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They Are Doing Feminism Here, Your Honor!
It is not easy being a women rights advocate. They are confronted by violent men, their relatives, advocates and people of law as a whole. They are sometimes accused of feminism and other times of turning the courtroom into a women’s TV show...
25 November 2014
Çiçek Tahaoğlu
Reyhanlı Blasts Case Changes 3 Cities in 3 Hearings
Initially opened in Adana province, Reyhanlı case has been transferred again from Hatay to Ankara for “security reasons”. Attorneys and victim families ask why deserted courtrooms posed a security threat.
25 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
Erdoğan: Bringing Men and Women to Equal Status is Against Nature
President Erdoğan defined equality as “taking the victim to the level of perpetrator”. Saying that his mom’s heels smell like paradise, Erdoğan continued: “You can’t tell this to feminists"
25 November 2014
Halk TV Editor Faces Prison Sentence For Broadcasting TOMAs
Halk TV’s responsible editor is facing up to 11 years of prison for allowing the broadcast of police tank vehicle with f-word graffitis on during Gezi Resistance.
24 November 2014
Associations Slam Periodical Ban, Censorship in Prisons
9 media outlets released a joint statement to protest the publication ban imposed on inmates across Turkey’s prisons.
24 November 2014
Beyza Kural
Reactions After PM’s Visit to Dersim: Disappointment
Advocate Barış Yıldırım from Dersim People’s Assembly Initiative told bianet the following: “If the Turkish state really wants face 1938 Dersim Incident, it must abandon its plans on hydroelectic power plants, mining and dams.”
24 November 2014
Beyza Kural
Edirne Governor: I Am Saying With Rancor
Referring the recent rising of tensions in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Turkey’s Edirne Province Governor Dursun Şahin made a statement saying that they would only open a synagogue currently in restoration as a museum.
24 November 2014
Amid Protests, PM Pledges “Reforms” For Alevis in Dersim
As various Alevi associations released a statement saying that authorities disregarded them, police assaulted with tear gas several groups who assembled to protest the visit of PM Ahmet Davutoğlu to the eastern province of Dersim.
24 November 2014
University Student Dies in Kobane
Şıvan Bayar, a history teacher major in Mersin University, died in action against ISIS in the Kurdish-Syrian town Kobane.
21 November 2014
Savaş Hindioğlu
Turkey to Build Mosques in 80 Universities
Religious Affairs (Diyanet) leader annouced that they have been building mosques around 80 universities across Turkey. “We care about campus mosques in the city,” he said.
21 November 2014
Resolution Process Advances With New Bodies
HDP Group Interim Co-Chair Buldan announced that the resolution process would continue with a 5-member delegation to Imralı Prison, an observation council and a new secretariat - a participation of 25 to 30 officials in total.
21 November 2014
Ministry Working For Release of Sick Inmates
“We have a plan for those inmates who can’t thrive in prison on their own. We will inform the public once our prep work is done,” Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said after receiving a delegation from People’s Democratic Party.
21 November 2014
Corruption-Covering Reporters Convicted to Prison Sentence
Yurt newspaper reporter Meriç Şenyüz (6 months) and Ulusal Kanal reporter Özer Sürmeli (5 months) have been convicted to prison terms for covering Turkey’s December 17 Corruption Probe.
21 November 2014
Deputy Brings LGBTI Issues to Parliament
Republican People’s Party deputy Mahmut Tanal held a press conference at the parliament including representatives from LGBTI organizations Pembe Hayat and KaosGL. He also submitted 5 parliamentarian inquiries and 1 law proposal on the topic.
20 November 2014
Ran Away From Syria, 14 y.o. Shot in Turkey
A.Ö., a 14 year-old Syrian boy, has been shot by Turkish soldiers as he crossed the border along with his family to find refuge. His father told bianet that A.Ö. was shot in the head and lost vision in both his eyes.
20 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
“Education in Mother Tongue Not Political, But Universal Right”
Ahmet Özmen from Diyarbakır Bar Association told bianet that the reservations that Turkey put Convention on the Rights of the Child were related to Kurdish children’s rights. “The removal of these reservations will also alleviate the government,” he said.
20 November 2014
Yüce Yöney
Prosecutor Asked For Damages From Journalist
After launching a public prosecution for insult charges, prosecutor Zekeriya Öz also filed for non-pecuniary damages from columnist Nedim Şener who wrote an article entitled “Prosecutors who doesn’t know to shame”.
20 November 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
Report: 49 Kids Tortured in Prison, 64 Under Detention in 2014
Turkey’s Human Rights Association released a statement on Universal Children’s Day, underlining the significance of closing juvenile prisons, child labor, child abuse and other right violations.
20 November 2014
Sancar: “Third Eye” Would Institutionalize Peace Process
Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar commented to bianet’s inquiries on how the “third eye”, a new observation delegation idea in discussion, would contribute to Turkey’s resolution process with PKK.
19 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
Minister Declines “TOMA Water Wounding” Investigation
Interior Ministry declined an investigation request by two water cannon-stricken lawyers, saying that they were “treated within human rights”. Two lawyer submitted a motion.
19 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
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No File, No Suspect Present in Hasan Ferit Case
No progress has been made in today’s hearing of Hasan Ferit Gedik case where 35 suspects are charged with “attempted murder of Hasan Ferit Gedik” as well as “founding a crime organization”, “property damage” during the riots in Gülsuyu neighborhood in 2013.
19 November 2014
New Wave of Arrests For Journalists?
Around 40 media workers have been released from prison in Turkey after the limitation of cautionary arrests terms to 5 years. However, is there a new wave of arrests on the way for journalists who reported on the December 17 Corruption Probe?
19 November 2014
Erol Önderoğlu
Facebook Censors bianet’s “Vagina” Story
Facebook censored bianet’s story in Turkish entitled “Vajina Sansürünün Anatomisi” which was published in English as “The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey”.
19 November 2014
Elif Akgül
Columnist Acquits From Erdoğan’s “Queer” Complaint
Columnist Hakan Demir has acquitted from charges related to insulting then-PM Erdoğan when he wrote a tweet during Gezi Resistance in 2013.
18 November 2014
Ayça Söylemez
Topçu Barracks Back in Agenda Despite Council of State Ruling
The construction plan of Topçu Barracks - an old Ottoman building located in Istanbul’s center that led to Gezi Resistance - is in municipality agenda again. Previously, Council of State suspended the plans with detailed verdicts.
18 November 2014
The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey
Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery.
18 November 2014
Elif Akgül
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6 Worker Bodies Reached in Ermenek
Search teams discovered six dead worker bodies in a mine located in Ermenek in the central province of Karaman. Efforts to reach out the remaining 8 workers are underway.
18 November 2014
“This Ruling Will Set Example in Other Male Violence Cases”
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has been ordered to pay damages for failing to protect a woman from male violence. “This case will set example to several similar cases,” advocate Müjde Tozbey told bianet.
18 November 2014
Çiçek Tahaoğlu
LGBTI Meet Up Event in Mosque Postponed After Coverage
Pledging to open its doors to LGBTI people around a project called “Meet Up to Respect”, a Turkish mosque located in Berlin had to postpone the event due to homophobic media coverage on the topic.
17 November 2014
HDP, Government Agree on Continuation of Dialogue
“There is no obstacle against the expansion of our delegation to meet with Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali Island and inform the public on the process,” said Baluken, a member of HDP’s delegation to the resolution process after meeting Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan today.
17 November 2014
2 More Worker Bodies Discovered in Ermenek Mine
Search teams discovered two more dead worker bodies in a mine located in Ermenek in the central province of Karaman 21 days after a water flooding that trapped 18 workers inside.
17 November 2014
Freedom Call For Karabulut Family in Holland
Assembling outside the Dutch Parliament, Gezi Solidarity of Holland urged the freedom of Karabulut Family, a couple and their two children who have previously applied for political asylum and now scheduled for deportation.
17 November 2014
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