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"This Is Not ’Normalisation’, Army Should Become Transparent”
"This Is Not ’Normalisation’, Army Should Become Transparent”
The government had its way in the Higher Military Council. Akay, who wrote the "Security Sector " report, states that there can be no mention of “normalisation,” and that “everything is being done in secret.” "Both the General Staff and the government are silent on allegations about the army.”
6 August 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
Families of the Missing Want Confessions to Continue
Families of the Missing Want Confessions to Continue
The families of the missing, who place importance on the words of Retired Vice-Admiral Kiyat, who said; “unsolved murders in the 1990s were a state policy.” They are calling on the state, which “rendered missing” their relatives, to give an account. Deniz, Tanis, Ocak and Kirbayir families are expecting the confessions of those “really responsible.”
6 August 2010 Berivan Tapan
Istanbul to be Included in UNESCO Danger List if Horn Bridge is Built
Istanbul to be Included in UNESCO Danger List if Horn Bridge is Built
The UNESCO Committee has given a last chance to Turkey before including Istanbul in the list of “World Heritage in Danger.” The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has six months to prepare a new EIA report and a management plan. Among the criteria is making changes to the Halic Metro Bridge.
6 August 2010 Burçin Belge
Journalists Have Four Days to Object!
Journalists Have Four Days to Object!
Journalists, whose judgements have been postponed, have until 9 August to object as per the amendment to the Law of Criminal Procedures. The pronouncement of judgements will no longer be postponed without asking the journalists...
6 August 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Talking About "Issues" Prohibited: 249 Suspects in Three Months!
Talking About "Issues" Prohibited: 249 Suspects in Three Months!
In the second quarter of 2010, the number of criminals of thought have doubled compared to the same period last year. Anti-terrorism law suspects have increased fivefold. As the war intensifies, freedom of expression weakens.
5 August 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
NGOs from Istanbul Call for Peace
NGOs from Istanbul Call for Peace
Many organisations with different backgrounds, have made a joint statement under the name, “Civil Society Initiatives” and called on the policy makers: "Stop the bloodshed, solve this problem already, find the solution that is fair for everyone.”
4 August 2010 Ezgi Kardeş
"Those Leaving Women to the Hands of Murderers Should be Punished”
"Those Leaving Women to the Hands of Murderers Should be Punished”
Turkey cannot protect women, who take shelter in the state. Women are dying. Coordinator Hacisalihoglu of the Hurriyet Campaign to End Domestic Violence is underlining the inadequacy of capacity in institutions. "Police officials, who take women from shelters and send them back to a violent environment, should be punished,” says Lawyer Arin.
4 August 2010 Burçin Belge
Sea Buses Should Not Charge, Pedals Should Turn
Sea Buses Should Not Charge, Pedals Should Turn
Pedal Sound Bicycle Society has launched a petition campaign against the extra charge demanded for bicycles on sea buses. Ferries don’t require an extra charge for bicycles. IDO states that it requires the extra charge for bicycles because there is no room in sea buses. However, “They find the room after getting the three TL,” says bicycle-lover Nance. “They would not accept bicycles at all if the problem was about lack of room.”
4 August 2010 Berivan Tapan
General Expecting Promotion Summoned for Interrogation
General Hasan Igsiz, who was expected to get promoted in the Supreme Military Council, has been summoned for an interrogation within the framework of the investigation on allegations that the General Staff has used 400 Internet sites for psychological operations.
4 August 2010
"Right to Conversation” Still Not Fully Exercised in F–Type Prisons
"Right to Conversation” Still Not Fully Exercised in F–Type Prisons
The Istanbul branch of the Contemporary Lawyers Association has spoken with 200 inmates in five prisons. According to their report, there are problems regarding the right to health; the complaints of the prisoners are being swept under the carpet, arbitrary disciplinary punishments violate basic rights.
3 August 2010
Colonel Charged With “Neglect” in Dink Murder Dislikes Judge
Colonel Charged With “Neglect” in Dink Murder Dislikes Judge
The lawyer of Commander of Trabzon’s Provincial Command Post, Colonel Ali Öz, who is accused with neglecting to foil the Hrant Dink murder, has demanded for a recusation of the judge. The decision of the higher court is awaited. The trial will continue on 15 September.
3 August 2010
Court Trying Books Keeps to "Obscenity Board"s Opinion
Court Trying Books Keeps to "Obscenity Board"s Opinion
The expert report stating that the three books in the “Sexual books” series by Sel Publishing are literary work and cannot be accused with obscenity, has not proved enough. The court is awaiting the opinion of The Prime Ministry Board for the Protection of Children from Harmful Publications.
3 August 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Cluster Bomb Ban is in Effect, but Where is Turkey?
Cluster Bomb Ban is in Effect, but Where is Turkey?
Activists have called on the government and the parliament to ratify the international convention on cluster munitions. Turkey is among countries that produce and store cluster munitions.
3 August 2010
Intellectuals Demand Democratic Constitution, Call for “Boycott”
Intellectuals Demand Democratic Constitution, Call for “Boycott”
Writers, journalists, artists, scholars and activists, who have stated that they will “neither say yes, nor no” on 12 September when the constitutional amendment package will be voted, call for a “boycott.” The activists have called on “the citizens not to go to polls at the referendum for the constitutional amendments that keeps the 12 September spirit.”
3 August 2010 Berivan Tapan
Young On The Rock
Young On The Rock
Good weather, stability and warm- hearted people. All sell well with the tourists but how do young Maltese people live? What do they make out of living on a tiny Euro-Med island with ambitions of becoming an international communications hub? How does it feel to be a young person living in densely populated Malta today?
31 July 2010 Gilbert Calleja
Opportunities Are Elsewhere
Opportunities Are Elsewhere
Work and money seem to be the number one preoccupation of most of the Maltese between twenty to thirty years of age. Subsistence, precarious employment and living up to one’s expectations are however only part of the complexities which define youths in present day Malta. Relationships, single-parenthood, immigration and education are still very much on the agenda.
31 July 2010 Gilbert Calleja
Faculty of Law Dean Balkır Sentenced for Harassment at Work
Faculty of Law Dean Balkır Sentenced for Harassment at Work
Prof. Balkır, Dean of the Kocaeli University Faculty of Law, was sentenced to a monetary fine of TL 3,000 in compensation on the grounds of a complaint filed by Assoc. Prof Çakır because of harassment.
30 July 2010 Semra Pelek
Balyos Investigation Halted?
Balyos Investigation Halted?
The Sledgehammer investigation was apparently "halted" after a meeting of Prime Minister Erdoğan and General Başbuğ, as reported by Taraf newspaper. The Hürriyet daily sees the reason in expected promotions of 11 generals and admirals part of the group of army officers subject to arrest warrants in the course of the investigation.
30 July 2010 Semra Pelek
Prison Sentence for Editor of Revolutionary Movement Magazine
Prison Sentence for Editor of Revolutionary Movement Magazine
An Istanbul court handed a 1year and 3 months prison sentence to Fehmi Kılıç, editorial manager of the Revolutionary Movement magazine because of "spreading propaganda for a terror organization".
30 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Courtroom Cram-Full of Supporters for Tried Beşikçi and Şimşek
Courtroom Cram-Full of Supporters for Tried Beşikçi and Şimşek
Hundreds of supporters came to the first hearing of the case against sociologist Beşikçi and lawyer Şimşek. Both defendants face imprisonment under charges of "spreading propaganda for an illegal organization". The case was postponed to 12 November.
30 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
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A Generation Trapped – Gaza’s Youth In Figures
A Generation Trapped – Gaza’s Youth In Figures
Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip make up the biggest segment of society trapped in a strip of land with the highest population density. Overview on the situation of youth in Gaza.
29 July 2010 Karl Schembrı
The Loss Of Popularity Of Egyptian Blogging
The active blogs of a few years ago, which scrutinised social violence and confrontations between the opposition and the police, seem to have waned in popularity today. Their success was attained neither by Facebook nor by mini-blogs, like dormant volcanoes whose eruption has been postponed eternally.
29 July 2010 Abderrahmane Mostafa
«I’m Young But I Feel A Hundred Years Old»
What do young Egyptians aspire for today? The generation between 18-29 years of age is ageing prematurely. Young Egyptians don’t dream of fulfilling their dreams anymore or travelling to discover the world. Their ambitions are threatened and their dreams are diminishing due to increasingly bad economic conditions, which haven’t spared any field.
29 July 2010 Dina Kabil,Olaa Hamdi
A Government That Is Deaf And Blind To Algerian Youth’s Problems
“Tiaret: the town hall’s headquarters besieged by dozens of Young people” is the title of the newspaper ‘Liberté’ of the 1st of February 2009. In this locality, situated in the East of the capital city, young people have stormed the town hall to protest against their life conditions and particularly against unemployment.
29 July 2010 Ghania Khelifi
It’s Not The Desert Here!
Senda and Lydia are two beautiful 17-year-old secondary school students, dressed in the latest European fashion and speak very good French.
29 July 2010 Ghania Khelifi
Life of Odds and Ends
Life of Odds and Ends
Lakhdari Hicham, Mebarki Fatah and Zouari Walid are friends. They are 20 years old and live at Diar Saada and Diar Chems, on Algiers’ heights. In reality they have no home.
29 July 2010 Ghania Khelifi
“Too Much Pressure”: The Uneasiness Of Youth In France
“Too Much Pressure”: The Uneasiness Of Youth In France
A pessimistic, resigned and conformist youth. Why don’t French young people believe in the future? Portrait of a generation.
29 July 2010 Marie Bossaert
Youth In France, Portraits
Youth In France, Portraits
Their family is “stressed”, their generation “is going through a hard time”, but they seem to be doing pretty well. “Making the best of life” and “building” a balance between work, family and friends…portraits of young people in France, aged from 19 to 33.
29 July 2010 Marie Bossaert
Turkey Seconds Mexico in Unequal Income Distribution
Turkey Seconds Mexico in Unequal Income Distribution
The report of the Social Policy Forum reviewed socio-economic inequality and discrimination as two problems that became permanent and started to seem natural. The report suggests public policies to remove these intertwined inequalities.
29 July 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners
Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners
Contemporary Lawyers Association President Kozağaçlı is facing both prison sentence and a compensation claim on the ground of his criticism of Ali Suat Ertosun, former Prisons and Arrest Stations General Director on duty during the "Return to Life" operation.
29 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Detention of Children Leads to Unrest in the Southeast
Detention of Children Leads to Unrest in the Southeast
Four children between 6 and 12 years old said to have thrown stones at a police vehicle were allegedly beaten and taken into custody. When people protested against the arrests, the police intervened with water cannons and tear gas.
29 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Journalist Sues Policemen For Breaking His Finger on Duty
Journalist Sues Policemen For Breaking His Finger on Duty
Journalist Vahap İş claimed that he was beaten by members of an anti-riot force when he recorded footage of the police beating a child. He stated that his records were erased and his finger got broken when his camera was seized. İş filed a criminal complaint.
29 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
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