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What the Hell Are You Looking At!

What the Hell Are You Looking At!

It is like a formula that a species has developed to rehabilitate and destroy itself, a sort of food poisoning: Manhood and violence as its “truest” son. Everything will start anew by learning how to vomit!

18 July 2018 Tan Morgül

Freedom House Director: Turkey Guilty of Violating Freedom of Expression for Years

Freedom House Director: Turkey Guilty of Violating Freedom of Expression for Years

Nate Schenkkan, the Director for Special Research at Freedom House, has spoken to bianet about the six-month period after the organization categorized Turkey as a “not-free country.”

17 July 2018 Pınar Tarcan

3 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison, Sentences Deferred

3 Academics Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison, Sentences Deferred

Court board has sentenced three of 10 academics E.B., G.M. and Canan Özbey to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The other seven hearings and one at the 24th Heavy Penal Court have been adjourned.

17 July 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Kılıçdaroğlu Shares ‘Kingdom of Tayyips’ Caricature on Twitter

Kılıçdaroğlu Shares ‘Kingdom of Tayyips’ Caricature on Twitter

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu has shared “Kingdom of Tayyips” caricature, which led four METU students to be arrested on charge of “insulting President”, on his Twitter account.

Paid Military Service to be Introduced

Paid Military Service to be Introduced

Group Deputy Chairperson of the AKP Bülent Turan spoke about the regulation on paid military service to be presented to the Speakership today, announcing that the age limit for the paid military service will be 25 and its price will be 15 thousand TRY.

Investigation Against HDP Diyarbakır MPs Tosun, Farisoğulları

Investigation Against HDP Diyarbakır MPs Tosun, Farisoğulları

An investigation has been launched against the HDP Diyarbakır MPs Remziye Tosun and Musa Farisoğulları on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.”

Arrest of HDP MP Güven on Parliamentary Agenda

Arrest of HDP MP Güven on Parliamentary Agenda

A parliamentary inquiry has been submitted concerning HDP MP Güven still being kept in prison.

2 Years of July 15 Coup Attempt with Figures, Reports

2 Years of July 15 Coup Attempt with Figures, Reports

We have compiled the arrests, detentions, discharges and their reflections in the international reports since the coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

Trial of 13 Journalists to Continue on October 10

Trial of 13 Journalists to Continue on October 10

Having been tried for participating in Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign launched by Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed by decree, 13 journalists haven’t attended the hearing. Lawyers’ objection to "contrariety to constitution".

16 July 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Transgender Inmate Buse Pauses Hunger Strike on 38th Day

Transgender Inmate Buse Pauses Hunger Strike on 38th Day

Transgender woman inmate Buse has paused her hunger strike on its 38th day. Her attorney Eren Keskin has stated that Buse will continue her hunger strike if she is not moved to another prison and not referred to hospital for her gender transition surgery.

16 July 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Journalist Erdem Gül Acquitted of MİT Trucks Case

Journalist Erdem Gül Acquitted of MİT Trucks Case

Cumhuriyet Newspaper Representative to Ankara Gül has been acquitted of the trial in which he was being tried together with Can Dündar. Gül was charged with “obtaining and declaring state’s confidential documents”.

HRW: Turkey Stops Registering Asylum Seekers from Syria

HRW: Turkey Stops Registering Asylum Seekers from Syria

Human Rights Watch has announced that Turkey has stopped registering the recently arrived asylum seekers from Syria, which “is leading to unlawful deportations, coerced returns to Syria, and the denial of health care and education.”

Detained Over ‘Social Media Posts’, Kesanbilici Released

Detained Over ‘Social Media Posts’, Kesanbilici Released

Platform for Gezi Martys and Ghazis Spokesperson Volkan Kesanbilici has been released after being detained due to his “social media posts”.

Support by Artists to İntizar

Support by Artists to İntizar

Firing artist İntizar due to the news reports about her relationship, Poll Production has been protested by artists.

Treasury to Pay Immaterial Compensation to Demirtaş

Treasury to Pay Immaterial Compensation to Demirtaş

Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former Co-Chair of the HDP, has won the lawsuit of immaterial compensation that he filed against the Treasury due to the unlawful practices regarding his arrest.

Euronews: Grup Yorum Band Members Seek Asylum in France

Euronews: Grup Yorum Band Members Seek Asylum in France

France-based news site Euronews has reported that Grup Yorum band members, who are on the “wanted” list released by Ministry of Interior, have applied for asylum in France.

Transgender Woman Murdered in Samsun

Transgender Woman Murdered in Samsun

A man has killed his 24-year-old transgender girlfriend Simge Sezer in Samsun. The man has claimed that he committed the murder “because his manhood was ridiculed.” In 2017, two transgender women were killed and 11 of them were subjected to attacks.

‘Social Media’ Investigations Against 313 People

‘Social Media’ Investigations Against 313 People

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 514 social media accounts have been investigated and a legal action has been taken against 313 people over the last week.

Sedat Peker Acquitted of Trial of Threatening Academics

Sedat Peker Acquitted of Trial of Threatening Academics

Sedat Peker threatening the Academics for Peace by telling ‘We will shed your blood and swim in it!’ has been acquitted. 16 academics have been found guilty for having signed the Peace declaration.

1,624 Lifetime Imprisonments in Coup Trials

1,624 Lifetime Imprisonments in Coup Trials

194 of trials of coup attempt have been concluded, in total 2 thousand 381 defendants have been sentenced to prison. 1,624 defendants have been sentenced to lifetime imprisonment, 734 of them to aggravated lifetime in prison.

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‘Gathering for Peace’ To Bring Together Two Sides of Aegean

‘Gathering for Peace’ To Bring Together Two Sides of Aegean

Bringing two sides of Aegean together, Gathering for Peace starts today. To be organized from July 13 to July 15, the program will be realized at Greece’s Leros Island.

Call by IMF on Turkey for Central Bank’s Independence

Call by IMF on Turkey for Central Bank’s Independence

The IMF has called on Turkey to ensure independence of its Central Bank.

1 Village Guard Loses His Life in Diyarbakır

1 Village Guard Loses His Life in Diyarbakır

One village guard has lost his life and one village guard has been wounded in an armed conflict between the security forces and the PKK in the district of Silvan in Diyarbakır.

File to Erdoğan Administration: Freedom to News

File to Erdoğan Administration: Freedom to News

127 journalists entered July 1 in prison. 33 of the 127 journalists have been tried, 40 have been investigated, 24 are convicted and files of 30 are at the upper court.

13 July 2018 Erol Önderoğlu

Artist Olcay Sentenced to 11 Months 20 Days in Prison for ‘Insulting President’

Artist Olcay Sentenced to 11 Months 20 Days in Prison for ‘Insulting President’

Artist Zuhal Olcay has been sentenced to 11 months 20 days in prison on charge of “insulting the president” in the lawsuit which was brought upon a complaint of a person at her concert.

Compensation of 30 Thousand Turkish Lira for Saying ‘Fascist Dictator’

Compensation of 30 Thousand Turkish Lira for Saying ‘Fascist Dictator’

The Spokesperson of the CHP Bülent Tezcan has been sentenced to pay an immaterial compensation of 30 thousand Turkish Lira for calling President Erdoğan “a fascist dictator”.

Though Erdoğan Says, ‘Albayrak Took Economy Course’, Dollar Reaches 4.97 TRY

Though Erdoğan Says, ‘Albayrak Took Economy Course’, Dollar Reaches 4.97 TRY

President Erdoğan explained why he has appointed his son-in-law Berat Albayrak as the Minister of Finance and Treasury by saying, “He worked in private sector and took a course on the subject.” However, the US dollar has continued to increase in value against the Turkish Lira.

Turkish Medical Association Board Member Dr. Yerilkaya Released

Turkish Medical Association Board Member Dr. Yerilkaya Released

Turkish Medical Association Board Member Dr. Yerlikaya has been released on probation after being detained and deposed.

Turkish Medical Association Central Council Member Dr. Yerlikaya Detained

Turkish Medical Association Central Council Member Dr. Yerlikaya Detained

Oncologist Dr. Halis Yerlikaya, who was elected to the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association two months ago, has been detained in a house raid in Diyarbakır.

11 July 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Letter Campaign for Trans Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike

Letter Campaign for Trans Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike

E-letter campaign has been launched for trans woman inmate Buse, who is kept in Tekirdağ Type F Closed Men’s Prison.

Court Rules for Continuation of HDP MP Leyla Güven’s Detention

Court Rules for Continuation of HDP MP Leyla Güven’s Detention

The hearing of Leyla Güven, who was elected as the Hakkari MP of the HDP at the parliamentary election on June 24, has been held at the Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court. The court board has ruled that the detention of Güven shall continue.

Ankara Governorship’s LGBTI Ban Taken to ECtHR

Ankara Governorship’s LGBTI Ban Taken to ECtHR

Kaos GL has taken Ankara Governorship’s indefinite ban of LGBTI events to the ECtHR. Stating that European Convention on Human Rights has been violet, the association demands that the court issue injunction.