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Esra Özakça: My Right to Visit My Husband will be Prevented

Esra Özakça: My Right to Visit My Husband will be Prevented

Yüksel Street protesters Esra Özakça, Acun Karadağ, Nazife Onay, Nazan Bozkurt have been sentenced to house confinement. The verdict was rendered upon prosecutor’s office’s objection to decision of release on probation.

Guardians Check on Gülmen, Özakça: “Are You Dead or Alive”

Guardians Check on Gülmen, Özakça: “Are You Dead or Alive”

Waking arrested academic Nuriye Gülmen who is now on the 126th day of her hunger strike from her sleep at night, guardians in prison say” We came to check on you whether you are dead or alive”.

12 July 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Support from 5 Continents For Detained Human Rights Advocates

Support from 5 Continents For Detained Human Rights Advocates

As a reaction against human rights advocates being taken into custody, 41 rights organizations and defenders from five different continents have made a statement demanding the release of the detained advocates and made a call to the Government and ministries.

34 Detention Order for 34 Former TRT Staff

34 Detention Order for 34 Former TRT Staff

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered detention for 34 former employers of TRT claimed to be users of ByLock, an encrypted communication software allegedly used among members of the Gülen Community.

Imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş Nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

Imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş Nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Group of the Unified European Left at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has nominated imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017.

Villagers on Watch in Çanakkale Against Geothermal Power Plants

Villagers on Watch in Çanakkale Against Geothermal Power Plants

Stating that the geothermal power plants to be constructed in organic olive cultivation field will harm agriculture and human health, the villagers stand against drilling works.

11 July 2017 Nilay Vardar

Additional 7 Days of Detention Issued for Human Rights Advocates

Additional 7 Days of Detention Issued for Human Rights Advocates

An additional seven days of detention has been issued for the human rights advocates who were taken into custody at training meeting in Büyükada in İstanbul.

11 July 2017 Beyza Kural

Men Kill 18 Women, 1 Girl in June

Men Kill 18 Women, 1 Girl in June

According to news reports bianet compiled from local and national newspapers, news sites and agencies, men have killed 18 women and one girl and two men who attempted to prevent the murders; raped at least seven women; harassed 51; sexually harassed 20 girls; injured 44 women.

Private Kills His 3 Friends in Ward, Commits Suicide

Private Kills His 3 Friends in Ward, Commits Suicide

A private serving at Kula Gendarmerie Station in Manisa has shot at privates sleeping in the ward. Three soldiers have lost their lives; three others have been wounded. The private has committed suicide with the same rifle.

Austria Bars Minister Zeybekçi From Entering Country For Event Commemorating Coup Attempt

Austria Bars Minister Zeybekçi From Entering Country For Event Commemorating Coup Attempt

Austria has bared Minister of Economics Nihat Zeybekçi from entering the country to hold a speech in a commemoration event marking the July 15 coup attempt in 2016.

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu Visits Imprisoned MP Berberoğlu

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu Visits Imprisoned MP Berberoğlu

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has visited imprisoned MP Berberoğlu in Maltepe Prison. “Justice walks slowly but eventually reaches its target”, said Kılıçdaroğlu in the statement he issued after the visit.

Detention Order Issued For 72 People From Boğaziçi, Medeniyet Universities

Detention Order Issued For 72 People From Boğaziçi, Medeniyet Universities

An operation has been carried out into Boğaziçi University and İstanbul Medeniyet University employers regarding the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization.

2 Police Killed in Hatay

2 Police Killed in Hatay

Two police officers have been killed, one other has been wounded in a fire commenced from a vehicle on a check point in front of the Area Traffic Directorate in Hatay.

Justice March Completed, Kılıçdaroğlu Announces Declaration

Justice March Completed, Kılıçdaroğlu Announces Declaration

The Justice March launched by CHP leader Kılıçdaroğu was completed yesterday in Maltepe, Kılıçdaroğlu announced a 10-article declaration.

Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained

Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained

On his Twitter account, CHP MP Salıcı has announced that “Koray Çalışkan has just been detained from his home. The legislative intention is not clear, one more time academic whose address is known hasn’t been summoned to testify”.

HRW Director Williamson: Detentions A Repressive New Low for Turkey

HRW Director Williamson: Detentions A Repressive New Low for Turkey

HRW Europe and Central Asia Director Williamson has said that, “Detaining some of Turkey’s leading rights activists at a training workshop is a repressive new low for the Turkish state”.

HDP's Demirtaş Refuses Handcuffs, Not Brought to Court

HDP's Demirtaş Refuses Handcuffs, Not Brought to Court

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş wasn’t taken to courtroom after refusing to be handcuffed. “We will resist injustice and protect honor of the people whom we represent”, Demirtaş said.

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police have raided the houses of Saçılık, Özakça, Karadağ, Onay and other demonstrators protesting on Yüksel Street in Ankara under the motto “I want my job back” after being discharged from their positions through statutory decrees.

Justice Marchers Enter İstanbul

Justice Marchers Enter İstanbul

The Justice March CHP from Ankara to İstanbul is on its 23rd day.

Detained Human Rights Advocates Sent to Police Stations in Anatolian Side

Detained Human Rights Advocates Sent to Police Stations in Anatolian Side

Being detained in Büyükada in İstanbul, eight human rights advocates have been referred to four police stations in districts of Maltepe, Pendik and Kartal. Two educators are kept in Büyükada.

6 July 2017 Ayça Söylemez

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MEPs Decide on Suspension of Accession Negotiations With Turkey

MEPs Decide on Suspension of Accession Negotiations With Turkey

The report suggesting to suspend negotiation talks with Turkey regarding the EU-accession process has been approved by the Members of the European Parliament.

Notes from 21st Day of Justice March

Notes from 21st Day of Justice March

The Justice March launched by the CHP from Ankara to İstanbul is on its 21st day.

77 LGBTI, Women’s Organizations Join Justice March

77 LGBTI, Women’s Organizations Join Justice March

77 LGBTI and women’s organizations joined the Justice March launched by the CHP from Ankara to İstanbul on its 22nd day.

Amnesty International Makes Statement on Detention of Human Rights Defenders

Amnesty International Makes Statement on Detention of Human Rights Defenders

Holding a statement regarding human rights defenders including Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser being taken into custody in a raid while holding a workshop yesterday in Büyükada, Amnesty international has demanded release of the detainees.

bianet Submits Istanbul Convention Shadow Report to GREVIO

bianet Submits Istanbul Convention Shadow Report to GREVIO

Turkey has entered the first evaluation phase concerning implementation of Istanbul Convention in domestic law. As the state submits its own report to convention’s inspection body GREVIO, bianet has prepared a Shadow Report.

6 July 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada

Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada

Human rights advocates from various human rights organizations holding a training meeting in Büyükada on protection of human rights advocates were detained yesterday.

Blocked for 49 Times, sendika.org Applies For Guinness World Record

Blocked for 49 Times, sendika.org Applies For Guinness World Record

sendika.org, the news website subjected to most access blocks, has applied for a Guinness World Record. The website is now online at the address sendika50.org.

Private Security Batters Teacher Staging Protest in Front of Education Ministry

Private Security Batters Teacher Staging Protest in Front of Education Ministry

Discharged teacher Onay has attempted to stage a protest with a banner reading “May Nuriye, Semih be reinstated to their jobs”, has been battered and detained by private security guards.

Ankara Bans Press Statements, Slogans, Demonstrations for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Ankara Bans Press Statements, Slogans, Demonstrations for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Ankara Governorship has put a ban on singing anthems and songs loudly as well as chanting slogans and making demonstration and press statements on Yüksel Street and the surrounding area where the protests and demonstrations continue against dismissals through statutory decrees and in solidarity with Özakça and Gülmen on hunger strike.

bianet Editors Speak About Gender Based Journalism

bianet Editors Speak About Gender Based Journalism

bianet’s women and LGBTI news editor Çiçek Tahaoğlu and freedom of expression news editor Elif Akgül have explained gender based journalism with examples from bianet and most of the media outlets.

5 July 2017 Hikmet Adal

Judge Replaced Ahead of Summary Judgement in Soma Trial

Judge Replaced Ahead of Summary Judgement in Soma Trial

Of the trial lawyers Berrin Demir has said that “Judge Aytaç Ballı was a conscientious. He has lived through the massacre with the families from the beginning. He knew by heart those who died. He would render a proper verdict. He had faced up to this”.

4 July 2017 Nilay Vardar

Attack in Şırnak Kills 2 Workers

Attack in Şırnak Kills 2 Workers

Two soldiers have lost their lives and four others have been injured in an attack carried out by members of PKK in Şırnak’s Uludere district during road construction works in Ortasu-Beyaztepe region.