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"Army and AKP Rely on 'Muslim Brotherhood' in Kurdish Question"
However much the upper echelons of the army may dislike the AKP because of the headscarf and its religious discourses, they are willing to cooperate with the party as long as it does not threaten their territory.
25 December 2007
Why is There No "Return Home"?
The lack of success of legislation to allow for the return home of PKK members is not due to lack of information. Rather, legislation has been faulty.
25 December 2007
Hüseyin Aygün
Bush and Erdogan Satisfied, Talabani Guarded, Barzani Angry
Erdogan and Bush have agreed on continuing to share intelligence in the fight against terrorism. Barzani condemned the operations, while Talabani's complaint was more muted.
25 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Peace Education at Bosphorus University
The Bosphorus University has opened a new Centre for Peace Education Practice and Research. Centre manager Prof. Dr. Erkman said the media played an important role in creating peace.
24 December 2007
Kudret Deneme
Another Operation in Northern Iraq
The General Staff announced that it hit further PKK targets in Northern Iraq on Saturday and that"similar operations would continue within the country and across the borders independently of the terrain and the weather."
24 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
General Staff Confirms Ground Operations
The General Staff has confirmed that ground units carried out a small operation on the Turkey-Iraq border in the night from 17 to 18 December.
19 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Operations: 20 Million Dollars and 1,800 Displaced People
The Hürriyet newspaper estimates that the four-hour operation cost Turkey around 20 million dollars. The UNHCR reports that around 1,800 people have been displaced as a result of the operations.
19 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
DTP Chair Demirtas Arrested by Military Court
Nurettin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish DTP, was arrested at the airport in Ankara on his return from Germany. The DTP has condemned the arrest.
19 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Invigorating Rotation at bianet
As an experiment in democratisation, our staff are rotating duties. This also means that new areas of expertise are explored.
19 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Ergil: Operations "Necessary" But Not On Their Own
According to Prof. Dr. Ergil, the PKK will be weakened, but not destroyed by the attacks. A more comprehensive package addressing the Kurdish question is necessary.
18 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Another Attack on a Priest
In the last two years, there have been three murder cases of Christians in Turkey. Now a priest in Izmir has been wounded by a young man.
18 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
Opposition to Operations
The European Peace Parliament, the Human Rights Association and the Labour Party have protested against cross-border operations: "Violence has not solved anything up to now."
18 December 2007
Emine Özcan
Writer Magden Receives Suspended Prison Sentence
Writer Perihan Magden has been given a one year and two month suspended prison sentence for reporting on what people said about the then district governor (kaymakam) Aytac Akgül in Yüksekova, in the southeastern province of Hakkari.
16 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
Singer Tunc's Trial Postponed by Five Months
The four-year trial of singer Ferhat Tunc, who criticised the imprisonment of Leyla Zana in the "Gündem" newspaper, has still not ended.
16 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
Turkish Armed Forces Attack Sites in Northern Iraq
The General Staff has announced that PKK targets on Kandil mountain have been bombed, and that attacks were not aimed at people living in Northern Iraq. Reuters says that 10 villages were hit, homes and schools ruined.
16 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
"Good Guys" Released in Semdinli Trial
A military court in Van has released the three suspects, two of them soldiers, in the Semdinli bombing trial. They will be tried without detention. Joint attorneys walked out of the hearing.
16 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
IPA Condemns Zarakolu's Trial
The IPA has protested against the long duration of the court case against Zarakolu, as well as against the charges brought.
14 December 2007
TIHV: Death in Police Raid is Murder
The Turkish Human Rights Foundation has condemned the death of Kever Mizrak on the hands of police: "The police and gendarmerie do not use guns as a last resort."
14 December 2007
Tolga Korkut
"Constitution Must Guarantee Equality and Social Rights"
The "Constitutional Platform Initiative" which met in workshops at the weekend has published a statement.
14 December 2007
Gökçe Gündüç
ECHR Faults Turkey in Azadiya Welat Case
The ECHR has found Turkey's decision to ban the publication of the Azadiya Welat newspaper for a week wrong.
12 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
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They Did Not Pee at a Wall, But 301 Applies...
Journalists Irfan Ucar and Umur Hozatli are still charged under Article 301 for criticising losses and rights violations. Ferhat Tunc is in court today.
12 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
What do Refugees Say?
None of the refugees who died at sea were adventureres. They faced death on the sea because the treatment of refugees is inhumane. How many of us listen to what they have to say?
12 December 2007
Senar Ataman
Büyükanit Calls Human Rights "Psychological Operation"
Speaking of the DTP, Chief of General Staff Büyükanit said, "terrorism has entered parliament." Türk of the DTP said the MPs had been elected in order to take part in democratic politics.
12 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
YÖK's New President: Yusuf Ziya Özcan
President Abdullah Gül has appointed Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Özcan as the new president of the Turkish Council of Higher Education.
12 December 2007
Gökçe Gündüç
More "Temporary Security Zones"
The General Staff has announced that between 11 December and 10 March, there will be six temporary security zones.
12 December 2007
Tolga Korkut
IPI: Hrant Dink is "World Press Freedom Hero"
The International Press Institute has honoured Hrant Dink's efforts for the freedom of expression posthumously.
12 December 2007
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Minority Report: Lack of Political Representation
The Minority Rights Group International has published a new report on the status of minority rights in Turkey. It has criticised the high electoral threshold and the ban of minority languages in political life.
12 December 2007
Collaboration for New Constitution
Around 70 organisations came together in a workshop to ensure that the new constitution will not only be shaped by the AKP.
10 December 2007
Gökçe Gündüç
Case Against Besikci and "Esmer" Dropped
The court case against sociologist Besikci, "Esmer" magazine owner Kaya and editor Izmir has been dropped because of lapse of time.
10 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu
Turkey's Human Rights Situation "Discouraging"
On Human Rights Day, 10 December, the Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey evaluated the situation in Turkey as dissatisfying.
10 December 2007
DTP: Support the Turks in Western Thrace and the Kurds in Turkey
The DTP has reacted to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan's visit of solidarity to the Turks in Western Thrace: "Do not fear Kurds in Turkey".
10 December 2007
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Malatya Murders Orchestrated by Nationalist Organisations?
According to information given separately to the prosecution and the police, the murder suspects in the Malatya case were directed by nationalist organisations.
10 December 2007
Erol Önderoğlu,Erol Önderoğlu
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