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€ 75,000 Compensation Penalty to Turkey for “Death by Torture”
ECHR has decreed that Turkey violated the right to life of Yelden who was tortured to death in custody 12 years ago. It has sentenced Turkey to pay € 75,000 compensation to his family.
4 May 2012
Ayça Söylemez
Eyüp Residents Against Demolition
Eyüp residents gathered in front of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality building and asked for their land titles. Municipality officers had to make a meeting with them.
4 May 2012
Nilay Vardar
Turkey In Top Five of RSF “Journalists in Jail” List!
According to RSF report, Turkey is one of the top-five countries ranked in "the countries with the most journalists in jail”.
4 May 2012
Mardin Prison: “Food May Not Be the Cause of ‘Food’ Poisoning”
Women prisoners in Mardin Prison were hospitalized due to food poisoning last month however there’s still no improvement in their food.
3 May 2012
Ayça Söylemez
Journalism Organizations Discussed Press Freedom
Press Council, ÇGD, G-9 Journalist Organizations Platform, The Media Association, TGC, TGDP, The Federation of Journalists Turkey and TGS expressed the obstacles and solutions towards press freedom and freedom of expression issues in Turkey.
3 May 2012
Emel Gülcan
‘World Press Freedom Day’ with 100 Journalists in Prison!
100 journalists and 35 newspaper distributors were in jail in the first quarter of 2012. 21 people, including 12 journalists, were facing imprisonment of 254 years in total under allegations of "propaganda for an illegal organization"
2 May 2012
Emel Gülcan
Workers Died on Workers' Day
A worker died in Istanbul due to an explosion in a foundry, an art assistant died at a film set in Kağıthane, İstanbul and a worker died in Ankara on May 1.
2 May 2012
"Shift at the Heron Records "
It’s stated that there’s a shift at the Heron records in the Roboski report of Ministry of Interior that’s presented to Parliamentary Committee; they’ll ask for the opinion of ASELSAN.
1 May 2012
4 Questions Not Answered for 120 Days
Member of Parliamentary Human Rights Sub-Commission, Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Gök said, “ We couldn’t get any answer to our questions” at the meeting organized by Turkey Peace Assembly for the 120. day of Uludere Massacre.
30 April 2012
Işıl Cinmen
"There Should Be A Parliamentary Inquiry About the Death of Workers”
Based on Occupational Health and Safety Council's report, Ertuğrul Kürkçü asked for a Parliamentary Inquiry about the death of workers.
30 April 2012
Indictment of Journalists in Court
Third Istanbul KCK indictment, which included 36 arrested, 44 suspects -most of them journalists- was prepared and sent to the court. Arrested journalists had told bianet “why they were in prison”.
29 April 2012
"The Punishment to Peace is Unacceptable"
Turkey Peace Parliament organized a press conference and criticized the sentences given to Peace Group members came from Khabur in 2009.
29 April 2012
Burcu Ballıktaş
Freedom Wanted for Pussy Riot
At the action held in front of Russian Consulate in Istanbul on April 26, the protestors wanted freedom for three members of feminist punk collective that were accused of “hooliganism” and arrested in Russia.
27 April 2012
Çiçek Tahaoğlu
Prisoner Population Quadrupled in 12 Years
According to the statements of the Ministry, the number of convicts and detainees in prisons increased four times since 2000, so the total population approximately tripled. There are around 7.000 “excess capacity” convicts and detainees; Kıraç told that there are 15.000 “excess capacity” indeed.
26 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
bianet “The Best News Website of the Year''
bianet received ‘the best news website award’ at the "Journalism Achievement Awards” of Turkish Journalists Association.
26 April 2012
"97th Anniversary of Genocide and the Tradition of Unsolved Murders”
At the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, a commemoration event organized at Taksim Square. It was stated that leading 250 Armenian people were sent to a road of no return and it was a way of silencing them all.
25 April 2012
Ekin Karaca
Who Will Be Judging These Murder Cases?
Yaman, Efeoğlu and Gül were disappeared in custody and their investigation files changed the prosecution office for the fifth time. Yaman’s brother says he testified to prosecution offices for 5 times, however he there is no concrete step taken.
25 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
A Letter to Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Catholicos
The defenders of human rights sent a letter to Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Catholicos and declared that “Only after the recognition of the Genocide and the restitution of and/or compensation for the confiscated property of Armenians, that justice can be established.”
25 April 2012
Nilay Vardar
“Modern Turkish State Does Not Want To Face The Genocide”
The director of Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Hayk Demoyan spoke to bianet about the museum studies, the new partition of the museum “Anatolians that helped Armenians” and the genocide process.
24 April 2012
Ekin Karaca
"Time to Comprehend for Turkey”
At the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, Agos newspaper emphasized the importance of confrontation with 1915 by placing this week’s editorial article as the headline. ‘Turkey cannot change into a “New Turkey” completely until it faces and confronts 1915’ was written at the article.
24 April 2012
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Extra 10 Years for "Unnecessary" Slogan
The prisoners at Tekirdağ No.2 are accused with “shouting unnecessary slogans” and they got the penalty of deprivation of access to communication means and deprivation of accepting visitors for periods up to years. Prisoners Kılıç and Özçelik lost their right to release on probation, Kılıç will stay extra 10 years in prison.
24 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
They sat in for Armenian Intellectuals and the Children
Saturday mothers staged a sit in for the children and Armenian intellectuals disappeared in custody earlier on April 23rd Children's Day and April 24th, the anniversary of the disappearance of Armenian intellectuals on April 21, Saturday.
23 April 2012
Nilay Vardar
The Investigation without a Prosecutor
The investigation of Efeoğlu who disappeared in custody 20 years ago is in between specially authorized prosecutor and Şişli Prosecution; however none of the prosecutors undertakes the case. Lawyer Oya Aslan says that she tries the case not to be barred by limitation period.
20 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
Protest of Generals at the Courtroom
At the 91. hearing of Sledgehammer case, some of the defendants wore t-shirts writing “We demand fair trial” and that created a tension in between the delegation of the court and the defendants.
20 April 2012
Turkey in the Mirror of Selek Case
Atalay, Alp Selek, Çalışlar, Karakaşlı, Direk, Pradel, Lauchbihler and Flautre discussed the judiciary problems in Turkey using Pınar Selek case as example.
19 April 2012
bianet as a Subject of PhD Thesis
The PhD dissertation on "Alternative media and bianet" of Dr. Ahmet Taylan from Ankara University Department of Journalism showed that bianet is an effective and authentic alternative media venture in Turkey.
19 April 2012
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Unending Imprisonment at the Banner Case
A teacher that cannot be appointed and a university student Işıklı are accused with “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” and in prison for 4 months because of unfurling a banner. The first hearing of the case did not end by release, the next hearing is after 3.5 months.
19 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
The Demolition in Süleymaniye Postponed a Month
The buildings of tenants living in Süleymaniye would be demolished within the scope of urban transformation on April 17, Tuesday morning without any prior notice. When this news was reflected in the press, the families were given one more month for evacuation.
19 April 2012
Again the Same Combination: The Banner and the Prison
Two women, a student and a teacher that unfurl a banner written "We do not want the missile shield , we want a democratic high school” arrested with many accusations like “terrorist propaganda” and they are in prison for 4 months.
18 April 2012
Ayça Söylemez
Demolition in Süleymaniye with Announcement
There was a great shock for the people living in Süleymaniye, İstanbul on Tuesday, April 17th morning of the demolition preparations in Süleymaniye within the scope of urban transformation without any prior notice. Süleymaniye residents asked for an extra period of time, at least until the schools are closed.
18 April 2012
Nilay Vardar
Savda: Nationalist and Militaristic Judiciary in Turkey
Conscientious objector Halil Savda made a statement after he was released from the prison by Probation Law. He said he was sentenced due to “alienating the public from military service” because of the high nationalist and militaristic sensitivity of the judiciary.
17 April 2012
Ekin Karaca
"Selek" Case and the Judiciary in Turkey
Akın Atalay, Alp Selek, Oral Çalışlar, Karin Karakaşlı, Zeynep Direk, Martin Pradel from FIDH, EP Chairman of the Human Rights Subcommittee Barbara Lochbihler and the President of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Commission Hélène Flautre will discuss Pınar Selek case and the judiciary in Turkey.
17 April 2012
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