content tagged with Akın Birdal

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

EREN KESKİN AND AKIN BİRDAL COMMENT

'Though we call it "deep", this is the state structure established in our geography'

Unsolved murders, disappearances, tortures... The struggle of rights organizations in Turkey for more than a quarter of a century... Rights defenders Eren Keskin and Akın Birdal have spoken to bianet.

2 June 2021 Dilek Şen

Politician Birdal: 10 Newspapers Seized 27 Times in 2009

Politician Birdal: 10 Newspapers Seized 27 Times in 2009

BDP deputy Birdal stated that both the Turkish Criminal Law and the Anti-Terror Law are being used to restrict freedom of expression. He said that the parliament carries the responsibility of solving this situation as soon as possible.

15 October 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

"Relations between Media and Politics should be Revealed!"

"Relations between Media and Politics should be Revealed!"

In the context of the events around the 1997 Military Memorandum, BDP MP Birdal criticized the prosecutors for their impassiveness. In a press conference in the Parliament he demanded to investigate previous and current relations between journalists and the military.

26 March 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

MP Tuncel: Parliament Must Consult LGBTT Organisations

LGBTT Rights

MP Tuncel: Parliament Must Consult LGBTT Organisations

MPs Tuncel, Birdal and Sevigen say that parliament is uninformed about gay rights.

26 June 2009 Aran Arslan

MP Calls for Government’s Responsibility to Be Investigated

After the Mardin massacre

MP Calls for Government’s Responsibility to Be Investigated

Diyarbakır MP Birdal has called for an investigation into the massacre in Mardin.

10 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

MP Questions Government on LGBT Murders

DTP MP Akın Birdal files a query for PM Erdoğan. He asks if the government plans to amend the constitution to include a clause for equality for LGBT individuals.

Mayoral Candidate Birdal: "Kurdish and Democratic Voters Will Change The Course of Elections"

Mayoral Candidate Birdal: "Kurdish and Democratic Voters Will Change The Course of Elections"

Akın Birdal, candidate for mayor’s office in Greater Istanbul, has predicted that many people will be surprised at the local election results, as the media is misleading the public.

6 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

DTP MP Akın Birdal Candidate for Greater Istanbul Mayor

MP Akın Birdal has become DTP’s candidate for mayor of Greater Istanbul in the upcoming local elections. Parties and organisations of the left have announced collaboration and their support for Birdal.

11 February 2009 Tolga Korkut

Kurdish Question Key to Ergenekon Investigation

Kurdish Question Key to Ergenekon Investigation

The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) claims that the intricacies of the underground Ergenekon organisation can only be solved if the Kurdish Issue is reconsidered.

12 January 2009

DTP Condemns Excessive Police Violence at Newroz

DTP MP Akin Birdal holds the Siirt governor and chief of police responsible for riots at Newroz celebrations, as well as the Minister of the Interior and the Prime Minister.

25 March 2008 Murat Çelikkan

ECHR: Compensation for Human Rights Activist Birdal

The European Court of Human Rights has sentenced Turkey to paying compesation for imprisoning human rights activist Akin Birdal.

3 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu