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Headscarf Debate Diverts Attention from Kurdish Issue and Economic Crisis
Prof. Dr. Narli predicts that the proposed constitutional change will reduce social tension. Yet the current debate is also diverting attention from the Kurdish issue and the global economic crisis, she believes.
31 January 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
"Ergenekon" Conspiracy is Rooted in "Susurluk" Says Former Minister
Fikri Sağlar, former minister and a member of the parliamentary investigation committee into the Susurluk affair urges for persistent investegitation into the "Ergenekon" conspiracy, in order to relieve Turkey from "deep state cancer."
30 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
19 Arrests after Al-Qaeda Operation
Of the 25 suspects in custody after operations in Gaziantep, 19 have been arrested. The trial will take place in Adana.
30 January 2008
Murat Güreş
Heated Debate As Constitution Amended To Free Headscarves in The Universities
The ruling AKP's move to free headscarves in the universities, leads to strong reactions from the secularists. Some fear from the end of secular state, others argue limited freedom is hypocritical.
30 January 2008
Gökçe Gündüç
25 Al-Qaeda Suspects in Custody
After a big operation against al-Qaeda in the city of Gaziantep on Thursday, 25 suspects were detained. On Monday there were taken to the prosecutor to give a statement.
28 January 2008
Murat Güreş
The Gang: Usual Trouble Makers in Intellectuals' Trials
Veli Kücük, Kemal Kerincsiz, Sevgi Erenerol, now under arrest for charges of "conspiracy" had already come into notoriety for the part they played in the provocative shows in the trials opened upon their own complaints against liberal intellectuals.
28 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Kurdologist van Bruinessen: Turks and Kurds Should Trust Each Other
“The DTP, as the elected representatives of the Kurds must be allowed space; the PKK must be taken seriously,” warns reputed sociologist Prof. van Bruinessen pointing out that the Kurdish problem arises out of inequality and denial of cultural rights.
28 January 2008
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
How Far Will Ultra-Nationalist Organisation Be Unmasked?
It is clear that the USA, the Turkish General Staff and the ruling AKP have agreed to break the back of the Ergenekon organisation. The question now is whether this operation will be used to shed light on cases like the Hrant Dink murder.
28 January 2008
Cem Özatalay
Greek Visit Shows Symbolic Rapprochement
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was the first Greek leader to visit Turkey for 49 years. The visit has been hailed as a sign of good will on both sides.
28 January 2008
Kerem Morgül
Rights Activists Protest Against Militarism
IHD members gathered in Taksim on Saturday to protest against the rise in militarism and nationalism in Turkey: “Don’t kill anyone and don’t make anyone else kill."
27 January 2008
Emine Özcan
The Gang Could Be The Tip of The Iceberg
So far, thirteen alleged members of the ultra-nationalist Ergenekon gang have been arrested, among them three retired army officers. If the investigation is carried out in a serious manner, light will be shed on many events of the last years.
27 January 2008
Ex-Anti-terror General Sent to Jail, Along With Companions
Retired General Veli Küçük, notorious for alleged connections with scores of unresolved extra-judicial executions while on duty, is sent to jail for involvement in ultra-nationalist terror campaign.
27 January 2008
Youtube is Back... Access Should Not Be Blocked Again!
RSF and OSCE release general recommendations for internet use in the OSCE member states. "Filters can only be put in place by Internet users themselves" they recommend.
25 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Constitutional Schemes on Dressing Alarm Women
Women NGOs protest against government schemes for new legislation on dressing to impose restrictions justified with "general morality".
25 January 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
Turkey Commemorates Journalist Mumcu, Killed 15 Years Ago
It has been 15 years since Cumhuriyet journalist Ugur Mumcu was murdered. The “Hope” trial, which is related to his murder and that of three academics, has been going on for eight years. There is only one person detained.
25 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
A Portrait of a Nationalist Lawyer: Kemal Kerincsiz
Kemal Kerincsiz, the nationalist lawyer taken into custody in relation to a secret weapons arsenal found in Ümraniye, Istanbul in June 2005. Kerincsiz is a brand name among nationalists.
24 January 2008
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
Women Don’t Want Militarism
Following General Büyükanit’s approval of a flag made from the blood of school children, 418 women have signed a statement condemning militarism and nationalism.
24 January 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
UNICEF: Two in Ten People in Turkey Marry Underage
The new UNICEF report on the state of children in the world shows positive developments in child mortality and average life expectancy. However, too many children are still deprived of education or forced to marry underage.
24 January 2008
Gökçe Gündüç
First Female Judge from Turkey in ECHR
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has selected five new judges for the ECHR, four of them women. One of them is Prof. Dr. Karakas.
24 January 2008
Tolga Korkut
“Chief of Istanbul Police Negligent in Dink Murder”
Istanbul police was receiving plentiful intelligence warning of a planned attack on slain journalist Hrant Dink, but neglected to act on it, according to the inspectors attached to the Ministry of the Interior.
24 January 2008
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Access to Youtube Blocked
Two Turkish judges successively impose categorical ban on access to Youtube.com, for the content of one single video clip.
23 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
"Turkey's Public Debate Issues Obsolete" Says PM
"Most of our public debate agenda are older than the fall of the Berlin Wall…Most of our issues, are remnants from the days of 12 September 1980 military coup of 1980", says Prime Minister Erdogan.
23 January 2008
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
"I Regret Never Meeting Dink" Says Roy
She had to live with the misfortune of never having met Hrant Dink, says Arundhati Roy, speaking at the Hrant Dink, Human Rights and Freedom of Expression Conference in Istanbul.
23 January 2008
Kudret Çobanlı
Ex-Anti-terror General Charged with Coup Attempt
Retired army officers Kücük and Kardag, nationalist lawyers Kerincsiz and Turgut arrested for charges of plotting against the government. The operation embracing 33 pople relates also to unresolved murders.
23 January 2008
Tolga Korkut
Journalists Targeted for Anti-Militarist Articles
Perihan Magden and Ece Temelkuran have been made targets by a nationalist newspaper for expressing their anti-militarist opinions. This is a frightening repeat of what happened to Hrant Dink.
22 January 2008
Erhan Üstündağ
Somali Refugees’ Marriage Not Recognised
Because Somali refugees Mahad and Zehara had no passports and could not prove their unmarried status, their marriage has not been recognised in Turkey.
22 January 2008
A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü
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A BIA Approach to Rights Reporting
BIA launches a four volume series on rights reporting. Introduced to media professionals in the weekend the series is the outcome of training workshops for journalists and rights activists and focuses on a rights approach to reporting.
22 January 2008
Gökçe Gündüç,Emine Özcan
Chronology II: Hrant Dink’s Murder
On the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s murder, the murder trial is still in its beginnings, yet the investigation is deeply flawed. This updated chronology reminds the reader of the complicated connections found in the course of the investigation.
21 January 2008
Mehmet Güc/express
Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around The World
From Frankfurt, Germany to Budapest, Hungary and to Berlin, Cologne and London hundreds across the globe joined the ten thousand people in Istanbul in memory of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in the first year of his assassination.
20 January 2008
Anna Grabolle
Ten Thousand Gathered in Istanbul in Memory of Hrant Dink
On the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, more than ten thousand people gathered in front of the Agos newspaper office, the place where he was shot.
19 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Police and Gendarme Should Be Brought To Justice, Say Dink Family
The family of murdered journalist Hrant Dink wants all those responsible for the murder to be prosecuted and has filed a complaint against Istanbul Police Chief Cerrah and other officers, as well as the officers of the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command.
18 January 2008
Erol Önderoğlu
Remembering Hrant Dink
Vartan Oskanian is the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia. His commemoration of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian Agos newspaper who was killed by nationalists, was published on the first anniversary of Dink's murder.
18 January 2008
Vartan Oskanıan
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