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The Law 4320 Campaign on Domestic Violence
Womens organizations will explain Law 4320, The Family Protection Law, to women who suffer domestic violence. The reason for the six-week-long campaign is that the law is not sufficiently well-understood by women and by those who administer the law.
19 September 2005 Ayşe Durukan
Writer Pamuk Awaits Trial In December
Novelist Pamuk will stand trial on December 16, upon Turkish publication of an interview with Swiss journalist on the Armenian deportation in Turkeys Aktuel magazine. The same charges have previously been filed against journalist Dink.
7 September 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
No Relief Before Cyprus Problem is Solved
EU accession process expert Aktar emphasizes that its not the first time the EU is pressuring Turkey. Nobody is calling for a delay in negotiations despite the anti-Turkey sentiment in Europe, said Aktar.
7 September 2005 Kemal Özmen
Sufferings Need to be Recognized for Peace
A recent study has revealed that the least-trusted institutions in Diyarbakir are the police, media and the army. People say there is need for democratization and an end to pressures for overcoming violence and torture.
31 August 2005 Tolga Korkut
Women Preachers Educate Women
According to the Office of Religious Affairs, the survival of the family depends on women receiving religious education. The office appointed 196 women preachers to Turkish provinces under a project that was launched a year ago.
29 August 2005 Ayşe Durukan
Human Rights NGOs Join Forces
Five rights organizations, TIHV, IHD, Mazlum-Der, UAO and hYd, haveannounced the establishment of the Joint Platform for Human Rights. The platform will organize meetings and pursue projects to increase participation.
29 August 2005
Children Shoulder Agriculture in Southeast
In southeastern Turkey, some 90,000 children between the ages of 12 and 14, 50,000 of whom are girls, comprise part of the workforce. Some 80,000 of those are in the agricultural sector, with Sanliurfa having the highest rate of child employment.
29 August 2005
Ceasefire Positive but Short
Representatives of political parties and non-governmental organizations said Kongra-Gels decision to halt violence for a month is a positive step toward peace. But the brief time period is creating concerns.
29 August 2005
10 Local TVs Queued For Kurdish Broadcast
Ten local tv stations and radio channels who have applied to RTUK for permissions to broadcast programs in languages and dialects other than Turkish, are yet to be granted permission after having waited 18 months.
25 August 2005
Turkish Scholar Freed After Two-Month Arrest
Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin and an academic from the Duke University in the US, is freed after two months in an Armenian prison.
19 August 2005 Emil Danıelyan,Ruzanna Khachatrıan
The Army Demands Unlimited Authority...
Reacting agains the army Chief of Staff General Hilmi Ozkoks complaints that recent anti-terror legislation curbs them of authority, human rights activist Yavuz Onen of TIHV warns:The army is already granted abundant power. Our rights are in danger.
19 August 2005 Tolga Korkut
Journalists Concerned of Increased Harassment
Arrest of one Kurdish journalist and a human rights activist for allegedly having footage of outlawed PKK militants raises concerns for renewed harassment of dissidents. Domestic journalist associations and Reporters Without Borders denounce the arrest.
17 August 2005
Housewives Catch AIDS From Their Husbands
People with the HIV virus can now live up to 20-30 years thanks to new medication, said Professor Doctor Simsek. People with this virus need constant medication. Otherwise, their standard of living can become very low.
15 August 2005 Ayşe Durukan
ECHR Fines Turkey on Freedom of Expression
ECHR handed Turkey a fine of 166,000 dollars in damages last year, in 17 cases about freedom of expression, fair trials and journalist deaths. In the first six months of this year, ECHR has fined Turkey 370,000 dollars in damages.
15 August 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
Democracy May Solve The Kurdish Question
A group of 12 intellectuals met Prime Minister Erdogan on Wednesday to urge for a solution to the Kurdish question. Spokesperson Gursay also urged the guerrilla PKK to halt armed fighting and give peace a chance.
10 August 2005
RSF Protests Arbitrary Arrest of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders protests against the arrest of journalists who covered the release of Turkish infantryman private Kirandi. The legitimate and necessary fight against terrorism can never justify such violations of press freedom, the RSF said.
8 August 2005
Conscientious Objector Should Be Released
Erkan Ersoz and Ersan Ugur Gor, two conscientious objectors from Turkeys War Resisters Association, urge for the acquittal of arrested objector Mehmet Tarhan, whose request for release was denied during todays hearing.
4 August 2005 Erkan Ersöz,Ersan Uğur Gör
Being Journalist Friendly vs. Being E.T.
Journalism is a peculiar, subjective, local and original activity. The use of language as a means of conveying thought, as well as the original aspects of cultural and social concepts, tend to narrow the limits of journalistic training abroad.
29 July 2005 Ragıp Duran
Soldier Calls For Martial Law Again
Tayfun Mater, contributor to the Intellectuals Declaration, says that the General Staff exceeds limits of authority with its combatant-view announcement, which signals the military solution to the Kurdish dispute gaining validity.
27 July 2005 Kemal Özmen
Kurdish Problem Again
The new wave of violence is not something that may be comprehended and evaluated within the borders of Turkey. As PKK approaches the end of the road, the lack of a political power to replace it is further complicating the problem.
26 July 2005 Ragıp Duran
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War Means Rape and Death for Women
The Istanbul Network of World March for Women drew attention to the rise of an anti-Kurdish and militarist climate in Turkey. According to the women, operations are mostly hurting civilians, and especially women.
26 July 2005 Ayşe Durukan
BIA2 Report: Journalism Shadowed by the Law
BİA2s second quarterly media monitoring report includes rights violations within the new legal setting of the new Penal Code, the Anti-Terrorism Act, RTUKs members election by the Parliament; and discusses union existence in the media sector.
25 July 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
There Should be More Women in Media
RTUK head Fatih Karaca said women dont participate in decision-making mechanisms in the media sector. He added that todays womens programs would be eliminated if there were more women in senior positions in the media.
25 July 2005 Ayşe Durukan
Ocalan Cant be Tried by International Court
Kurdish intellectual Ekinci commented on the declaration put out by 21 institutions: The demand for Ocalans retrial by an international court is baseless. The declaration doesnt comply with the perspective of a democratic struggle.
25 July 2005 Kemal Özmen
Trainer Can Remain Foreign to Local Reporter
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19 July 2005 Ragıp Duran
Only one out of Four Women has a Job
Minister Cubukcu said womens transition from being unpaid laborers to paid laborers was a positive development. However, she added that low status and wages and lack of social security minimize womens contribution to the family budget.
18 July 2005 Ayşe Durukan
Isolation at Prisons Should be Eliminated
Health conditions at prisons should be improved and isolation should be eliminated, said the Istanbul Chamber of Physicians. The complaints of the families of inmates are worrying,.calling on the government to cooperate with local physicians chambers.
12 July 2005
Journalist Bogatekin was Acquitted
Bogatekin, the owner of the Gerger Firat newspaper was acquitted in which he was tried for writing an article.In another trial, he was handed a fine of 1,000 YTL for failing to inform the prosecutors office about the type of his publication within 30 day
12 July 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
Honor Victim Goes to Shelter
N.K. who was shot by her brother-in-law for allegedly having an affair while her husband served in the military, said she is innocent. Eighteen-year-old N.K. was sent to an unidentified womens shelter.
12 July 2005
No Self-Criticism in Media on Iraq War
Journalist Duran and CGD head Tilic said that an important potion of the dominant media prepared the people for the attack on Iraq through broadcasts. Foreign policy writer Atay said the Turkish media jumped on every news on Iraq.
4 July 2005 Erol Önderoğlu
WTI Results in Knowledge, Hope, Solidarity
The participants and organizers of the WTI explained what the tribunal meant for them. Journalist Cubukcu: I didnt see any harm in saying that the war is dirty. Prof. Oran: Remaining silent means cooperating. Berktay:The notion of justice has changed.
1 July 2005 Tolga Korkut
As Violence Spreads in The Cities Again...
IHD chair Demirtas , lawyer Bestas and journalist Gorduk said the incidents that broke out after the funeral of PKKs Okur is the spreading of the increasing number of clashes to cities.
1 July 2005 Kemal Özmen
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