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CHP Deputy Pavey rewarded as "Woman of Courage"
CHP Deputy Pavey rewarded as "Woman of Courage"
CHP Deputy Şafak Pavey was bestowed one of the International Women of Courage Awards. The prize giving ceremony in Washington DC was hosted by Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.
12 March 2012
Cypriot Students Teach Minister Bağış a Lesson
Cypriot Students Teach Minister Bağış a Lesson
"We are not the 82nd province, we are the house owner" was the messages conveyed by students from Northern Cyprus studying in Ankara. They criticized Minister Bağış's statement that Northern Cyprus could be connected to Turkey.
12 March 2012 Serhat Korkmaz
Prosecutor Reiterated Final Speech from 7 Year ago
Prosecutor Reiterated Final Speech from 7 Year ago
The new prosecutor of the trial related to the Spice Bazaar blast in Istanbul in the late 1990s reiterated the claim for an aggravated life sentence for Pınar Selek. Her father Alp Selek told bianet that the prosecutor repeated the final speech given seven years earlier.
8 March 2012
RedHack to Publish "Policeleaks"
RedHack to Publish "Policeleaks"
In the end of February, RedHack started publishing notification e-mails, police officers' e-mails and passwords after hacking related databases of the police. The hackers group now announced to continue publishing the seized data in a system like "Wikileaks".
8 March 2012
Report on Children Prisoners in Pozantı
Report on Children Prisoners in Pozantı
In the report on the Pozantı Prison, MP Kürkçü called for the urgent release of the victimized children prisoners. He emphasized the need for education and rehabilitation for the children who ought to be sent to their families as soon as possible.
8 March 2012
AKP Supports Statute of Limitation for Sivas Massacre
AKP Supports Statute of Limitation for Sivas Massacre
AKP deputies voted against the initiative of CHP MPs to debate a proposal against the time-barring of the Sivas massacre in parliament. CHP deputy Tanrıkulu commented, "They will not be able to explain this to the public conscience".
7 March 2012 Ayça Söylemez
"Why Did they not Think of Villagers?"
"Why Did they not Think of Villagers?"
CHP Deputy Gök announced that the report of the Military Electronics Industry corporation confirmed the commission's interpretation of the Uludere massacre. He questioned, "Since they determined pack animals, why did they not consider that these people might be villagers?"
7 March 2012 Ayça Söylemez
Award of Turkey Journalism Association Goes to bianet
Award of Turkey Journalism Association Goes to bianet
The laureates of the 52nd Turkey Journalism Achievements annually bestowed by the Turkey Journalism Association were announced. bianet will be awarded in the field of internet journalism.
7 March 2012
Journalists and Politicians Outraged about Minister's Proposal
Journalists and Politicians Outraged about Minister's Proposal
Journalists and politicians in Northern Cyprus criticized Minister Bağış's suggestion to "connect Northern Cyprus to Turkey".
6 March 2012
Sex Workers Demonstrate in Ankara
Sex Workers Demonstrate in Ankara
On 3 March, the International Sex Worker Rights Day, sex workers in Ankara raised their voices against police violence and demanded, "Hands off my body".
5 March 2012 Serhat Korkmaz
"You Cannot Silence Us by Putting Journalists behind Bars"
"You Cannot Silence Us by Putting Journalists behind Bars"
On 3 March, the ANGA organization and activists for freedom of journalists demonstrated in Istanbul to mark the first anniversary of the arrest of journalists Şık and Şener. Their message: "You cannot silence us by imprisoning journalists and laying them off".
5 March 2012 Ayça Söylemez
Students Face 25 Years in Jail - Evidence: Posters
Students Face 25 Years in Jail - Evidence: Posters
University students Alkan and Söylemez were detained for six months on the grounds of certain posters they carried before they were released pending trial. Due to a recent legal amendment the prosecutor was allowed additional time till the next hearing to present his final plea.
2 March 2012 Serhat Korkmaz
"Access Ban to RedHack Site Unlawful"
"Access Ban to RedHack Site Unlawful"
Access was banned to the kizilhack.org (RedHack) website on the grounds of alleged catalogue crimes as mentioned in Law No. 5651. Internet experts Akdeniz and Altıparmak criticized the access ban saying that the activities of Redhack were not included in the catalogue crimes.
2 March 2012 Ekin Karaca
"After victory for free speech in France, Turkey's turn next?"
"After victory for free speech in France, Turkey's turn next?"
Reporters Without Borders appreciated the French Constitutional Court's decision against the law proposal related the denial of genocide. The international organization now urged Turkish authorities to fulfil their responsibilities regarding free speech.
2 March 2012
BIA Media Monitoring Report 2011/Full Text
BIA Media Monitoring Report 2011/Full Text
Journalist murders/trials, imprisoned journalists, attacks, threats, and restraints, inquiries, trials, decisions, publication bans, defamation, personal rights and compensation cases, RTUK and ECHR decisions.
1 March 2012 Emel Gülcan
Bones in Mass Grave 100 Years old? Experts Doubt it...
Bones in Mass Grave 100 Years old? Experts Doubt it...
Specialist Biçer doubts the statement that the human bones found in a mass grave in Diyarbakır were a hundred years old. He said that the report of the Forensic Medicine Institute was insufficient and announced to apply for an independent investigation.
1 March 2012 Ayça Söylemez
Secret Witness not Heard - Again
Secret Witness not Heard - Again
The trial about the murder of journalist Cihan Hayırsevener was continued on 28 February. 18 defendants are in the dock due to the murder and also on the grounds of corruption in tenders. Just as in the two previous sessions, the secret witness did not appear at court again.
1 March 2012
Bomb Attack on Police Bus in Istanbul
Bomb Attack on Police Bus in Istanbul
A bus of the riot forces was bombed in front of the AKP Provincial Presidency and the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen in Istanbul this morning. Ten policemen were slightly injured in the attack.
1 March 2012
Artists Disapprove!
Artists Disapprove!
"We Disapprove" is the name and theme of a signature campaign launched by the Artists Initiative. With their campaign the artists take a stance against the oppression of all opposition groups including artists. Renowned Turkish artists like Edip Akbayram or Levent Kırca support the campaign.
1 March 2012 Nilay Vardar
France: Genocide Law Overturned
France: Genocide Law Overturned
The French Constitutional Council found the draft bill on the criminalization of the denial of genocide contrary to the constitution. The members of the French parliament who applied to the council announced to lift the law.
29 February 2012
Deadly Torture at the Military - 30 Defendants, 1 Prison Sentence
Deadly Torture at the Military - 30 Defendants, 1 Prison Sentence
Murat Polat died as the result of torture in a military prison during his military service in 2005. 30 soldiers were tried, among them also commanders. At the end of the trial, one private was sentenced to imprisonment.
29 February 2012 Ekin Karaca
Baklahorani Carinval in Istanbul after 71 Years
Baklahorani Carinval in Istanbul after 71 Years
The Greek Baklahorani Carnival was celebrated in big style for the first time since 71 years in Istanbul on 26/27 February. A costumed crowed took over Taksim Square on Sunday; a masked parade took a cheerful course from Feriköy to Tatavla (Kurtuluş) on Shrove Monday.
28 February 2012
Eleven Skulls found in Dargeçit
Eleven Skulls found in Dargeçit
Skulls, bones and clothes belonging to eleven people have been found in a mass grave in Dargeçit (Mardin). Six people who disappeared in police custody in 1995 were supposedly buried in the mass grave.
28 February 2012
RedHack Hacked Police Directorate
RedHack Hacked Police Directorate
RedHack hacked the POLNET police network and the Ankara Police Directorate and seized and published denunciations, complaints and other correspondence related to the worries of sensitive citizens.
28 February 2012
Conscientious Objector Savda Arrested again
Conscientious Objector Savda Arrested again
Conscientious objector Savda was arrested and taken to prison upon the approval of a five-month prison sentence on charges of "alienating the public from military service". Amnesty International Turkey and the Human Rights Foundation condemned his arrest.
27 February 2012 Ekin Karaca
In Solidarity with Arrested Writer Zarakolu
In Solidarity with Arrested Writer Zarakolu
Advocators for freedom of expression from Turkey and abroad expressed their solidarity with detained writer Ragıp Zarakolu in Ankara on 25 February. PEN International Head Schoulgin and Nyegard from the Norwegian Publishers Association sent solidarity messages.
27 February 2012 Serhat Korkmaz
Allegedly 'Released' People Found in Mass Grave
Allegedly 'Released' People Found in Mass Grave
The Human Rights Foundation announced that the finding of human remains in the Mardin Dargeçit mass grave proved right the allegations that have been putting forward for 17 years. The organization demanded the opening of another 253 mass graves.
24 February 2012 Nilay Vardar
Police Violence against Students - Procedures Dropped
Police Violence against Students - Procedures Dropped
The investigation about the police officers who beat students in the course protests against the Prime Minister was stalled. Despite visual records the prosecution decided to drop procedures due to a "lack of concrete evidence".
24 February 2012 Ekin Karaca
No Releases in Sixth Year of Proceedings
No Releases in Sixth Year of Proceedings
None of the twelve detained defendants, among them several journalists, was released at the hearing of the MKLP trial on 23 February. The next hearing was scheduled for 29 May.
24 February 2012 Nilay Vardar
"Journalists Need a Lawyer on Standby"
"Journalists Need a Lawyer on Standby"
According to an analysis of the Committee to Protect Journalists, "A critical journalist in Turkey these days needs a lawyer on standby. The press is laboring under a creaking judicial system".
24 February 2012
Protest against Prime Minister Lands four People in Custody
Protest against Prime Minister Lands four People in Custody
Three young people who protested PM Erdoğan while he was on his way home from his office in the Dolmabahçe Palace were taken into custody on 22 February. One day before, another protestor was beaten by Erdoğan's bodyguards and taken into custody.
23 February 2012
Doğan Yurdakul Released
Doğan Yurdakul Released
Oda TV defendant Yurdakul was released from the Silivri Prison due to health reasons after eleven months of detention. Yurdakul had shared a cell with journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener.
23 February 2012
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