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‘Peace Journalism Needed All the Time, not Just in Wartime’

‘Peace Journalism Needed All the Time, not Just in Wartime’

Writer of the Peace Journalism Handbook published by İPS Communication Foundation Publications, Sevda Alankuş saying “Loving peace doesn’t mean to practice peace journalism” has emphasized that a serious critical look is needed against mainstream journalism.

29 March 2016 Beyza Kural,Elif Akgül

Davutoğlu: I Am Against Holding Academics Arrested Pending Trial

Davutoğlu: I Am Against Holding Academics Arrested Pending Trial

Prime Minister Davutoğlu has stated that he had no negative opinion of Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan implying that she had also taken a stand against the headscarf ban.

Davutoğlu: I Am Against Holding Academics Arrested Pending Trial

Davutoğlu: I Am Against Holding Academics Arrested Pending Trial

Prime Minister Davutoğlu has stated that he had no negative opinion of Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan implying that she had also taken a stand against the headscarf ban.

EU, US Respond to Erdoğan’s Criticism Against Diplomats

EU, US Respond to Erdoğan’s Criticism Against Diplomats

The US and EU have responded to President Erdoğan’s criticism against consuls that follow hearing of Dündar and Gül: “This is usual duty of EU diplomats”, “It is in accordance with diplomatic procedures”.

Diplomatic Note Sent to Embassies Monitoring Dündar-Gül Trial

Diplomatic Note Sent to Embassies Monitoring Dündar-Gül Trial

Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note to embassies as to ambassadors monitoring the case hearing Can Dündar and Erdem Gül.

JINHA Correspondent Rojda Oğuz Released

JINHA Correspondent Rojda Oğuz Released

JINHA Correspondent Rojda Oğuz will be released today from the Van M-type Closed Prison she had been kept under arrest.

Arrested Academic Transferred to Ward

Arrested Academic Transferred to Ward

Arrested academic Esra Mungan has been transferred to ward from discipline cell. Objection against arrest of the three academics was rejected today.

1 Police Officer, 1 Soldier Killed in Nusaybin

1 Police Officer, 1 Soldier Killed in Nusaybin

Specialized Sergeant Vedat Aykut has lost his life in the fire opened by a sharpshooter rifle and special operations police officer Coşkun Nazilli has been killed due to detonation of a bomb trapped on the road in Nusaybin.

Watch Begins for Vegan Convict Evcan in Silivri

Watch Begins for Vegan Convict Evcan in Silivri

Right defenders will keep watch in front of Silivri Prison every day at 6 p.m. until Osman Evcan who has been on hunger strike for 35 days will be granted right to vegan nutrition.

Oran sues President Erdoğan for Damages Over Defaming Academics

Oran sues President Erdoğan for Damages Over Defaming Academics

Baskın Oran has brought a defamation claim against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in amount of 3,110 Euro damages for defaming the academics with expressions such as “despicable”, “tyrant”, “dark as pitch”, “ignorant”, “disgusting”, “tainted souls”.

Support from 120 Academic Psychologists for 3 Arrested Academics

Support from 120 Academic Psychologists for 3 Arrested Academics

Academic psychologists have protected freedom of thought and expression, objected against arrest of their colleagues.

Easter in Turkey

Easter in Turkey

Easter, the festival and holiday in Christianity celebrating Jesus Christ returning from the dead, has been celebrated in Turkey too as in the whole world.

148 US-based Academics Call For Solidarity With Turkey

148 US-based Academics Call For Solidarity With Turkey

148 US-based academics have sent a solidarity letter to US State Department urging them to call on the Turkish government to put an end to the oppression and free the academics arrested.

Demirtaş: Cause of War in Yüksekova is not Ditches-Barricades

Demirtaş: Cause of War in Yüksekova is not Ditches-Barricades

Demirtaş has said olive branch offered by Kurdish people on June 7 was received by Turkish people, yet AKP has turned to war policies upon its authority shaken.

Dündar, Gül Trial Adjourned Upon Non-Compliance With Closed Court Decision

Dündar, Gül Trial Adjourned Upon Non-Compliance With Closed Court Decision

The trial of Dündar and Gül have been adjourned until April 1 as the MPs did not abide by the “closed trial” decision.

Erdoğan Thanks Mothers Urging Their Children to Combat

Erdoğan Thanks Mothers Urging Their Children to Combat

President Erdoğan at the meeting in Yozgat has said, “When our state is under attack, I kiss by all mothers’ hands sending their children to duty by saying ‘go my dear child, be a veteran or martyr’”; has spoken of Brussels attack.

Urgent Expropriation in Sur

Urgent Expropriation in Sur

Urgent Expropriation has been declared in Sur district by a cabinet decision.

Pressures, Arrests Against Academics Brought to Parliament

Pressures, Arrests Against Academics Brought to Parliament

HDP’s Çağlar Demirel has asked for an Assembly Commission to be set up to investigate into discharges, suspension, investigations, detentions and arrests of academics who signed the peace declaration.

Curfew declared in Silvan of Diyarbakır

Curfew declared in Silvan of Diyarbakır

Curfew has been declared in 18 villages and neighbourhoods in Silvan district of Diyarbakır province as of 11 a.m. this morning.

Freedom Watch in Front of 2 Prisons for 3 Academics

Freedom Watch in Front of 2 Prisons for 3 Academics

Freedom Watch continuing in front of Bakırköy prison for the arrested academics is being held in front of Silivri prison today (March 25).

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Mathematicians Gathered to Support Arrested Academics

Mathematicians Gathered to Support Arrested Academics

Academics have gathered at workshop in which academic Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy will be the spokesperson in support of their colleagues.

Call From Journalist Organizations Ahead of Dündar, Gül Trial

Call From Journalist Organizations Ahead of Dündar, Gül Trial

International freedom of expression organizations and others from Turkey have come together upon call from TGC, TGS, ÇGD, DİSK-Press, News Union and Press Institute for releasing the journalists in prison.

Attack on Gendarmerie Station in Diyarbakır, Broadcast Ban Imposed

Attack on Gendarmerie Station in Diyarbakır, Broadcast Ban Imposed

Attack has been launched on post on Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway by a bomb-laden vehicle, then PKK members fired on the post. Three soldiers killed, 24 others wounded in the attack. Broadcast ban has been imposed.

All Defendants Released in ISIS Case

All Defendants Released in ISIS Case

Seven arrested defendants charged with being member and administrator of ISIS have been released. They left the courthouse saying allahuakbar.

No Legal Basis for ‘Problematic Passengers Room’

No Legal Basis for ‘Problematic Passengers Room’

Lawyer of Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour who was kept in “Problematic Passengers Room” for a year at the airport has explained the legal status of the room, who are kept, and who administrates it.

24 March 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Dündar, Gül Visit Peace Watch for Arrested Academics

Dündar, Gül Visit Peace Watch for Arrested Academics

Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have visited the Justice Watch in front of Bakırköy Prison demanding freedom for the arrested academics. The Justice Watch will continue today and there will also be one tomorrow in Silivri.

Imprisoned Academics Speak

Imprisoned Academics Speak

CHP Prison Inspection Committee has visited Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy, and Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya. The academics have talked about what happened.

UNICEF: New EU-Turkey Deal Could Leave Children At Risk

UNICEF: New EU-Turkey Deal Could Leave Children At Risk

According to UNICEF warning that “the new agreement could push children and families to take other more dangerous routes including the central Mediterranean Sea”, the deal “does not address the pressing humanitarian needs of 19,000 refugee and migrant children stranded in Greece”.

Trustee Committee Stops Distribution of 5 Newspapers of Cihan Medya

Trustee Committee Stops Distribution of 5 Newspapers of Cihan Medya

New administration of Cihan Medya Dağıtım A.Ş. to which trustee has been appointed has stopped the distribution of Meydan, Yarına Bakış, Yeni Asya, Özgür Düşünce and Taraf newspapers.

AKP Declining Proposal of Setting Up Commission On Child Abuse Steps Back

AKP Declining Proposal of Setting Up Commission On Child Abuse Steps Back

AKP Group Deputy Chair Naci Bostancı has announced that a motion on setting up an investigation commission on child abuse would be submitted at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey plenum on the basis of an agreement reached with CHP, HDP and MHP.

‘Sarraf Detained with No Problems in Miami’

‘Sarraf Detained with No Problems in Miami’

FBI Agent Kelly Langmesser has declared that Rıza Sarraf was taken into custody with no problems after being kept for an hour at “problematic passengers” section as he landed in Miami.

Watch In Front of Prison for Arrested Academics

Watch In Front of Prison for Arrested Academics

Boğaziçi University students and academics of the Boğaziçi University and Academics for Peace Initiative are on watch in front of the prison where the three academics are arrested.