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RSF: Article 301 is “Enemy of Press Freedom”

In its annual report for 2008, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticised Article 301 and the nationalist obstruction of press freedom. The murder of Hrant Dink could have been prevented.

14 February 2008

Activists Call for Release of “Peace Mothers”

Two “peace mothers” were taken into custody after trying to make a press statement in Taksim. Activists have called for their release.

14 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Former Minister Will Be Tried for Underground Operations

Former Minister Will Be Tried for Underground Operations

The 1st Chamber of the State Council has decided that former minister and police chief Mehmet Agar should be tried in the Susurluk case for "forming a criminal organisation."

14 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Opposition to Nuclear Energy Raising Its Voice

As the rest of the world is trying to find alternatives to nuclear energy, Turkey is just launching its plans for the first two sites. Environmentalists and local groups are protesting.

13 February 2008 Emine Özcan

Shipbuilding "Success" Based on Human Sacrifice

Shipbuilding "Success" Based on Human Sacrifice

The continuing deaths of shipyard builders in Tuzla, on the outskirts of Istanbul, are due to lack of security at the workplace.

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Scarf Freedom Raises Reform Impatience

Cynics have remarked how quickly the ruling AKP acted on lifting the headscarf ban for university students while ignoring other, more pressing issues of rights and freedoms.

13 February 2008 Fatma Demırellı,Selçuk Gültaşlı

How Many More Shipyard Deaths?

Yesterday yet another worker at an Istanbul shipyard died. Workers have long protested at the unsafe and inhumane working conditions on shipyards.

13 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Academics: We Need Freedom as Well as Laicism

Around 400 academics have signed a statement which calls for democratisation not only around clothing rules at university.

13 February 2008 Tolga Korkut

Turkey Urgently Needs Peace Journalism!

Turkey Urgently Needs Peace Journalism!

A reaction in the Turkish press to the fire in Ludwigshafen which killed nine Turks shows how great the need for more balanced reporting is. A newspaper accusing Germany of covering up a neo-Nazi attack is perpetrating racism itself.

13 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Five Months Imprisonment for Kurdish Petition

Publisher Mehdi Tanrikulu has been sentenced to five months imprisonment for writing a petititon in Kurdish and for speaking Kurdish in court. He will appeal against the sentence.

12 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

“Peace Can Only Happen with Women’s Liberation”

The Peace Parliament organised a symposium entitled “Democratisation and the Kurdish Issue during the New Constitutional Process.” Without women, peace is not achievable.

12 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Third Dink Hearing: Calls for Justice Renewed

Third Dink Hearing: Calls for Justice Renewed

At the third hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial yesterday, suspected instigators Tuncel and Hayal were questioned. The Hrant Dink Sensitivity Group called for justice.

12 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Mediterranean Woman Journalists: 9 Countries, 7 Languages, 45 Articles

A project bringing together female journalists from nine Mediterranean countries wil result in 45 articles translated into seven languages.

11 February 2008 Nadire Mater

Turks, Germans Mourn Together for Victims of Ludwigshafen Fire

On Sunday, Turks and Germans gathered to say good-bye to the nine victims of the fire in Ludwigshafen last week. The bodies were then flown to Turkey.

11 February 2008

Tercüman Newspaper on Trial for Insulting Journalists Magden and Temelkuran

After attacking journalists Magden and Temelkuran who spoke out against the nationalist manipulation of children, the Tercüman newspaper is being taken to court.

11 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Constitutional Change for Headscarf at University Passed in Parliament

The second vote on constitutional amendment on Saturday was passed with 411 votes. The opposition CHP is applying to the Constitutional Court.

11 February 2008 Tolga Korkut

Today Third Hearing in Dink Murder Case

Today Third Hearing in Dink Murder Case

The trial of the murder suspects of journalist Hrant Dink continues with the third hearing today. The hearing will be recorded and might yet be opened to the press, pending a court decision.

11 February 2008 Erolönderoglu

Dink Trial Still Missing Main Protagonists...

There is continuing reluctance to link the different trials in Trabzon, Samsun and Istanbul concerning the murder of journalist Hrant Dink. Senior police and gendarmerie officers are still not on trial.

7 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Father of Police Victim: Police Assume Impunity

The father of Baran Tursun, who was shot dead by a police officer in Izmir called on the media and others to attend the second hearing in the trial to ensure that those responsible were punished.

7 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Government Supports Headscarf but Ignores Women’s Rights

Government Supports Headscarf but Ignores Women’s Rights

Although the AKP proposal to allow women wearing headscarves access to higher education has been couched in language about “freedoms” and “rights”, the government is actually not promoting women’s rights at all.

7 February 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

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Parliament Passes Headscarf Changes in First Round

Parliament Passes Headscarf Changes in First Round

Amendments to Articles 10 and 42 of the constitution were passed in the first round of debates and votes yesterday. The second round of votes is on Saturday.

7 February 2008 Gökçe Gündüç

RSF Joins Condemnation of Cartoonists’ Investigation

RSF joins the International Press Institute and the Cartoonists’ Rights Network International in their condemnation of the planned prosecution of two cartoonists.

7 February 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

Call for Peace from Cudi Mountain

The demonstrators who had set out from Diyarbakir to Sirnak in order to protest against cross-border operations spent the night at Cudi Mountain.

7 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Labour Organisations Tell Minister of Employment to Do His Job

After an explosion in an illegal fireworks factory killed 23 workers and injured over a hundred people, trade unions and professional associations reminded the Minister of Employment of his duties.

7 February 2008 Emine Özcan

BIA² 2007 Media Monitoring Report – Full Text

BIA² 2007 Media Monitoring Report – Full Text

The BIA² 2007 Media Monitoring Report reveals that there are still countless violations of press freedom across the country. There were also more attacks on journalists in 2007 than in the previous year, with the shocking murder of Hrant Dink still fresh in everyone's mind.

6 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Arson Suspicions Set Turkey on Edge

After a fire in a building in Germany killed nine Turks, five of them children, there have been suspicions that the building was set fire to deliberately.

6 February 2008

European Support for Anti-Corruption Programme

With the support of the Council of Europe and the EU Commission, Turkey is launching a two-year anti-corruption programme.

6 February 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

No Court Case against Hrant Dink’s Lawyer

An Istanbul court dropped the case against Hrant Dink’s lawyer Erdal Dogan for writing that nationalist lawyer Fuat Turgut should be tried for threatening Hrant Dink.

6 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

20 Thousand Hail The March Against Cross Border Operations

20 Thousand Hail The March Against Cross Border Operations

A march against cross-border operations in Northern Iraq, organised by the pro-Kurdish DTP, was sent off by some 20 thousand people in Diyarbakir. Convoy joining from Istanbul was held up after constant searches.

6 February 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Over 2,000 Academics Support Headscarf at University

An Internet campaign of academics supporting the freedom to wear a headscarf at university has been signed by 2,252 university lecturers so far.

5 February 2008 Gökçe Gündüç

Journalist Acquitted after Five Years

After questioning the expenditure of a district governor in the Devrek district of Zonguldak, journalist Ibrahim Tig faced a five-year trial. He was acquitted on 30 January.

5 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Academic: Interact with the Women Underneath the Headscarf!

I am not scared of girls with headscarves. The bigots and sect members should be scared of their girls going to free universities.

5 February 2008 Füsun Özbilgen