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Turkey Ranks Lower in Corruption Perceptions Index
According to Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, Turkey fell 5 points and 11 ranks compared to 2013, remaining under 50 points.
3 December 2014
Elif Akgül
ECHR Convicts Turkey of Punishing Funeral Attendance
The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of sentencing two individuals who were sentenced to prison for “terrorism propaganda” when they attended the funeral of PKK guerrillas.
2 December 2014
Ayça Söylemez
Işıl Karakaş Elected as ECHR Section President
Işıl Karakaş, an ECHR judge from Turkey, has been elected as Section President, becoming the first Turkish judge to be in the court’s administration.
2 December 2014
ECHR: Turkey Discriminated Cemevis
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs’s rejection of paying electricity bills of a cemevi is a “violation of right to religion” and “discrimination”.
2 December 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
“Call Off Your Buffer Zone Plans”
People’s Democratic Congress released a statement claiming that Turkey rather opened an aid corridor to ISIS in Kobane and urging authorities to stop their support.
1 December 2014
Edirne Governor: I Am Saying With Rancor
Referring the recent rising of tensions in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Turkey’s Edirne Province Governor Dursun Şahin made a statement saying that they would only open a synagogue currently in restoration as a museum.
24 November 2014
Ran Away From Syria, 14 y.o. Shot in Turkey
A.Ö., a 14 year-old Syrian boy, has been shot by Turkish soldiers as he crossed the border along with his family to find refuge. His father told bianet that A.Ö. was shot in the head and lost vision in both his eyes.
20 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
LGBTI Meet Up Event in Mosque Postponed After Coverage
Pledging to open its doors to LGBTI people around a project called “Meet Up to Respect”, a Turkish mosque located in Berlin had to postpone the event due to homophobic media coverage on the topic.
17 November 2014
Freedom Call For Karabulut Family in Holland
Assembling outside the Dutch Parliament, Gezi Solidarity of Holland urged the freedom of Karabulut Family, a couple and their two children who have previously applied for political asylum and now scheduled for deportation.
17 November 2014
Füsun Erdoğan
“My Reminiscences Are Undone Like a Ball of Wool...”
My Grandmother Veron also told how Armenians were slayed; how they sheltered about 40 people in their house as gendarmes had no right to touch our family at the governor's order.
14 November 2014
ECHR Convicts Turkey Under 3 Different Charges
In 3 different cases, the European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of torture, ill-treatment and long term imprisonment, ordering the Turkish state to pay a sum of 30,900 euros as damages.
13 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
ECHR Convicts Turkey of Failing to Investigate Woman Murder
The European Court of Human Rights delivered a verdict related to Gülperi O., a young woman whose death was not adequately investigated despite domestic violence. Turkey was found guilty of violating the right to life.
13 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
Race and Racism in Modern Turkey
Ninety years since the establishment of the Republic, in an ever more complex society, the limitations and contradictions of Turkish national identity are coming to the fore more and more.
12 November 2014
Bülent Gökay
Kobane: the Struggle of Kurdish Women Against Islamic State
The international community should support a secular, multi-religious and multi-ethnic Rojava with democratic ambitions, that is a threat for IS and equally for the conservative Islamic government in Turkey. This is democracy in action in the Middle East.
12 November 2014
Necla Açık
Turkey’s Arab Alawites and the Syrian Conflict
Turkey's Alawites do not face the same threats as the people of Syria and Iraq. Despite the porous nature of Turkey's southern border, it is not about to collapse. But the Alawites of Hatay feel vulnerable.
12 November 2014
William Eichler
On the Emergence of ISIS and Regional Ramifications
Turkey certainly has security concerns vis-à-vis ISIS potentially taking control of the Syrian-Turkish border area. However, it is currently elevating its balance of power calculations vis-à-vis the Asad regime and Kurdish groups inside Syria above those of security vis-à-vis ISIS.
12 November 2014
“Refugee Camps in Suruç Battle With Epidemics”
Deniz Erdoğdu from Turkish Doctors Union told bianet that while conditions in refugee camps located in the southeastern district of Suruç were not so terrible, he warned about certain infections could turn into epidemics in a matter of days.
10 November 2014
Elif Akgül
Turkish Army Attacks on Syria Border, Kills Activist
Turkish Army soldiers attacked members of Free Art Initiative who attempted to form a human chain in Turkey’s border town Suruç, wounding 4 activist and killing 1 woman activist.
7 November 2014
Kurdish-Teaching School Unsealed By Officials
Education ministry officials removed the seal on Ferzad Kemanger Elementary School - a Kurdish-teaching school in Diyarbakır province sealed for reasons associated with application deadlines.
6 November 2014
How ISIS Impacts on Turkey’s Daily Life
We must face up to the fact that an Islamic terror has now entered Turkey if we are to find a solution to the danger which is ISIS and the political and societal problems that give rise to it.
31 October 2014
Can Semercioğlu
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At Least 815 Dead in Kobane
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 815 people died in Kobane between September 16 and October 25.
27 October 2014
“Privacy” of An ISIS Fighter Vs. Right to Information
“We are unable to inform you due to the privacy rights,” Turkey’s Justice Ministry responded foreign correspondent Alex Christie-Miller on the whereabouts of 3 ISIS fighters accused of killing 3 people.
24 October 2014
“Suruç is Not Safe, I Will Seek Asylum From Western Countries”
Even though 97 detained refugees from Kobane have been released by Turkish authorities, individuals like Perwer Mıhamed Ali, an interpreter, fear that Suruç is not safe. “I will seek asylum from Western countries,” he told bianet.
22 October 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
“Pouring Paint on Atatürk Bust is Within FoE”
The European Court of Human Rights found it “excessive” that Murat Vural was convicted to 22.5 years of prison and removal of his electoral rights for pouring paint on Atatürk busts.
21 October 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
Syrian Refugees At Risk of Being Returned
Amnesty International informed that around 100 refugees from Syria are at risk of being returned to the war-torn city of Kobane, urging Turkish authorities to release the refugees from their unlawful detention immediately.
20 October 2014
On the Margins: Secular Human Rights in Turkey
In Turkey, Muslim groups have used the “human rights” framework to protect their religious practices, such as wearing headscarves in universities and workplaces. But what happens when the “rights” demanded by dominant religious groups contradict the rights and demands of others?
20 October 2014
Pınar Tremblay
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Annika Marlen Hinze, Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space
Jadaliyya interviewed Annika Marlen Hinze on her book “Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space” published by University of Minnesota Press.
17 October 2014
The Legacy of Turkish in the Armenian Diaspora
The association of the Turkish language with the Turkish state and its politics makes many wary of acknowledging the indelible place of Turkish in the lives of Ottoman Armenians and their diasporan descendants.
17 October 2014
Jennifer Manoukian
“Don’t Write As You Please”
Stop Racism and Nationalism Platform is to file a complaint against columnist Yılmaz Özdil for using hate speech in one of his articles.
16 October 2014
OBC Offers Insight into Media Freedom in Southeast Europe
Observatory of Balkans and Caucuses will present the interim results of research and activities under the Safety Net for European Journalists project about threatened journalists in 11 countries in Southeast Europe around a forum in Skopje, Macedonia on 16-18 October 2014.
14 October 2014
ECHR Convicts Questioning Without Kurdish Interpreter
The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey in the case of Baytar where the case concerned the absence of an interpreter during police custody.
14 October 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
Detained Kobane People Attacked With Tear Gas
261 individuals from Kobane who have been detained and kept in a sports complex in Suruç district faced police tear gas as they attempted to break out their captivity. Detainees include around 20 journalists.
13 October 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
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