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State Wants Kurdish-Speaking Employees, But Tries Kurdish Mayor
Demirbaş, mayor of a municipality in Diyarbakır, is hopeful about changes in state attitude on public services in Kurdish.
25 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
Release of One Suspect in Malatya Trial
The Malatya murder trial continued on Friday. One defendant was released.
25 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Demonstration in Istanbul: "Silence Guns, Not DTP"
Around 10,000 protesters in Çağlayan, Istanbul, gathered to call for an urgent, peaceful solution to the Kurdish question rather than operations against the DTP.
25 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
Minister of Interior: No Repeat of Zana Case
Referring to the arrest of MPs in 1994, Minister of the Interior Atalay has said that such an event would not happen again.
22 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
Academics Warn of Hate Speech in Media
A conference organised by the Social Change Association discussed the prevalence of hate discourses in the national media.
22 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Police Officer Gets 2 Years for Killing Youth
Baran Tursun (20) was killed with a police bullet in 2007. The police officer involved has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month imprisonment. 10 other police officers have been acquitted.
21 May 2009
Emine Özcan
UN Convention Would Help Find the Disappeared
Turkey has yet to sign the Un treaty. İHD chair Öztürkdoğan explains how it would benefit efforts to determine the fate of around 1500 disappeared persons during the 1990s.
20 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
Two Journalists: Father on Trial, Son Convicted of "Insult"
A father and son journalist from a local newspaper in Adıyaman have both been tried for articles they wrote about a local prosecutor. The son has been convicted, while the father's trial continues.
20 May 2009
DTP MPs Face Prosecution Despite Immunity
Six members of the pro-Kurdish DTP face trials because of speeches they made, despite having parliamentarian immunity.
19 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
Youtube Ban Going Before the ECHR
Lawyer Karslı explains how Turkish courts failed to overturn a restrictive law which took Turkish users from accessing the popular video-sharing site for over a year now.
18 May 2009
Pacifists Support Conscientious Objectors
Marking Conscientious Objection Day, pacifists staged a protest in front of a military site in Istanbul.
17 May 2009
Colonel Öz' Statement: Everyone Guilty, Himself Innocent
Colonel Öz, accused of negligence in not preventing the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, has denied any responsibility.
17 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Relatives of Disappeared Will Form Justice Tribunal
The International Week of the Disappeared will be marked with a two-week programme in Turkey. Rights activists will form justice tribunal.
15 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
Supreme Court Allows Compensation Claims Against Orhan Pamuk
Although a criminal case against him was dropped, the Supreme Court has decreed for the second time that people can claim compensation from the writer.
14 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Writer Demands Annullment of Ministerial Permission to Prosecute Him
Writer Demirer is on trial under Article 301 after the Minister of Justice approved his prosecution. He went to an administrative court to have the approval revoked.
14 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Names of 12,211 Villages Were Changed in Turkey
According to Ass. Prof. Tunçel, 35 percent of villages in Turkey have had their names changed since 1940.
14 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
“Indirect Negotiations with PKK Seem to Have Begun”
According to Ass. Prof. Yeğen, utterances by Minister of the Interior Atalay and PKK leader Karayılan are sending similar messages.
14 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
Call for Release of Journalist Aylin Duruoğlu
The Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇGD) has called for the release of Aylin Duruoğlu, editor of the gazetevatan.com website.
13 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Four Lawyers Taken into Custody
Four lawyers, two of them members of the Human Rights Association, have been taken into police custody. Their office and homes have been searched.
13 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
“Monumental Opportunity” for Solution to Kurdish Question
The co-chair of the DTP said, “The public wants an end to violence. We are ready to meet the government on the path towards a solution.”
13 May 2009
Tolga Korkut
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President Gül’s Speech “Has Created Hope in Diyarbakır”
Lawyer Danış Beştaş has called Gül’s comments on the Kurdish question “positive”. In Prague, Gül had called the Kurdish question "Turkey’s priority".
13 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
“Many Reasons for The Massacre, Yet Root Cause is Denial of Kurds"
Dr. Beşikçi argues that the massacre of 44 people in a village in Mardin cannot be blamed only on feudalism, the village guard system, ignorance or underdevelopment.
8 May 2009
Ismail Beşikçi
Score of Village Guards' Deeds
İHD releases a report, filing the rights abuses committed by village guards, who were armed by the state in 1992 to fight against the Kurdish rebel group PKK.
8 May 2009
PKK Leader Karayılan Calls for End to Fighting
Karayılan says that the PKK will not lay down their arms without anything being offered in return, but he calls for arms to be silenced.
7 May 2009
How Will New Minister of Justice Deal With Article 301?
As investigation and prosecution under Article 301 depends on ministerial approval, a lot hinges on the attitude of new Minister of Justice Ergin.
7 May 2009
ECHR Condems Turkey
Özer was given prison sentences with regard to two articles published in his Çağrı magazine.
7 May 2009
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Police Officer’s Court Case against Bianet Continues
A trial against bianet, based on the complaint filed by police officer Muhittin Zenit, is continuing.
5 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
Another Case Against Author Gürsel
During today's hearing, prosecution demands acquittal of Gürsel. Yet, another case is brought against his latest book on allegations of inciting hatred.
5 May 2009
Ban on YouTube Enters 2nd Year
Activists urge the government to leave content control to citizens and NGOs. Courts can easily ban access to web sites, depending on the law 5651.
5 May 2009
Lawyers Call for Revision of Penal Code and Fewer Arrests
At a Freedom of Expression Conference in Istanbul, lawyers evaluated the legal basis of the protection and violation of freedom of expression in Turkey.
5 May 2009
Erol Önderoğlu
End of Hunger Strike: Call for Democratic Solution to Kurdish Question
The two-day protest hunger strike in Diyarbakır ended yesterday with a call for a political solution to the Kurdish Question.
5 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
More than 400 Detained on May Day
Lawyers say that more than 400 people were taken into police custody on May Day.
4 May 2009
Bawer Çakır
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