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Dead Writer And People Who Cannot Speak Kurdish Sentenced For Speaking Kurdish
The court sentenced Fidan, who was killed four years ago, Erbaş, who was not at the scene of the supposed crime, and Kalay to prison for speaking in Kurdish. Erbaş and Kalay do not even know Kurdish.
18 December 2008
Investigation Launched Against Calling Imprisoned PKK Leader Respectable
İskenderun Prosecutor launches an investigation against the head of the Iskenderun branch of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), Mahmut Aydıncı. The local newspaper “Demokrat İskenderun” is added to the investigation
18 December 2008
Justice Minister Says The PKK Militants Can Vote In The Elections Too
Justice Minister Says The PKK Militants Can Vote In The Elections Too
The Minister of Justice replied to the claim that there were PKK militants in the electoral registers by saying that they could vote if they were Turkish citizens. According to the minister, this way they would get to know them.
18 December 2008
Closing Of The Democratic Society Party May Be Decided After The Elections
The President of the Constitutional Court announces that they are still not close to making a decision in the closing case for the Democratic Society Party (DTP).
18 December 2008
Minority Report Case Goes To Justice Ministry To Obtain Permission For Trial Under Article 301
Since the Supreme Court of Appeals did not give permission to prosecute under article 301 the case in which academicians Kaboğlu and Oran are accused of "inciting hatred and hostility" by writing a report about minority rights, the 28th Criminal Court of First Instance sent the file to the Justice Ministry for permission to try it under article 301.
17 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Kurdish Politicians Face Prison Sentences For Using The Expression "PKK Guerillas"
Prosecutor Şahin demands prison sentences for the Diyarbakır mayor and the Democratic Society Party representative for describing the Kurdistan Workers Party militants as guerillas. The suspects say they were simply expressing the pain they felt over watching people from both sides get killed in this conflict.
17 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Campaigners React To Prime Minister's Words About Apologizing To The Armenians
Campaigners React To Prime Minister's Words About Apologizing To The Armenians
The Prime Minister criticizes those who campaign to apologize to the Armenians about the Great Catastrophe of 1915 by describing the whole thing as irrational. The campaigners react to Prime Minister’s words.
17 December 2008 Bawer Çakır
Private Radio To Broadcast Non-Musical Program In Kurdish
The Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK) gives permission to the FM 49 radio to do non-musical broadcasting by allowing a health program aired in Kurdish. However, the radio is waiting for a politically more suitable period to do the broadcasting.
16 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
The Campaign To Apologize To The Armenians Starts In The Internet
The campaign to apologize to the Armenians for the insensitivity shown to and the denial of the “Great Catastrophe” has been taken to the internet. The number of the signatures has already risen to 2500.
15 December 2008
Former Kurdish Parliamentarian Goes To Prison For Making A Call For Civil Disobedience
Former Kurdish Parliamentarian Goes To Prison For Making A Call For Civil Disobedience
Former Kurdish parliamentarian for the Democracy Party (DEP) is sent to prison again for making a call for civil disobedience. He refuses the chance of getting out of the prison sentence by paying fine.
15 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Turkish Journalist Faces Threats In Belgium For Writing Against Nationalist Remarks
Belgian authorities were forced to put journalist Doğan Özgüden under protection because of the violence and lynch threats he found himself facing due to the publications he made in his site against the nationalist comments of Vecdi Gönül, the Minister of National Defense.
12 December 2008
Activists Hand Out Copies Of The Declaration Of Human Rights To People On The Street
On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the activists from the Human Rights Association (İHD) handed out the copies of the declaration on one of the busiest streets of Istanbul.
12 December 2008 Bawer Çakır
ECHR Rules Against Banning Newspaper For Publishing Imprisoned PKK Leader’s Statements
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decides that banning weekly “Yedinci Gündem” for publishing statements from Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for one week is a freedom of expression violation and sentences Turkey to pay mental anguish damages to two journalists for this act.
11 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Writer Defends Himself Against Minister's Accusations In A Freedom Of Expression Case
Writer Defends Himself Against Minister's Accusations In A Freedom Of Expression Case
Writer Temel Demirer defends himself against Justice Minister's latests statements vilifying him. The minister has just recently given permission for the trial of the writer under article 301, designed to restrict the freedom of expression.
11 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Protection Of The Violent Police Officers Continue
Although Justice Minister Şahin, Police Chief Cerrah and the police educators say that the police officers should show their identities when asked, the citizens still get beaten up for asking their identities and the authorities still make statements protecting these police officers and file suspicious lawsuits against the victims.
11 December 2008 Tolga Korkut
Journalist Sarısözen Sentenced To Prison For Portraying PKK As The Party Of The Kurdish Revolt
The court sentences journalist Sarısözen for portraying the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as the party of the revolt of the Kurdish people in his articles and therefore legitimizing its existence. The journalist held a press release to defend his right to portray the PKK in any way he likes.
10 December 2008
Human Rights Watch Leaves The Meeting With The Human Rights Minister Unsatisfied
Human Rights Watch Leaves The Meeting With The Human Rights Minister Unsatisfied
Kenneth Roth, administrator of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), described his experience with Çiçek, minister of the human rights, during his meeting to introduce his report about the police violence as meeting with a minister assigned to violate the human rights.
10 December 2008 Tolga Korkut
Under Investigation For Filing Harassment Complaint Against Police Officers
An investigation has been launched against Tutku Türkol, a reader of daily Birgün, who had filed a complaint against police officers for apprehending and harassing her both verbally and physically.
5 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Former Kurdish Parliamentarian Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Her Speeches
The court sentences Leyla Zana for the statements picked from nine of her speeches. She is accused of doing propaganda for the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). The court deprived her of the right to elect and be elected.
5 December 2008
Intellectuals Launch A Campaign To Apologize To Armenians
Intellectuals Launch A Campaign To Apologize To Armenians
Some intellectuals and academicians are getting ready to launch a campaign to apologize Armenians for the denial of the “Great Catastrophe” they were subjected to in 1915.
5 December 2008
Leyla Zana Sentenced To Ten Years
Court sentences Leyla Zana, a member of the former Democracy Party (DEP), to ten years in prison and deprives her of the right to elect and elected.
4 December 2008
Governorship Intervenes With The Murder Investigation Concerning Police Shooting
Governorship Intervenes With The Murder Investigation Concerning Police Shooting
Antalya’s vice governor sends a circular to the prosecutor asking for information about the investigation regarding Çağdaş Gemik’s murder. Gemik's lawyer says the governorship attempts to influence the due process and thus commits crime.
4 December 2008 Tolga Korkut
Witness In Dink’s Murder Case Changes His Statement
Kaan Gerçek changes his previous statement about being with Ogün Samast, the murder suspect in Dink’s trial, the day before the murder. He now remembers nothing.
4 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Turkey Ratifies The Convention For The Rights Of The Disabled
Turkey finally ratifies the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which it had signed last year. Once it is signed by the president, it will be binding in the internal legal arrangements concerning the persons with disabilities.
4 December 2008
The State Insists On Not Reducing The Load On Disabled Persons
Turkey’s Disabled Association (TSD) wants the 40 percent border required of the disabled persons to have access to the services they need to be lowered to the 30 percent. They also want the removal of the contribution rate.
3 December 2008
Newspaper Yeni Asya Acquitted In The State Council Case
The court ruled for the acquittal of Faruk Çakır, director in-charge of the newspaper Yeni Asya, in the case in which he was accused of violating the secrecy of the investigation regarding the attack on the State Council
3 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Birgün Columnist Fikri Sağlar Fined For His Article
Birgün Columnist Fikri Sağlar Fined For His Article
Columnist Fikri Sağlar of daily Birgün and the newspaper itself are fined in the amount of 8500 euro for writing about the questionable meeting between the Prime Minister and Büyükanıt, Chief of Staff at the time.
3 December 2008
Two Journalists Face 18 Years In Prison
Journalists Hacı Boğatekin and Cumali Badur together face 18 years in the lawsuit filed against them for writing about possible connections between Prosecutor Sadullah Ovacıklı and Fethullah Gülen, a well-known Islamic community leader in Turkey.
3 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Jews And Armenians To Have Their Holidays In Universities, What About Others?
YÖK’s circular about excusing the Jewish and the Armenian students and personnel during their religious holidays gets reactions, since the other religious groups are not included in the new practice.
2 December 2008 Tolga Korkut
ECHR Sentences Turkey In The “Banned Publication” Case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Ahmet Gemici’s freedom of expression was violated when the bulletins of the Labor Party (EMEP) were seized in a police raid and he was punished for having banned publications in his possession.
2 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
Prosecutor Investigates Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials For Dink’s Murder
Prosecutor Investigates Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials For Dink’s Murder
Trabzon’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against Colonel Ali Öz and five gendarme officials for possible neglect in Hrant Dink’ murder. There are no police officers on trial for the same accusation.
2 December 2008
BIA Media Monitoring Report For The Third Quarter of 2008 (Full Text)
According to the report published by the Media Monitoring Desk of the Independent Communications Network (BIA) for the period of July-August-September 2008, total of 116people, 77 of whom are journalists, were prosecuted in the 73 freedom of expression cases.
1 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu
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