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Allegations of Election Safety Violations in March 31 Local Elections
We have compiled the allegations of election safety violations committed during the voting procedure in March 31 General Local Elections across Turkey.
31 March 2019
Voting Begins in Turkey
Voting procedure for local elections has started for 57 million voters in 81 provinces across Turkey. While votes will be counted as of 4 p.m. in the provinces where voting started at 7 a.m., counting of votes will begin in other provinces as of 5 p.m.
31 March 2019
Reasoned Decision: 'Freedom of Expression Exists for Thoughts That Disturb State'
The reasoned decision has been announced in the case of Hayrettin Pişkin, who was on trial for terrorist propaganda because of sharing an article on social media.
29 March 2019
Ayça Söylemez
Support for Academics for Peace by Over 1,800 Academics from Around the World
More than 1,800 academics from around the world, including Noam Chomsky and Judith Butler, have signed an open letter in support of Prof. Füsun Üstel and all other Academics for Peace, facing imprisonment for having signed the peace declaration.
29 March 2019
Arrest Warrant Issued for Musician Ferhat Tunç
A court in İstanbul has issued an arrest warrant for musician Ferhat Tunç who left Turkey on March 5 after successive lawsuits and investigations were opened against him.
29 March 2019
Demirtaş: Please Go to Polls and Cast your Vote
HDP's imprisoned former Co-Chair Demirtaş has appeared on Twitter two days into the local elections: "Maybe I won't be with you at the night of the election, but I will be looking at the same screen in my cell."
29 March 2019
Selçuk Kozağaçlı Files Lawsuit for Non-Pecuniary Damages Against Judge
Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has filed a lawsuit for non-pecuniary damages against the presiding judge of the court board that has sentenced him to 11 years and 3 months in prison.
29 March 2019
Ayça Söylemez
Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 10 Months, 15 Days in Prison
While one academic has been given a deferred prison sentence of 1 year, 10 months, 15 days, the court has also ruled that the speech of Bese Hozat, whose name is mentioned in indictment, shall be added to the case file upon the request of the lawyer.
28 March 2019
Tansu Pişkin
Paradise Papers Case Against Journalist Ünker Dismissed Due to Statute of Limitations
In the lawsuit filed against former reporter of Cumhuriyet newspaper Pelin Ünker upon the complaint of Berat Albayrak and Serhat Albayrak for having reported on Paradise Papers, the court has dismissed the case due to statute of limitations.
28 March 2019
'Contrary to Past Elections, Government Spreads Fear While Opposition Gives Hope'
Prof. Akarca says, "Spreading fear among the voters instead of giving hope to them does not yield positive results."
28 March 2019
Ekin Karaca
Campaign by Their Clients: Release My Lawyer
Some clients of lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have been sentenced to 159 years, 1 month and 30 days in prison, have submitted a petition to the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court, demanding the release of their lawyers.
28 March 2019
Ayça Söylemez
People of Giresun Come Together for Rabia Naz: We Demand Justice
As no progress has been made in the investigation launched into the suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, the people of Giresun have come together at Giresun Atatürk Square to express their concerns and demand justice.
28 March 2019
'Those Who Will Not be in Accordance With Central Administration Will Go Bankrupt'
President Erdoğan has said, "They will not be able to run the municipalities. They will not be able to even pay the salaries of personnel," on his rivals' possible wins in the March 31 local elections.
28 March 2019
Leyla Güven to be Forcibly Taken to Court, Her Attorney Denounces the Verdict
Diyarbakır 5th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP Hakkari MP Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 141 days, shall be taken to court by force. Lawyer Yalçındağ-Baydemir has stated that lawsuit filed against her violates Article 83 of the Constitution.
28 March 2019
Theater Artists March Despite Prevention: Art Cannot be Prevented
On the occasion of March 27 World Theater Day, theater artists have marched through the streets of Kadıköy in İstanbul, chanting the slogan “Stages are ours, streets are ours.” Artists have celebrated their day with concerts.
27 March 2019
Pınar Tarcan
'Adults Cast Votes, Children Bear With Results'
Ahead of the local elections, the İstanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association has organized workshops for children aged between 7 and 12, asking their expectations from the local administrations.
27 March 2019
2 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months, 1 Academic to 2 Years, 6 Months in Prison
While the 27th Heavy Penal Court has sentenced Feyza Akınerdem and Neş’e Bilgin to 15 months in prison, it has given a prison sentence of 2 years, 6 months to Ali Kerem Saysel, who concluded his remarks by saying “Demand for peace cannot be tried.”
27 March 2019
Tansu Pişkin
Rabia Naz's Father Vatan Contradicts Prosecutor's Office
Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz who died suspiciously last year, has reacted to the statement of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office: "There are no findings that belong to my baby on the scene of the incident."
27 March 2019
‘Kurdish Expression Festival’ to be Held in Turin
Chalak Events will hold “Kurdish Expression Festival” with Acmos, Retrò Scenayê, Comitato Salvagente and Paris Kurdish Institute in Turin, Italy on April 10-13. Several artists, academics and literary figures will introduce Kurdish culture for four days.
27 March 2019
Murat Bayram
'We Do Not Approve Inmates Ending Their Lives'
The four organizations have drawn attention to the hunger strikes and inmates who ended their lives in prisons, saying, "Let's defend life."
27 March 2019
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Academic Sentenced to 2 Years, 1 Month in Prison
Academic Gevher Gökçe has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison on charge of “aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The prison sentence of the academic has not been deferred.
27 March 2019
Tansu Pişkin
Is Poverty the Fate of Muş, Ağrı and Urfa?
It can be commented that the politics oriented towards the region, including in the AKP era, is in a historical failure. The fact that a peaceful solution is not provided for the Kurdish question has been evolving into a punishment with impoverishment.
27 March 2019
Sinan Ok
Father of Rabia Naz Deposes Upon Criminal Complaint of AKP MP Canikli
Şaban Vatan, who is campaigning on social media to illuminate the suspicious death of her 11-year-old daughter Rabia Naz, has deposed at the security directorate upon the criminal complaint of Nurettin Canikli, an MP of the ruling AKP.
26 March 2019
Women Students of Koç University: ‘We are not Safe at Campus’
Male student F.K. has been suspended from school for three months after harassing a woman student at the campus of Koç University in İstanbul. Private security guards of the university have been closely surveilling women protesting the incident.
26 March 2019
‘Trial Without Arrest is a Second Trauma for the Abused Child’
The request for arrest of Mehmet D., who is tried for sexually abusing 12-year-old E.S., has been rejected again. Speaking to bianet ahead of the final hearing to be held on March 29, attorney Yaprak has said, “It causes a second trauma on the child.”
26 March 2019
Ayşegül Özbek
Mail Interview With Demirtaş: 'No One Should Fall Into Politics of Enmity'
HDP's imprisoned former co-chair Demirtaş has given us an interview. Talking on politics, literature and arts, he says, "We will find a way to live in peace."
26 March 2019
Evrim Kepenek
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Soylu Says ‘I Will Suspend Them Even When They are Elected’, What Does Law Say?
Soylu has said that the candidates allegedly having relations with terrorist organizations will be suspended even when they are elected to municipal councils. What does the Law on Elections of Local Administrators say about the issue?
26 March 2019
Everything You Need to Know About Turkey's 2019 Local Elections
People of Turkey will go to polls on March 31 to elect their local administrators. Here is a detailed guide to the country's sixth election in the last five years.
25 March 2019
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
One More Inmate Claims Own Life in Prison
Medya Çınar has ended her life in protest of the isolation conditions imposed on PKK leader Öcalan. The PKK has released a statement, calling an end to "individual acts."
25 March 2019
4 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months, 1 Academic to 2 Years, 6 Months in Prison
Four academics have been sentenced to 15 months in prison; the announcement of the verdict has been suspended. Another academic has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison; the prison sentence of the academic has not been deferred.
25 March 2019
Tansu Pişkin
Different Statements by Erdoğan on Hagia Sophia
Responding the calls to revert the Hagia Sophia to a mosque, President Erdoğan first said, "Fill the Sultanahmet Mosque first," then "I won't be played like this." Finally, he said last night that they may change Hagia Sophia's status from a museum to a mosque.
25 March 2019
Annual Unemployment Rate in 2018: 11 Percent
The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that the unemployment rate was 11 percent in Turkey in 2018. Increasing by 83 thousand people in comparison with the previous year, the number of unemployed reached 3 million 537 thousand people in 2018.
25 March 2019
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