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Detailed Results of Referendum According to Supreme Election Board

Detailed Results of Referendum According to Supreme Election Board

YSK has announced that the “Yes” votes constituted 51.41% and the “No” votes 48.59% of all the valid votes.

1 Village Guard Killed in Van

1 Village Guard Killed in Van

One village guard has lost his life, three others have been injured in a clash that erupted between the village guards and PKK members in the neighborhood of Doluca in Van.

Alcoholic Beverages Banned in Public Places in Antalya

Alcoholic Beverages Banned in Public Places in Antalya

Drinking alcoholic beverage has been banned by Antalya Governorship in public places.

Sarmaşık Association Was Closed; Where Does This Leave the Victims?

Sarmaşık Association Was Closed; Where Does This Leave the Victims?

When Sarmaşık Association was closed through Statutory Decree no 677 on November 22, 2016, approximately 32 thousand people were deprived of its assistance.

28 April 2017 Nurhak Yılmaz,Sertaç Kayar

An Alternative Bank: The Sarmaşık Food Bank

An Alternative Bank: The Sarmaşık Food Bank

From the very start, Sarmaşık Association conducted its studies with the support of institutions, and later on, with personal donors. In a short time it became a model for combating poverty.

28 April 2017 Nurhak Yılmaz,Sertaç Kayar

Turkey Takes Action Following PACE’s Decision to Monitor Turkey

Turkey Takes Action Following PACE’s Decision to Monitor Turkey

PACE commission for Turkey members from the AKP and MHP have been summoned from Strasbourg; German Christian Social Union Deputy Fabritius’ visit to Turkey has been cancelled.

İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Turns 25

İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Turns 25

25th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week will take place between June 19-25. You can both help with the costs of the week and send your suggestions for the event.

9,103 Police Officers Suspended

9,103 Police Officers Suspended

Security General Directorate has announced that 9,103 law enforcement staff members have been suspended due to having a connection to the FETÖ/PDY. In operations all over the country, over a thousand police officers have been taken into custody.

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

“There are people who think we are trans women because we are raped. What an absurd logic,” says Şahika, and adds, “It is an inborn condition, one doesn’t later become a trans woman.”

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

Emirhan Deniz Çelebi is an English teacher and a highly equipped trans man. “I instilled fighting to my students. If I could touch the heart of even a single person, how lucky of me..”, Emirhan says.

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released

Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released

Being detained since November 7, 2016, HDP Hakkari MP Nihat Akdoğan has been released in the first hearing.

Unions Declare May 1 to be Celebrated in Bakırköy, not Taksim

Unions Declare May 1 to be Celebrated in Bakırköy, not Taksim

DİSK, KESK, TTB and TMMOB have announced that they will celebrate May in Bakırköy Public Bazaar in İstanbul.

Riot Squad Launch Helicopter-Backed Operation on Yürüyüş Magazine

Riot Squad Launch Helicopter-Backed Operation on Yürüyüş Magazine

Police carried out a raid on the Yürüyüş Magazine in Gazi neighbourhood, İstanbul towards this morning. The office of the magazine was searched and five people were taken into custody.

Germany Signals Travel Convenience for Some Occupational Groups from Turkey

Germany Signals Travel Convenience for Some Occupational Groups from Turkey

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel has said that travel convenience has to be provided for scientists, students, artists, authors, journalists and business people from Turkey.

Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

Ece Devrim tried many jobs from dishwashing to DJing. She continued İŞ-KUR courses, became a health care worker; when she couldn’t find a job, she had to do sex work despite all her efforts against this. Now, she sells lighters in her wheelchair.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

The life for trans people has become more difficult especially after the 1980 coup; those who were stuck in the triangle of the police, the state and the media took their first steps to get organized.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

4 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak, Kars

Four soldiers have lost their lives due to the detonation of improvised explosive devices in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak as well as in Kars province in eastern Turkey.

Council of State Refuses CHP’s Request of Annulment, Stay of Execution of Election Board’s Decision

Council of State Refuses CHP’s Request of Annulment, Stay of Execution of Election Board’s Decision

The Council of State has refused CHP’s request to reverse the Supreme Election Board’s decision to consider unsealed ballot papers valid as well as the party’s application for a stay of proceedings to enforce the decision.

PACE to Reopen Monitoring Process Against Turkey

PACE to Reopen Monitoring Process Against Turkey

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe discussing the report titled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey”, which was submitted in June 2016, has opened monitoring process against Turkey after 13 years.

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request for 2nd Time

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request for 2nd Time

Greece High Court has rejected Turkey’s request for the second time concerning extradition of three of the eight soldiers who fled to Greece and requested asylum in the wake of July 15 coup attempt.

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AYM President: We don’t Have Authority to Review Statutory Decrees

AYM President: We don’t Have Authority to Review Statutory Decrees

Speaking at the 55th foundation anniversary of the Constitutional Court, the court president Zühtü Arslan has said that they don’t have the authority to review the statutory decrees issued during the State of Emergency.

sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

sendika.org editor Ali Erdin Demirhan has been released after five days in custody.

YSK Refuses to Stay Its Execution and Wait for Decision by Council of State

YSK Refuses to Stay Its Execution and Wait for Decision by Council of State

Supreme Election Board has denied CHP’s request to not announce official referendum results until the Council of the State passed a ruling on the contested referendum results.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reacts to Trump’s Statement on Armenian Remembrance Day

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reacts to Trump’s Statement on Armenian Remembrance Day

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has claimed that there are “false information and definition” in Trump’s April 24 statement, and this is caused by “information pollution generated by means of propaganda methods by some radical Armenian groups in years”.

The Neighborhood of "Giaour" Doesn’t Exist Anymore

The Neighborhood of "Giaour" Doesn’t Exist Anymore

The last curfew in Sur was declared on December 2, 2015, with six curfews being declared in total. The operations ended on March 9, 2016, but there were no streets left to go out to.

25 April 2017 Zana Kibar,Oktay Altekin

Mıgırdıç Margosyan Couldn't Recognize His Street Amidst Ruins

Mıgırdıç Margosyan Couldn't Recognize His Street Amidst Ruins

“I cannot see. We call Suriçi 'kullik kullik' which means I know this place corner by corner, stone by stone. In the past, I knew where there was a fountain, a bakery, I knew them all but if I go there now, I would probably get lost”.

25 April 2017 Zana Kibar,Oktay Altekin

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

Meeting with Dean Investigation at İstanbul University

An investigation has been launched into five Faculty of Political Sciences students for "asking the dean to come down rather than going to his office".

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

In Commemoration of Journalists Killed in 1915

They were taken from their houses on April 24, 1915 and were forced to leave İstanbul heading for Anatolia. They could not make it back, they were murdered...

No Permission for May 1 Celebrations in Taksim

No Permission for May 1 Celebrations in Taksim

Minister of Interior Soylu has announced that May 1 Labor Day won’t be celebrated in Taksim.

Detained Journalist From Italy Released, Deported

Detained Journalist From Italy Released, Deported

Angelino Alfano, Minister of Interior of Italy has announced that Gabriele Del Grande, a journalist from Italy who had been in custody since April 9, was released and sent to Italy.

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

'Solution is Inclusion System in Education for People with Disabilities'

The Six Points Association of the Blind Diyarbakır Branch Secretary Berent has looked at the Education Support to Individuals with Disabilities from Diyarbakır, and has listed the problems his solution offers.

24 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz

Students and Parents from Bingöl Tell of Their Experiences

Students and Parents from Bingöl Tell of Their Experiences

Borlukan, whose mentally challenged sibling is in a rehabilitation center, doesn’t believe that his illiterate understands the documents that he signs each month concerning his son.

24 April 2017 Remzi Budancir,Leyla Ayaz