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Army's New Discipline Act Still Flawed, Activists Say

Army's New Discipline Act Still Flawed, Activists Say

Tolga İslam, an activist from Soldier Rights Initiative, expressed his concerns on Turkish Army's amended discipline act, saying that there are more practices to be removed other than disciplinary cell penalties.

4 February 2013 Ekin Karaca

Report Reveals Discrimination Against Turkey's Alevis

Report Reveals Discrimination Against Turkey's Alevis

An Alevi association annual report reveals at least 60 right abuses including board-marking of apartments with Alevi residents, discrimination of Alevis' funerals were committed in 2012.

31 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

ECHR Orders Turkey to Pay Damages to 9 Publications

ECHR Orders Turkey to Pay Damages to 9 Publications

ECHR found Turkey guilty for suspending the publication and distribution of 9 newspapers and magazines between 2008 and 2009, ordering the Turkish state to pay applicants a total of 13,500 euros.

31 January 2013

Turkish Army's Civilian Staff Have Issues

Turkish Army's Civilian Staff Have Issues

Human right advocate Ahmet Kahveci told bianet on the mobbing cases that Turkish Military's contracted civilian staff faced including disciplinary penalties, being forced to athletic trainings and assemblies.

29 January 2013 Ekin Karaca

PKK Leader Applies to Constitutional Court

PKK Leader Applies to Constitutional Court

PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has filed a lawsuit to Turkey's constitutional court, complaining that his book entitled "Kurdish people's Manifesto" had previously been declined for publishing.

29 January 2013

bianet Report Reveals Judicial Reform Deficits

bianet Report Reveals Judicial Reform Deficits

68 journalists and 27 publishers entered 2013 behind bars in Turkey due to charges related to "being an illegal organization member". 78 out 97 jailed media workers marked from Kurdish media. 2012 marked attacks on journalists and defamation verdicts in favor of PM Erdogan.

28 January 2013 Emel Gülcan

Parliament Approves Court Defense Bill

Parliament Approves Court Defense Bill

The parliament reached consensus on a bill permitting defendants to speak in the mother tongue, despite limitations.

25 January 2013

No Statute of Limitations in Mumcu Case, Advocate Says

No Statute of Limitations in Mumcu Case, Advocate Says

"A statute of limitations will not apply to the case this year," said Halil Sevinç, the family advocate of journalist Uğur Mumcu who was assassinated in 1993.

25 January 2013 Elif Akgül

Kuray to Stand Trial Again After ECHR Verdict

Kuray to Stand Trial Again After ECHR Verdict

Sarp Kuray, a life sentence convict for "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order by force", was ordered to stand trial on January 29, after ECHR ruled that Turkey has not hold a fair trial.

25 January 2013 Ayça Söylemez

Parliament Approves First Article on Court Defense Bill

Parliament Approves First Article on Court Defense Bill

The first article of a bill enabling defendants to speak in the mother tongue has been by the parliament last night.

24 January 2013

Another Violent Attack on Armenians in Samatya

Another Violent Attack on Armenians in Samatya

Sultan Aykar, a 83 year old Armenian woman, was severely attacked in Istanbul’s Samatya district on Tuesday evening, raising the number of violent attacks against elderly Armenian women to at least four in recent months.

24 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

34 More Arrests in Lawyer Round Up Case

34 More Arrests in Lawyer Round Up Case

The court resumed the interrogation of 64 individuals - who were detained on Friday in the lawyer round up case - until the early hours of this morning, ordering the arrest of 34 suspects for being a DHKP-C member.

22 January 2013

Turkey Found Guilty For Convicting Campaigns in Kurdish

Turkey Found Guilty For Convicting Campaigns in Kurdish

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay a total of 50,000 euros to 5 politicians who were convicted by Turkish courts for speaking Kurdish during various election campaigns between 2002 and 2007.

22 January 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

9 Human Rights Lawyers Arrested in Istanbul

9 Human Rights Lawyers Arrested in Istanbul

An Istanbul court order this afternoon the arrest of 9 human rights lawyers who have been detained since Friday for charges related to being a DHKP-C member.

21 January 2013

Hrant Dink Commemorated

Hrant Dink Commemorated

Thousands of people commemorated Hrant Dink on Saturday afternoon in front of Agos newspaper building on the sixth anniversary of his assassination.

21 January 2013 Ekin Karaca

New Releases, Detentions in Lawyer Round Up Case

New Releases, Detentions in Lawyer Round Up Case

11 out of 68 individuals detained in the lawyer round up case on Friday morning have been released yesterday, while a human rights lawyer association chair has been detained the same morning.

21 January 2013

Anti-Terror Police Detains Lawyers, Musicians

Anti-Terror Police Detains Lawyers, Musicians

Police raided several dozens of apartments and offices this early morning in Turkey's 3 biggest cities, detaining 63 individuals suspected for "terrorism" including activist lawyers and musicians.

18 January 2013

Appeals Court Overturns Festus Okey Verdict

Appeals Court Overturns Festus Okey Verdict

An appeals court in Istanbul overturned the conviction of police officer Cengiz Yıldız charged with negligently murdering Nigerian immigrant Festus Okey under detention in 2007, recommending that the convict ought to be charged with murder.

17 January 2013

Jailed Journalist Nominated for Freedom of Expression Award

Jailed Journalist Nominated for Freedom of Expression Award

UK's Index on Censorship Institution nominated jailed Evrensel newspaper journalist Sadiye Eser for its annual freedom of expression award.

17 January 2013

Computer Teacher at Armenian School Murdered in Istanbul

Computer Teacher at Armenian School Murdered in Istanbul

İlker Şahin (40), a computer-subject teacher at Aramyan Armenian School in Istanbul, was found murdered in his apartment.

11 January 2013

bianet's Latest Book Promoted

bianet's Latest Book Promoted

bianet's new book "10 Years in Freedom of Expression" has been promoted to a group of academicians, authors, journalists and NGO representatives.

11 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

"Elimination Through Detention"

"Elimination Through Detention"

The mentality that is sending journalists to jail is working hard. News is censored, newspapers and magazines are seized, some books are found "harmful", presses are charged.

9 January 2013 Emel Gülcan

Kurdish Deputies Meet Ocalan on Imrali Island

Kurdish Deputies Meet Ocalan on Imrali Island

Kurdish deputies Ahmet Türk and Ayla Akat Ata visited PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan yesterday afternoon in Imrali Prison.

Chomsky to Lecture for Hrant Dink

Chomsky to Lecture for Hrant Dink

On January 18, linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky will hold lecture dedicated to the memorial of Hrant Dink in Bogazici University, Istanbul.

Diyarbakir Court Rejects Testimony in Kurdish

Diyarbakir Court Rejects Testimony in Kurdish

The 6th Diyarbakir High Criminal Court found 40 defendants guilty for being a KCK organization member, ordering prison sentences from six years and three months to seventeen years.

Troubled Alevi Police Officer Commits Suicide

Troubled Alevi Police Officer Commits Suicide

Alevi police officer Erol Uygun committed suicide on Sunday evening with allegations that he frequently received pressures on his beliefs from his colleagues.

TIMELINE: What Happened in Roboski?

TIMELINE: What Happened in Roboski?

December 28 marked as the first anniversary of Roboski Massacre, where 34 Kurdish civilivians on the southeastern border lost their lives after a Turkish military air strike. While the official investigation has yet to transform into prosecution, the beloved ones of Roboski victims demand for justice.

31 December 2012

bianet Defamation Charges Declared Nolle Prosequi

bianet Defamation Charges Declared Nolle Prosequi

A special media prosecution office in Istanbul has decided to voluntarily discontinue criminal charges for bianet staff on Thursday, upon the defamation complaint from Sedat Selim Ay, Istanbul's Police Commissioner on Anti-Terrorism.

31 December 2012

Thousands Commemorate in Roboski, Demand for Justice

Thousands Commemorate in Roboski, Demand for Justice

Thousands of demonstrators assembled in Roboski village this morning, commemorating the death of 34 civilians after a Turkish military air strike exactly last year.

28 December 2012

Hate Banner Against Armenians Punished

Hate Banner Against Armenians Punished

An Istanbul court found 6 defendants guilty for carrying a banner including hate speech against Armenians, sentencing them to 5 month of prison which was later on commuted to a fine.

27 December 2012

Taraf Newspaper to Take Defamation Verdict to ECHR

Taraf Newspaper to Take Defamation Verdict to ECHR

An Ankara court found Taraf newspaper columnist Ahmet Altan guilty for insulting PM Erdogan, ordering Altan to pay roughly 8,000 euros for non-pecuniary damages, a verdict that Taraf newspaper announced to take to ECHR.

26 December 2012

Police Detains 19 in Sirnak, Days Before Massacre Anniversary

Police Detains 19 in Sirnak, Days Before Massacre Anniversary

Şırnak province police swooped on several flats yesterday, detaining 19 individuals only 4 days before the first anniversary of Roboski Massacre, which Peace and Democracy Party deputy Hasip Kaplan reminded.

25 December 2012 Ekin Karaca