Writing About ”Berkin”, "Bilal"

Journalist Stands Trial For Writing About ”Berkin”, "Bilal"

Soner Yalçın, a prominent journalist who wrote about Turkey through symbols of “Berkin” and “Bilal” on his latest book, stood trial for insulting Bilal Erdoğan - the president’s son.

Onur Kılıç Freed For Insulting the President

Onur Kılıç Freed For Insulting the President

Upon a motion submitted by Progressive Lawyers Union, Onur Kılıç has been released today for charges related to insulting the president.

27 February 2015

Former Intelligence Chief Detained Within Hrant Dink Case

Former Intelligence Chief Detained Within Hrant Dink Case

Ramazan Akyürek, former Chamber of Intelligence Chairman, has been detained in Ankara within the murder investigation of Hrant Dink - murdered editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper.

26 February 2015

Journalist Charged With Prison For Defense With Acrostic

Journalist Charged With Prison For Defense With Acrostic

BirGün newspaper editor-in-chief Barış İnce has been charged with 4 years and 8 months of prison for insulting pthe president of Turkey when he defended himself with an acrostic.

24 February 2015 Elif Akgül

Turkey’s First Official Struma Disaster Commemoration

Turkey’s First Official Struma Disaster Commemoration

A state-level commemoration has been held for the 768 Jewish victims of Struma Disaster, in which 768 Jews died in the Black Sea while trying to escaping the Holocaust.

24 February 2015 Nilay Vardar

Journey of a Romani From Tent to Parliament

Journey of a Romani From Tent to Parliament

Born in a tent in Roma neighborhood and obtained a university degree, Özcan Purçu is now a pre-candidate for Republican People’s Party. He shared his life story and future projects to bianet.

24 February 2015 Nilay Vardar

Penalty against Actor for “Insulting Erdoğan”

Penalty against Actor for “Insulting Erdoğan”

Haldun Açıksözlü, sued allegedly for “insulting” of former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while acting as the character “Laz marks”, was taken into custody. After paying definitive monetary fine, Açıksözlü has been released.

20 February 2015

Turkey Ranks #3 in Violations Against Musicians’ Rights

Turkey Ranks #3 in Violations Against Musicians’ Rights

Freemuse monitored and documented violations of freedom of expression for musicians on www.freemuse.org in 2014.

19 February 2015