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18 International Organizations Send Letter to Erdoğan for Journalists Demirağ and Özyol

18 International Organizations Send Letter to Erdoğan for Journalists Demirağ and Özyol

18 international freedom of press and expression organizations have sent a letter to President Erdoğan for the recently attacked journalists Yavuz Selim Demirağ and İdris Özyol: “Publicly denounce these acts of violence and ensure journalist safety.”

‘Has An Investigation Been Launched Against Nihat Hatipoğlu?’

‘Has An Investigation Been Launched Against Nihat Hatipoğlu?’

HDP İstanbul MP Hüda Kaya has brought to the Parliament agenda the incident of religious conversion of an Armenian child to Islam through a religious ritual on the TV program “Fast-Breaking with Nihat Hatipoğlu”.

Governorship of Adana: Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş Will Be Given Passport

Governorship of Adana: Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş Will Be Given Passport

Releasing a written statement, the Governorship of Adana has announced that a passport will be issued for cancer patient Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş, a discharged academic and physician who is not permitted to go abroad for treatment.

A Rum Citizen Murdered in Gökçeada: Perception of 'Rich Minorities' Risks Human Life

A Rum Citizen Murdered in Gökçeada: Perception of 'Rich Minorities' Risks Human Life

After a Rum (Greek) citizen was found dead in Gökçeada, Çanakkale, Yeniköy Aya Panagia Church Foundation Chair Laki Vingas has spoken to bianet and emphasized that wrong perceptions regarding minorities put human life at risk.

16 May 2019 Pınar Tarcan

Human Rights Association Files Criminal Complaint Against Theologian Hatipoğlu, ATV

Human Rights Association Files Criminal Complaint Against Theologian Hatipoğlu, ATV

Human Rights Association (İHD) Commission Against Racism and Discrimination has filed a criminal complaint against theologian Hatipoğlu, who performed a religious conversion ritual for a 13-year-old child, and ATV, which broadcast the ritual live.

HDP MP Paylan: This is Child Abuse, I Will File a Criminal Complaint

HDP MP Paylan: This is Child Abuse, I Will File a Criminal Complaint

The family of the child, for whom Nihat Hatipoğlu organized a religious conversion ritual, told HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan that nobody asked them for a permission.

15 May 2019 Pınar Tarcan

Petition Launched for Cancer Patient Discharged Physician: ‘Let Haluk Savaş Live’

Petition Launched for Cancer Patient Discharged Physician: ‘Let Haluk Savaş Live’

An online petition entitled “Let Haluk Savaş Live” has been launched for cancer patient Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş, a discharged physician and academic who is not permitted to go abroad for treatment though his international travel ban has been lifted.

Turkish Medical Association Appeals to Ministry of Justice

Turkish Medical Association Appeals to Ministry of Justice

After 11 former members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council have been sentenced to prison for their declaration entitled “War is a Public Health Problem”, the association has appealed to the Ministry of Justice.

Arrested Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel: Solidarity Keeps One Alive

Arrested Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel: Solidarity Keeps One Alive

Arrested Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has sent a message from prison to bianet: “We will keep on showing the same consistency with all my fellow colleagues, with whom I walk together, and our solidarity will always continue.”

15 May 2019 Tansu Pişkin

One Soldier Loses His Life in Hakkari

One Soldier Loses His Life in Hakkari

A soldier has lost his life in an armed conflict between the security forces and the PKK in Turkey’s eastern province of Hakkari.

Grup Yorum Band to Go on a Hunger Strike

Grup Yorum Band to Go on a Hunger Strike

Making a series of demands, including the removal of the ban on their concerts, Grup Yorum music band has announced that they will go on a hunger strike as of May 17.

Yeniçağ Newspaper’s Columnist Whose Attackers Released: I am not Afraid

Yeniçağ Newspaper’s Columnist Whose Attackers Released: I am not Afraid

Columnist of the Yeniçağ Newspaper Yavuz Selim Demirağ has said that “I am not afraid,” in his column published on May 14, 2019 after he has been attacked in front of his house. His attackers have been released.

Ban on ‘Everything Will Be Fine’ Banner in Soma Commemoration in Kadıköy

Ban on ‘Everything Will Be Fine’ Banner in Soma Commemoration in Kadıköy

Gathering in Kadıköy to commemorate 301 miners who lost their lives in Soma five years ago, people opened the banner “Everything will be fine.” While the police permitted the demonstration, they said that the banner was banned by the governorship.

Journalists Zeynep Kuray and İrfan Tunççelik Released on Probation

Journalists Zeynep Kuray and İrfan Tunççelik Released on Probation

Detained while reporting on the protests staged to raise concerns over hunger strikes, journalists Zeynep Kuray and İrfan Tunççelik have been released on probation. HDP Bakırköy Co-Chair Ugiş, who was also among the detained, has been arrested.

Defendant of Reyhanlı Case Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Aggravated for 53 Times

Defendant of Reyhanlı Case Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Aggravated for 53 Times

In the lawsuit filed into Reyhanlı attack, which claimed the lives of 52 people on May 11, 2013, defendant Yusuf Nazik has been sentenced to life imprisonment aggravated for 53 times for “disrupting the unity and integrity of the state” and “killing 52 people.”

Ekrem İmamoğlu Visits Göknur Damat Who Was Stabbed for Supporting Him

Ekrem İmamoğlu Visits Göknur Damat Who Was Stabbed for Supporting Him

After Göknur Damat, whom President Erdoğan calls “my foster daughter”, announced that she donated 20 Turkish Liras to Ekrem İmamoğlu’s election campaign, she was stabbed by a man on the street. İmamoğlu has paid a visit to Damat today.

‘You Will Find Justice by Struggling’

‘You Will Find Justice by Struggling’

In the “Truth and Justice” conference, “the struggle of enforced disappearances from Plaza de Mayo to Galatasaray” has been discussed. Isabel Noia from Argentina has said, “I believe that you will also find justice by struggling.”

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel Arrested in Balıkesir

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel Arrested in Balıkesir

Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel from Lyon-1 University has been arrested in Balıkesir, where he went to get information about the restriction on his passport.

Teacher Ayşe Çelik Released From Prison upon Constitutional Court Verdict of 'Right Violation'

Teacher Ayşe Çelik Released From Prison upon Constitutional Court Verdict of 'Right Violation'

Çelik was imprisoned for "terrorist propaganda" for having said, "Don't let children die," in a TV program. The Constitutional Court has ruled that her right to freedom of expression is violated.

Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards Granted for 17th Time

Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards Granted for 17th Time

The 17th Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı, Ayşe Düzkan and Osman Kavala, “who have suffered oppression due to their freedom of expression activities.”

15 More People Start a Death Fast in Prison

15 More People Start a Death Fast in Prison

After 15 hunger striking inmates went on a death fast on April 30 with the demand that the isolation on imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan be ended, 15 other people have turned their hunger strike into a death fast in prison today.

Academic for Peace Füsun Üstel Imprisoned

Academic for Peace Füsun Üstel Imprisoned

Sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison for having signed the peace declaration, Academic for Peace Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel has submitted herself to Eskişehir Women’s Closed Prison after her prison sentence has been upheld by the court of appeal.

8 May 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Journalist Cansu Pişkin Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison

Journalist Cansu Pişkin Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison

Journalist Cansu Pişkin, the former reporter of daily Evrensel, has been sentenced to 10 month in prison for her news article entitled “Special Prosecutor for Boğaziçi University Students.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

8 May 2019 Hikmet Adal

Hunger Striking MPs Expect 'Isolation Declaration' From Government

Hunger Striking MPs Expect 'Isolation Declaration' From Government

HDP MP Leyla Güven, who is on the 181st day of her hunger strike, and three other hunger striking HDP MPs have said that they expect the government "to declare that the isolation on Öcalan is lifted" to end their strikes.

Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

Having her final hearing at the İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court, Nüket Esen from Boğaziçi University has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

7 May 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Sentenced Academic Üstel: 'We are at Where Word Begins, Not Ends'

Sentenced Academic Üstel: 'We are at Where Word Begins, Not Ends'

Academics have gathered for Prof. Füsun Üstel whose 15-month prison term for signing the Peace Declaration was approved by the court of appeals.

7 May 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Court of Appeal Reverses Journalist Ünker’s Prison Sentence, Upholds Her Judicial Fine

Court of Appeal Reverses Journalist Ünker’s Prison Sentence, Upholds Her Judicial Fine

The court of appeal has reversed the prison sentence given to journalist Pelin Ünker in the lawsuit filed by Binali Yıldırım and his sons for having reported on Paradise Papers. The court has upheld the judicial fine given to her in the same lawsuit.

7 May 2019 Hikmet Adal

Anti-Capitalist Muslims Detained During Fast-Breaking Meal in Taksim Released

Anti-Capitalist Muslims Detained During Fast-Breaking Meal in Taksim Released

Police intervened against Anti-Capitalist Muslims, who wanted to set a fast-breaking table at Galatasaray Square in Taksim; eight people who were taken into custody during the intervention of the police have been released.

Doctors' Prison Terms for Criticizing Afrin Operation on Parliamentary Agenda

Doctors' Prison Terms for Criticizing Afrin Operation on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary question on the prison sentences given to the Turkish Medical Association members for a declaration they published on Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.

His Lawyers Meet Abdullah Öcalan

His Lawyers Meet Abdullah Öcalan

Lawyers from the Law Bureau of This Age (Asrın Hukuk Bürosu) have announced that they had a meeting with imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on May 2. The lawyers will make a statement for the press today at 3 p.m. local time in Turkey.

Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform: 14 Women Journalists Behind Bars

Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform: 14 Women Journalists Behind Bars

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform has released its four-month report on the occasion of May 3 World Press Freedom Day. The report has shown that 14 women journalists are behind bars and 12 jailed journalists are on a hunger strike.

Social Media Campaign by Amnesty International Turkey for Journalists

Social Media Campaign by Amnesty International Turkey for Journalists

On the occasion of May 3 World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International Turkey has launched a social media campaign under the hashtag #NeHaberGazeteci (How is it going, journalist?). Imprisoned journalists have also answered from prison.

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