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Nationalist Violence Spreads
Aggression erupts in Sakarya yesterday, in the wake of nationalist violence targeted at supporters of prisoners rights group TAYAD in Trabzon last week. Members of the Sakarya Youth Association protesting against the incident faces attempted lynching.
13 April 2005
Conscientious Objector Faces Military Court
Conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan, who is taken under custody and sent to his military unit, pending trial at the Military Court. Constientious objection should be accepted as legal under international treaties and the Constitution, says attorney.
12 April 2005
Cant Do With or Without the Media
44 NGO representatives from 11 provinces attended the first Training for Rights Organizations by BIA². We most of the time are at odds with the state because of the region they work in, and added the media prejudiced, the participants said.
11 April 2005 Erhan Üstündağ
Local Reporters Discuss Flag Crisis
BIA2 Project held its sixth local media training seminar in Mersin. Attendants listened to presentations and participated in workshops on rights reporting and discussed the flag crisis and the new TCK.
8 April 2005
EHCR Rules for Slain Cypriot Journalist
Authorities failed to investigate the possibility that the murder had any link to his work as a journalist the EHCR decided over the murder of Turkish Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adali in 1997. Turkey is to pay his widow 20 thousand euros.
5 April 2005
Austrian Journalist Bakutz Released
Ankara court rules release of jailed Austrian journalist Sandra Bakutz. A reporter for Austrian radio Orange 94.0 and German weekly Junge Welt, she was charged with belonging to illegal organization.
5 April 2005
Threatened Lawyer Charged with Defamation
Defamation charges have been brought against lawyer Aygun, for saying The Gendarme Commander threatened me in the presence of Tunceli deputies; Gundem representatives were also charged for publishing the remarks.
1 April 2005
Survey on Problems of Homosexuals
Lambdaistanbul is planning to conduct a survey on violence and discrimination against homosexuals. The survey will be a first in Turkey. The results will be compiled in a book. All stages of the survey will be carried out by homosexuals.
1 April 2005
Prime Minister Sues Newspaper
Prime Minister Erdogan sues Gunluk Evrensel newspaper for publishing the slogans of privatized paper factory SEKA workers. He seeks 15,000 new Turkish liras in damages. The next hearing will be held on May 3, the World Press Freedom Day.
28 March 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
Magazine Sued for Erdogan Caricatures
Prime Minister Erdogan sued the owner and the publisher of the Penguen humor magazine for depicting him as an elephant, giraffe, monkey, camel, frog, snake, cow and duck. Penguen may be ordered to pay 40,000 YTL.
25 March 2005
Gendarme Blocks Human Rights Delegation
Gendarme prevented an IHD delegation from entering a village of Nusaybin, where they intended to investigate allegations that a 13-year-old shepherd was shot and killed by village guards.
25 March 2005
Confederation Isnt the Solution
Ocalans proposal to form a confederation without a sovereign state, wasnt found feasible. Kurdish intellectuals, who are distant to PKK: Fantasy. Lawyers: It cant be done. DEHAP: It should be debated.
25 March 2005 Alev Karakartal
Journalists Protest the Penal Code on Streets
RSF expressed its backing for Turkish journalists as some 250 of them demonstrated in the streets of Istanbul calling for the shelving of a new criminal law threatening press freedom. They have condemned restrictive measures in the new law.
22 March 2005
Local Reporters Worried About TCK
The Local Media Training Seminar by BIA2 Project was held in Bursa with the 26 local reporters and 15 students of the Communications High-School. The trainers made presentations about reporting based on rights and pointed to the mistakes of the media.
21 March 2005
Freedom of Expression Cases Continue
Camyar and Ilhan have been released. The Supreme court of appeals introduced a broader outline for freedom of expression. Demirtas was acquitted. But Zarakolu, Tunc and Aygun continue to stand trials on freedom of expression.
11 March 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
AI Denounces Police Brutality Against Women
Denouncing police brutality against peaceful demonstrations by women for International Womens Day, Amnesty International calls on the Turkish authorities to ensure that perpetrators of human rights violations are brought to justice.
8 March 2005
Prime Minister Continues to Sue Journalists
Zafer newspapers owner Atar, chief editor Konukoglu and columnist Eyyupoglu, who criticized the Erdogans treatment of Denktash, will pay a fine of 3,000 YTL in damages. The criminal suit against the journalists is awaiting the new penal code.
7 March 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
Austrian Journalist Detained in Istanbul
Reporters Without Borders protested today against the imprisonment of Austrian journalist Sandra Bakutz of Radio Orange 94.0 and the German newspaper Junge Welt.
2 March 2005
International Observers to Attend FOE Cases
2 March trials of Fikret Baskaya and Ragip Zarakolu symbolise the continuation of freedom of expression problems in Turkey.
2 March 2005
Prime Minister Sues Caricaturist Kart
Journalists and caricaturists continue to criticize the Prime Minister Erdogan who sued caricaturist Kart of Cumhuriyet daily for drawing him as a cat. Caricaturist Kart and editor-in-chief Sucu were fined a total of 3,800 dollars for the caricature.
1 March 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
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Palestine Is The Other for Israelis
Pessimistic of the outcome of the truce between Sharon and Abbas, Palestine is the other for the cosmopolite Israeli society says Palestinian human rights activist Sahar Francis. Had they not war with Palestine they would not have peace at home.
24 February 2005 Tolga Korkut,C. Onur Ant
Encourage Women For More Active Participation
CEDAW calls Turkish state encourage more active women participation in politics as well as new regulations in discriminatory laws. Regional disparities in regard to education and health services should also be removed.
17 February 2005 Burçin Belge
Turkey Unable to Recieve EU Grants
CFCU says Turkey used 20 percent of EU grants. Vulnerable project productivity of PIs is the scapegoat of the failure. Former undersecretary Yasamis asserts structural problems is the real source of problem.
9 February 2005 C. Onur Ant
Bianet Wins the TGC Internet Journalism Prize
Bianet wins Internet journalism prize by the Journalists Association of Turkey. Along with ntvmsnbc.com and hurriyetim.com.tr bianet was aawraded the prize for its performance in 2004. Our womens desk editor Belge recieved the award in Monday ceremony.
9 February 2005
Thought is Absolutely Free High Court Says
Supreme Court of Appeal in a historic hearing decides that secular state can not be secured through punishing thought. Freedom of thought is viable only with providing freedom for irritating or even shocking ideas, 14 judges decide against 13.
8 February 2005
Bombastic Discourse, Little Progress
PM Erdogan praises US-Turkey friendship during talks with Condolleza Rice: Our strategic alliance perpetuates in a mature and positive manner. These words come a week after bombastic warnings of marching over Kirkuk in the wake of Iraqi elections.
7 February 2005
Death Under Custody Confirmed
Bones unearthed after confessions of former paramilitary JITEM member Aygan belongs to Murat Aslan, lost during custody 10 years ago. The IHD and the Diyarbakir Bar Association called on the prosecutors to take immediate action.
7 February 2005
Textbooks Should be Cleansed of Nationalism
History Foundation, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) announce their proposal to cleanse textbooks of xenophobia, machismo and ultra-nationalism, after three years of intense research and study.
7 February 2005
Anything But Tunceli on News in Zaza Language
Tunceli, homeland of Zazas of Turkey, is yet to be heard in programs in Zaza language broadcasted by TRT while various parts of Turkey along with Kirkuk, East Asia and Western Thrace are watched frequently.
4 February 2005
Alevite Demands Turned Down
HUman Rights Association sharply criticizes Ankaras Çankaya district administration with denying land allocation for construction of an Alevite temple, Cemevi, in the district. Local officials violate the Constitution and ECHR they say.
4 February 2005
Access to Imrali Island Prison Denied for IHD
Ministry of Justice remains silent for Human Rights Associations request to examine the prison conditions of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. A group of IHD officials were denied access to the Imrali island. by the land officers in Gemlik.
3 February 2005
Transgenic Agriculture Another Blow to Nature
In 1999 Donoughue, British Minister of Agriculture, when asked which EU committee authorized multiply the legally authorized level of gliphosate in soybeans by 200 times and who represented England in the committee, answered: I cannot reveal.
3 February 2005 Şahin Artan
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