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Bar Associatons: Turkey Experiencing Most Severe Judicial Crisis in History
Bar Associatons: Turkey Experiencing Most Severe Judicial Crisis in History
Bar associations of 25 provinces have released a joint declaration, saying that "The executive branch's interference with the judiciary has reached an unacceptable extent."
24 February 2020
No Phone Calls Between Osman Kavala and Henri Barkey in HTS Records
No Phone Calls Between Osman Kavala and Henri Barkey in HTS Records
Cited as the reason for Osman Kavala’s re-arrest, the allegation of a 93-hour phone call with Henri Barkey has been refuted by the Historical Traffic Search (HTS) records. No phone calls between Kavala and Barkey have been detected from 2010 to 2017.
24 February 2020 Hikmet Adal
Verdict of Release for Death Fasting Grup Yorum Guitarist İbrahim Gökçek
Verdict of Release for Death Fasting Grup Yorum Guitarist İbrahim Gökçek
Death fasting for 252 days and weighing only 46 kilograms now, Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek has been released following an interim ruling based on a report by the Forensic Medicine Institute.
24 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘They Tortured me with Foot Whipping as I Wanted to Have a Report Documenting Battery’
‘They Tortured me with Foot Whipping as I Wanted to Have a Report Documenting Battery’
Having visited his brother İsmail Çelik, who brought up the allegations of torture in Afyonkarahisar Prison, Hüseyin Çelik has said that there were “black-and-blue marks all around his eyes” and he has signs of violence and trauma on his body.
24 February 2020 Tansu Pişkin
Nine People Die in Eastern Turkey After Earthquake in Iran
Nine People Die in Eastern Turkey After Earthquake in Iran
Hundreds of houses and barns have been destroyed as a result of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Iran's Khoy city.
24 February 2020
Pervin Buldan, Mithat Sancar Elected New HDP Co-Chairs
Pervin Buldan, Mithat Sancar Elected New HDP Co-Chairs
At the 4th Ordinary Congress of the HDP, the Co-Chairs of the party as well as its Party Assembly, Central Disciplinary Board and Conciliation Board members have been elected with the votes of 836 delegates.
24 February 2020
Access Blocked to JinNews for Ninth Time
Access Blocked to JinNews for Ninth Time
The website that focuses exclusively on women's issues has been banned by a regulatory authority on telecommunications.
24 February 2020
‘No One Talks About This Injustice’
‘No One Talks About This Injustice’
Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has drawn for bianet.
24 February 2020
Minister Koca: Turkey Shuts Border with Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Minister Koca: Turkey Shuts Border with Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has also announced that the road and rail transits from Iran to Turkey as well as all international arrival flights from Iran have been unilaterally halted over coronavirus outbreak.
24 February 2020
Her Demands Met, Vegan Trans Inmate Ends Hunger Strike
Her Demands Met, Vegan Trans Inmate Ends Hunger Strike
Having gone on a hunger strike because she was insistently given non-vegan food in prison, vegan trans inmate İda Koçak has ended her hunger strike on the ninth day as her demands have been met.
24 February 2020
Murderer of Academic Ceren Damar Sentenced to Aggravated Life Imprisonment
Murderer of Academic Ceren Damar Sentenced to Aggravated Life Imprisonment
Law professor Ceren Damar Şenel was stabbed and shot dead by a student in her room at the university.
21 February 2020
HDP Şişli Co-Chair Mutlu Öztürk, 8 HDP Members Released
HDP Şişli Co-Chair Mutlu Öztürk, 8 HDP Members Released
The court has ruled for the release of HDP Şişli District Co-Chair Mutlu Öztürk and eight HDP members, who were detained and arrested in İstanbul while they were attending an event marking the seventh foundation anniversary of the HDP.
21 February 2020
Academics, Scientists Launch Petition for Dr. Bülent Şık, Demand His Conviction Overturned
Academics, Scientists Launch Petition for Dr. Bülent Şık, Demand His Conviction Overturned
Dr. Şık was sentenced to prison for releasing the findings of a study on the effects of environmental factors on cancer cases.
21 February 2020 Hikmet Adal
30 Bar Associations Call for HSK Members' Resignation
30 Bar Associations Call for HSK Members' Resignation
30 bar associations have called for the resignation of Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) members, who granted authorization for an investigation into three judges that handed down the verdict of acquittal in Gezi trial.
21 February 2020
PEN Turkey Statement on Osman Kavala: Our Love Hurts, We Want Justice
PEN Turkey Statement on Osman Kavala: Our Love Hurts, We Want Justice
PEN Turkey Center has released a statement on the re-arrest of Osman Kavala. Quoting a poem by Turgut Uyar, the organization says, “I am losing my hope, I want justice, we want justice for Osman Kavala.”
21 February 2020
Kavala Says Coup Investigation Against Him 'Much More Unreasonable' than Gezi Trial
Kavala Says Coup Investigation Against Him 'Much More Unreasonable' than Gezi Trial
The recent arrest of the businessperson and rights defender over the 2016 coup attempt ensured the continuation of his imprisonment.
21 February 2020
HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed
HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed
HDP has announced that the bilingual Parliamentary questions and inquiries submitted by its 22 MPs in mother languages on the occasion of International Mother Language Day have been returned to the MPs without being processed.
21 February 2020
HRW: Extending Kavala’s Detention is a Travesty That Should be Promptly Reversed
HRW: Extending Kavala’s Detention is a Travesty That Should be Promptly Reversed
Commenting on the re-arrest of Osman Kavala, HRW Executive Director Roth said, “It shows how Turkey’s criminal justice system is politically manipulated, with detention and prosecutions pursued at the political whim of the president.”
21 February 2020
UN Refugee Commissioner Says Syria's Neighbors Should Accept More Refugees
UN Refugee Commissioner Says Syria's Neighbors Should Accept More Refugees
"I am appealing for neighboring countries, including Turkey, to broaden admissions, so that those most in danger can reach safety, even knowing that capacities and public support are already strained," Grandi has said.
21 February 2020
Mother Language Teachers Speak out on International Mother Language Day
Mother Language Teachers Speak out on International Mother Language Day
Ahead of February 21 International Mother Language Day, five teachers of “Living Languages and Dialects” spoke to bianet Turkish. Here is a snapshot of their remarks about their own struggles for their mother languages and teaching experiences.
21 February 2020 Ayşegül Özbek
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‘When a Language Disappears, a Community Dies’
‘When a Language Disappears, a Community Dies’
Over 40 civil society actors of the Network for Monitoring, Documenting and Reporting on Language Rights (DHİBRA) have marked the International Mother Language Day in 12 languages: “Happy ‘Mother Language Day’ to all the languages of the world!”
21 February 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Anadolu Agency: 'Moderate Opposition Groups' Launch Operation in Idlib, Two Soldiers Killed
Anadolu Agency: 'Moderate Opposition Groups' Launch Operation in Idlib, Two Soldiers Killed
Two soldiers have lost their lives as clashes continue in Nayrab village, the state-run agency reported.
20 February 2020
District Governor Ignores Rulings of Seven Courts
District Governor Ignores Rulings of Seven Courts
A complaint has been filed against Bakırköy District Governor, who banned two teachers' demonstrations despite court rulings.
20 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Vegan Trans Inmate on Hunger Strike
Vegan Trans Inmate on Hunger Strike
Trans activist Diren Coşkun has announced that vegan trans inmate İda Koçak has been on a hunger strike as she is insistently given non-vegan food in prison.
20 February 2020
Far-Right Attacker Kills 11 in Germany's Hanau, Five Citizens of Turkey Among the Deceased
Far-Right Attacker Kills 11 in Germany's Hanau, Five Citizens of Turkey Among the Deceased
Eleven people in two shisha bars have been killed by an armed attack that authorities believe was carried out with "xenophobic motives."
20 February 2020
Court Overturns the Judicial Fine Given to Journalist in a Suit by Minister Albayrak
Court Overturns the Judicial Fine Given to Journalist in a Suit by Minister Albayrak
The court of appeals has overturned the judicial fine of 7,100 lira given to daily BirGün Editorial Coordinator Varlı in a lawsuit filed by Minister Berat Albayrak over two news reports on Panama Papers. The court has ruled for the acquittal of the journalist.
20 February 2020
Verdict Reveals Kavala Previously Released in Case Where He was Recently Arrested
Verdict Reveals Kavala Previously Released in Case Where He was Recently Arrested
After Kavala was acquitted in the Gezi trial, he was remanded in custody as part of an investigation into the 2016 coup attempt.
20 February 2020 Hikmet Adal
23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement
23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement
Korkmaz has been sentenced to 23 years, 9 months in prison based one the statements of permanent witness İ.Ö. though both the prosecutor’s office and the security directorate said that “he had no links with the organization.”
20 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Lawyer M.K. Arrested for ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’
Lawyer M.K. Arrested for ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’
Taken into custody after a former law apprentice announced that she was sexually assaulted by him, lawyer M.K. has been arrested on charge of “aggravated sexual assault.”
20 February 2020
‘Turkey Must Restore Judicial Independence, Stop Targeting Rights Defenders’
‘Turkey Must Restore Judicial Independence, Stop Targeting Rights Defenders’
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatović has released a report following her visit to Turkey from July 1 to 5, 2019. She has called on Turkey to “restore judicial independence and stop the practice of targeting human rights defenders.”
20 February 2020
UNSC Meeting on Idlib: Turkey Works with US, will Not Abandon Military Posts
UNSC Meeting on Idlib: Turkey Works with US, will Not Abandon Military Posts
The UN Syria Envoy has called on Turkey and Russia to "do their parts" to deescalate the situation in Idlib, Syria.
20 February 2020
A Kick to Homophobia
A Kick to Homophobia
According to a report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), in 2019, Turkey was the second worst country in Europe, after Azerbaijan and before Armenia, for LGBT equality laws and policies.
20 February 2020 Delizia Flaccavento
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