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Book "The Gypsies in Turkey" not Discriminatory

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Book "The Gypsies in Turkey" not Discriminatory

With a four to three vote, the ECHR decided that neither the book "The Gypsies in Turkey" written by Prof. Dr. Özkan nor the dictionary of the Turkish Language Institution contained discriminatory expressions against Roma in Turkey.

28 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

"Laws Do not Protect Women"

CEDAW SHADOW REPORT 2010

"Laws Do not Protect Women"

The Shadow Report presented to CEDAW by Turkish women organizations revealed deficits in the Constitution and other laws. The report demands to amend the laws according to the convention's ban of discrimination and the principle of gender equality.

27 July 2010 Semra Pelek

Disabled Workers Resist against Lay-Offs

Disabled Workers Resist against Lay-Offs

The resistance of disabled workers who were laid-off because of attending a strike at the Bizimköy Disabled Production Line has lasted for a whole month now. Disabled Confederation President İçli said the application was contrary to the UN convention.

22 July 2010 Semra Pelek

No Improvement in Discrimination against Women

CEDAW SHADOW REPORT

No Improvement in Discrimination against Women

The Turkish government presents their country report to CEDAW on Wednesday, while women organizations present their alternative Shadow Report to the UN committee. According to the alternative report, gender inequality and discrimination have not improved.

21 July 2010 Semra Pelek

Dwindling Work Force: Professional Women with Headscarves

Dwindling Work Force: Professional Women with Headscarves

Women wearing a headscarf are 'invisible' in the companies they work. This is one of the findings of a study into working life of professional women wearing headscarves. The research dealt with the headscarf ban at universities and discrimination in professional life.

25 June 2010 Berivan Tapan

MoE Lectures Pupils on Discrimination

1st through 8th graders received a one-week course to raise awareness and to avoid discrimiantion. Minister of Education Çubukçu gave the first lecture. "Our traditions lead the way to a peaceful and harmonious society" she said.

25 September 2009

Academics Warn of Hate Speech in Media

Academics Warn of Hate Speech in Media

A conference organised by the Social Change Association discussed the prevalence of hate discourses in the national media.

22 May 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Nothing to Celebrate in Disability Awareness Week

Dısabılıty awareness week

Nothing to Celebrate in Disability Awareness Week

Disabled representative Küçükarslan says that a change in health report regulations mean fewer people are counted as disabled.

12 May 2009 Emine Özcan

AKP Politician Unconcerned with Constitutional Equality for Gays

In the following article, a member of the publishing team of KAOS LG takes issue with an AKP MP's discriminatory attitude towards homosexuals and transsexuals as expressed on television.

26 February 2009 Umut Güner

Romany People Hide Their Identities Because Of The Prejudices

The vice president of the Romani People Culture and Solidarity Association of Didim district on the Aegean coast says the Romany prefer not to reveal their cultural and ethnic identity because of the negative prejudices and therefore their association has become inactive.

23 December 2008 Buket Erbaş

Turkish Intellectuals In Defense of Kurdish Politician

Ahmet Türk under investigation

Turkish Intellectuals In Defense of Kurdish Politician

Academics, artists and rights activists join support for pro-Kurdish DTP MP Türk, whose parliamentary immunity is threatened. International support comes from reputed American intellectual Noam Chomsky and PEN.

10 January 2008 Tolga Korkut

Stop Discrimination say Transsexuals

The recent murder of transsexual Ece in Bursa has again highlighted the plight of transvestites and transsexuals in Turkey. Deprived of education and work, they are forced into prostitution.

24 August 2007 Ayça Örer

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