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Current Account Surplus in October
The Central Bank has shared data on the balance of payments and announced that there has been a current account surplus of 2 billion and 770 million US dollars in October.
11 December 2018
TEMA: Turkey Should Sign Paris Climate Agreement Like Other 184 Countries
While the Climate Summit has been continuing in Katowice, Poland, the TEMA Foundation has made a call to Turkey: “Turkey should sign the Paris Climate Agreement and put it into effect like other 184 countries.”
11 December 2018
Demirtaş: Thank God, I Didn't End Up Outside
Imprisoned former Co-Chair of the HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş, has reflected on the recent events in the country in a series of tweets.
11 December 2018
Human Rights Honorary Award of Union of Turkish Bar Associations to Tahir Elçi
The Union of Turkish Bar Associations has announced that the Human Rights Honorary Award of the union has been given to Tahir Elçi, Chair of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who was murdered in Diyarbakır three years ago.
11 December 2018
Men Kill 22 Women in November
Men killed at least 22 women and one baby in November 2018. 50 percent of the deceased women were killed by their husbands and 54 percent of them were killed because they demanded divorce/ separation.
11 December 2018
Evrim Kepenek
'Climate Change Greatest Threat to Human Rights'
While COP24 climate conference continues in Poland, Greenpeace Mediterranean has released a statement, emphasizing that human rights and climate change cannot be separately thought.
10 December 2018
Erdoğan: No One Can Lecture Us on Human Rights Anymore
President Erdoğan has made a statement on the occasion of of Human Rights Day and claimed that the West is hypocritical when it comes to human rights and freedoms. He has also added, “The US and Europe have their make up of civilization running.”
10 December 2018
‘State of Emergency Made Permanent’
Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey have released a statement on the occasion of December 10 Human Rights Day and emphasized that the State of Emergency has been made permanent with the laws introduced afterwards.
10 December 2018
Charge on Plastic Bags, Articles Making Wildlife Difficult in Same Omnibus Law
According to a new omnibus law that came into force today, Turkey will charge the use of plastic bags as of January 1, 2018. Among the articles introduced by the law are also the ones making life difficult for wild animals.
10 December 2018
Investigation Launched Against Signatories of Afrin Letter
An investigation has been launched against 170 people, including politicians, journalists and academics, who sent a letter to the parliament against the Afrin Operation earlier this year. Some of the signatories have been summoned to depose.
10 December 2018
Economy of Turkey Grows by 1.6 Percent in Third Quarter of 2018
The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that the economy of Turkey has grown by 1.6 percent in the third quarter of 2018. In the same period last year, the economic growth rate of the country was announced as 11.1 percent by the institute.
10 December 2018
Center for LGBTIQ+ Rights Founded in Ankara Bar Association
Center for LGBTIQ+ Rights founded in the Ankara Bar Association has been aiming to struggle against rights violations faced by LGBTIQ+ individuals and fostering solidarity among the lawyers.
10 December 2018
Only Defendant in Lice Case Acquitted
The only defendant in the case of the massacre which took place 25 years ago in the district of Lice in Diyarbakır, the then Gendarmerie Regimental Commander Eşref Hatipoğlu has been acquitted.
10 December 2018
Statement for Arrested Student of Journalism
Democratic mass organizations in Trabzon have made a statement on Berivan Bila, a student of journalism arrested for ‘insulting the President’, and said, “She was arrested because she said ‘Journalism is not a crime, she should be immediately released’.”
10 December 2018
DEMIS: Women are Not Present on TVs in Turkey
A new media report released by the Association for Development, Migration and Social Policies has shown that men are seen five times more than women on discussion programs which are aired on prime time.
7 December 2018
Musician Keşkek Arrested in İzmir for 15 Months Without Hearing
Ceren Çetinel Keşkek, the wife of musician Cihan Keşkek, who was detained and arrested three days after getting married, has written to bianet: “He has not had a single hearing yet. He has not been able to express himself even for once."
7 December 2018
Ayça Söylemez
Journalist Hasan Cemal Deposes in İstanbul Courthouse
Journalist Hasan Cemal has deposed to the Prosecutor’s Office for having “insulted the President” in one of his articles. Cemal has stated that his articles have been within the scope of freedom of expression.
7 December 2018
Musician Yalda Abbasi Released
Kurdish musician Yalda Abbasi from Iran, who was previously taken into custody at the İstanbul Atatürk Airport, has been released after giving her deposition.
7 December 2018
Deferred Prison Sentence for 1 Academic; 1 Case File Combined
Academic Balsoy has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the pronouncement of the verdict has been suspended. The court board of the 24th Heavy Penal Court has continued combining the case files of academics heard by the same court.
7 December 2018
Tansu Pişkin
HDP Denounces Prison Sentences Given to Demirtaş, Önder
HDP executives have criticized the prison sentences given to the party's former Co-Chair Demirtaş and former MP Önder: “What happened shows that the judiciary is working in a chain of command relationship with the government.”
6 December 2018
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Gezi Investigation Against 600 People in Ankara
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against 600 people as part of the investigation that was launched into Gezi Park protests in 2013. The office issued an indictment against 120 people and sent to the court.
6 December 2018
62nd Access Block on Sendika.Org News Website Lifted
Access to the Sendika.Org news website has been blocked for the 62nd time by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK). The website has announced that the authority has lifted the access block today.
6 December 2018
Sırrı Süreyya Önder in Prison
Former HDP MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder has submitted himself to prison in Kocaeli after the 42-month sentence, which was given to him because of a speech that he made on Newroz Day in 2013, has been upheld by the court of appeal.
6 December 2018
Can Dündar: Yes, I Joined the Revolt of Millions
In the wake of an arrest warrant issued for him in relation with Gezi Park protests, Can Dündar has said, “Yes, I viewed Gezi as the biggest and most peaceful resistance in the history of Turkey, I joined the revolt of millions and supported them with my pen.”
6 December 2018
15 Students Given Suspension After Protesting Harassment of Teacher
15 students, who boycotted their classes for a day in protest of the harassment of a teacher at their high school, have been given five-day suspension from their school.
6 December 2018
'Life in Turkey Becomes Impossible for Some People'
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has stated that some laws adopted in Turkey for struggle against terrorism have made life impossible for some people in the country.
6 December 2018
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Prison Population in Turkey Rises by 220 Percent in 10 Years
According to the report of the Council of Europe, the prison population in Turkey rose by 220 percent between 2005 and 2015. The length of imprisonment also increased by 153 percent.
6 December 2018
Arrest Warrant for Journalist Can Dündar
An arrest warrant has been issued for journalist Can Dündar on the allegation that he took active part in the Gezi Park protests.
6 December 2018
HRW: Turkey Should Request Inquiry from UN on Khashoggi Murder
“A UN investigation has the best chance of pushing Saudi Arabia to provide the needed facts and information about Mohamed bin Salman’s precise role in this murder”, said HRW Middle East Director.
6 December 2018
30 of 31 Airport Workers Released
30 of the 31 workers, who were arrested for having protested their bad working conditions and occupational homicides in the construction of the 3rd Airport in İstanbul, have been released on probation in their first hearing.
6 December 2018
Hikmet Adal
Claims of Japan Withdrawal from Sinop: No Gain Until Turkey Gives up Nuclear Power
CHP Sinop MP Karadeniz and Anti-Nuclear Platform member Karataş commented on the claims that Japan will withdraw from the Sinop Nuclear Power Plant Project.
6 December 2018
Pınar Tarcan
Number of Children Sent to Prison Increases by 109 Percent in 2017
In 2017, 2 thousand and 56 children were sent to prison in Turkey. It is also known that around 3 thousand children have been currently behind bars and 16 thousand children have been on probation across Turkey.
5 December 2018
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