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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
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
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
BIA Media Monitoring Report For The Third Quarter of 2008 (3)
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
BIA Media Monitoring Report For The Third Quarter of 2008 (2)
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
BIA Media Monitoring Report For The Third Quarter of 2008 (1)
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
Journalist Sued For Publishing Secret Documents
Journalist Nazif İflasoğlu has been acquitted of publishing secret documents, but Soner Arıkanoğlu, a reporter for daily Taraf, is on trial for two different cases, though they are similar in nature.
28 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Dink’s Lawyer Yücel Sayman Acquitted Of The Insult Charge
Lawyer Yücel Sayman has been acquitted in the case filed against him for insulting two lawyers during one of Dink’s trial when he was still alive. Sayman told the court to take into consideration the attacks during these trials on his client Dink.
28 November 2008
Prime Minister Joins The Accreditation Controversy: “Send Different Reporters”
Commenting on the accreditation ban, Prime Minister Erdoğan tells the newspapers whose reporters’ accreditations were cancelled to send different reporters, since he says they would not work with reporters who produce false reports.
27 November 2008
Journalist Mağden Acquitted Of Her Conscientious Objection Article
Journalist Perihan Mağden, who was on trial for her article in support of the conscientious objection, has been acquitted. She says it is only in Turkey and Azerbaijan where the conscientious objection is still not recognized.
27 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Daily Yeniçağ Attacks Journalist For An Award
Daily Yeniçağ attacks distinguished journalist Doğan Özgüden for receiving an award for his fiftieth year in the profession and the Turkish Journalist Association for giving it.
26 November 2008
Controversy Over Prime Ministry’s Cancellation Of Accreditations Continues
Journalist Sultan Özer finds out that her accreditation was cancelled for absenteeism after eight years of service, though this announcement does not silence the reactions.
26 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Degrading Proposal To PKK’s Imprisoned Leader Öcalan
Minister of Justice announced that if imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan wanted to make use of his rights, then he should stop the PKK.
25 November 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
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60 Officials Will Be Tried For Ceber’s Death Due To Torture
The Prosecutor’s Office asked for life imprisonment for the four officials who are accused of torture and death of Engin Ceber. The prosecutor based his indictment on the European Human Rights Convention rather than the Turkish Penal Code.
25 November 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
Prime Ministry’s Accreditation Ban Taken To Court
The Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) and its member Sultan Özer of daily Günlük Evrensel take Prime Ministry’s accreditation ban against some journalists to court.
24 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Supporting Conscientious Objection Not Allowed Either
A lawsuit against the four people who participated in an activity to protest what happened to the conscientious objector Bal has been filed under article 318 for “alienating people from the military service”.
24 November 2008
Bawer Çakır
Agos Lawyers Demand Resignation Of Judge Yalçınkaya
Kemal Aytaç, one of the lawyers for weekly Agos, Armenian-Turkish newspaper, demanded resignation of Hakkı Yalçınkaya, judge for the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Şişli, Istanbul, or his removal.
24 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Creationist Adnan Oktar Gets Another Internet Site Banned
Creationist Adnan Oktar gets the internet site nacizanebilgi.com shut down on the grounds that he was insulted. He is asking for 4000 euro for damages.
24 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Malatya Massacre Trial Questions The Ergenekon Connection
The 3rd High Criminal Court of Malatya is questioning the possibility of connection between the Ergenekon case and the Malatya massacre of the three Protestants. The court will also question the possibility of police neglect.
21 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
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Female Convicts Stamped With “One Flag, One Language, One Country”
Convict Sevcan Atak sent a letter to the Human Rights Association (IHD) from Karataş Closed Women Prison about the rights violations in the prison. The IHD plans to take this matter to the Adana Bar and the Parliament.
21 November 2008
Tolga Korkut
“The Culture Of No-Punishment Dominates The Human Rights Violations”
The case about the killing of Ahmet Kaymaz and his twelve year old son Uğur Kaymaz has been waiting at the Supreme Court of Appeals for twenty months. The lawyer of the family says the culture of no-punishment dominates the human rights violations.
21 November 2008
Tolga Korkut
Another Death From Police Shooting
The police officer A.Y. was arrested for shooting Soner Çankal in Ankara. According to the witnesses, the police officer shot Çankal in the head after he was caught. But the police department said the officer was just defending himself.
21 November 2008
Columnist Still Sentenced To Pay, Though Found Innocent
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the decision that sentenced columnist Altemur Kılıç to make a compensation payment to the Prime Minister for calling him “reckless bully”, but he could not make use of the decision because of technicality.
20 November 2008
Justice Minister's Comments Jeopardize Article 301 Suspect Temel Demirer’s Safety
The Initiative for Freedom of Thinking of Ankara demanded resignation of Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Şahin for declaring Temel Demirer guilty under article 301 before he was even tried.
20 November 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Alevis Take Three Newspapers And The State TV To Court
The Federation of the Alevi Bektashi Associations files a criminal complaint against the newspapers of Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Vakit and the Turkish State Television for publishing biased news against the Alevis regarding their “equal citizenship” meeting.
20 November 2008
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