content tagged with freedom of thought

Babacan: There is no longer freedom of thought in Turkey

Babacan: There is no longer freedom of thought in Turkey

DEVA Party Chair Ali Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “They are trying to rule the country with fear. Journalists who report news that are not in the interest of the government are either arrested or dismissed.”

12 October 2020

Moral Support Doesn’t Mean Incitement to Violence, Says Constitutional Court

Moral Support Doesn’t Mean Incitement to Violence, Says Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court has announced its ruling on a student sentenced to prison for singing the anthem “Çerxa Şoreşe” (Wheels of Revolution). The court has concluded that his freedom of expression has been violated.

18 December 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards Granted for 17th Time

Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards Granted for 17th Time

The 17th Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı, Ayşe Düzkan and Osman Kavala, “who have suffered oppression due to their freedom of expression activities.”

Journalist Zehra Doğan Released: Sise Bingöl Says ‘I Will Stand Upright on My Feet’

Journalist Zehra Doğan Released: Sise Bingöl Says ‘I Will Stand Upright on My Feet’

Journalist and painter Zehra Doğan has been released from prison: “Children were calling after me, saying ‘Zehra, Zehra, draw us the pictures of trees and birds.’ Sise Bingöl cried a lot. I will never forget them. I will keep on writing and talking about them.”

25 February 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Journalist and Painter Zehra Doğan Sends Pictures That She Draws in Prison

Journalist and Painter Zehra Doğan Sends Pictures That She Draws in Prison

Journalist and painter Zehra Doğan, who is currently held in Tarsus Prison in Mersin with 85-year-old ill prisoner Sise Bingöl and two-year-old Dersim, has shared their photographs and the pictures that she draws in prison with bianet.

30 January 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Journalist Hakan Gülseven Arrested

Journalist Hakan Gülseven Arrested

Journalist Hakan Gülseven will serve 350 days in prison, in exchange for a 7,000 Turkish Lira (~1330 USD) compensation penalty that he did not pay.

20 December 2018

Instagram Closes Accounts of 3 HDP MPs, Leaves Applications Unanswered

Instagram Closes Accounts of 3 HDP MPs, Leaves Applications Unanswered

HDP MPs Kemalbay and Başaran, whose Instagram accounts have been closed, have said, “The univocality in the media is intended to be spread on the social media as well.”

7 November 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Free Journalists Initiative Releases Its October Report

Free Journalists Initiative Releases Its October Report

In its report on rights violations committed against journalists in October, Free Journalists Initiative has emphasized that the murder of Bağdu, who was working for Azadiya Welat newspaper and died in an armed attack four years ago, has not yet been brought to light.

5 November 2018

Journalist Adil Yiğit Not to Be Deported from Germany

Journalist Adil Yiğit Not to Be Deported from Germany

Hamburg Central Foreigners’ Registration Office has announced that journalist Adil Yiğit, whose residence permit has not been extended and who has been demanded to leave Germany on January 20, 2019 the latest, will not be deported from Germany.

30 October 2018

Journalist Yiğit on the Verge of Deportation: “Its Shame Belongs to Germany”

Journalist Yiğit on the Verge of Deportation: “Its Shame Belongs to Germany”

Journalist Adil Yiğit, who has been required to leave Germany until January 20, 2019, has spoken to bianet: “I will not come to Turkey, I will not stay in Germany. I will go to another country so that the shame of Germany will remain in Germany."

29 October 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Arrest of Journalist Ziya Ataman to Continue

Arrest of Journalist Ziya Ataman to Continue

The Şırnak 1st Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the arrest of journalist Ziya Ataman, who has been behind bars in the Van Type M Prison for two years, shall continue.

26 October 2018

Prison Sentences of Journalists Aksoy, Taş Upheld

Prison Sentences of Journalists Aksoy, Taş Upheld

The prison sentences, which were previously given to journalists Murat Aksoy and Atilla Taş on charge of “being members of an armed terrorist organization”, have been upheld.

24 October 2018

HRW: End Prosecutions for ‘Insulting President’

HRW: End Prosecutions for ‘Insulting President’

Making a call to Turkey to put an end to prosecutions on charge of ‘insulting the president’, the Human Rights Watch has emphasized, “Decisions by prosecutors and courts to start or drop cases should not rest on the word of the president.”

18 October 2018

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for Musician Ferhat Tunç

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for Musician Ferhat Tunç

Prosecutor’s Office has demanded prison sentence for musician and writer Ferhat Tunç on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to his social media posts.

Prison Sentence for Teacher Çelik Who Said “Don’t Let Children Die” Affirmed

Prison Sentence for Teacher Çelik Who Said “Don’t Let Children Die” Affirmed

The prison sentence of teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for saying “don’t let children die” on the live TV programme Beyaz Şov, has been affirmed by the higher court.

3 October 2017 Ekin Karaca

Kılıçdaroğlu Slams Cem Küçük Who Threatens Aydın Doğan

Kılıçdaroğlu Slams Cem Küçük Who Threatens Aydın Doğan

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu commenting “very daring” on Cem Küçük’s words targeting Aydın Doğan and some journalists has said, “A journalist desiring his colleagues to be fired is an unprecedented incident in history of the Republic.”

6 November 2015

We are Ashamed

ŞANAR YURDATAPAN PENNED

We are Ashamed

Saying either “PKK is not a terrorist organization” or “PKK is a terrorist organization” is within the scope of freedom of expression.

21 October 2015 Şanar Yurdatapan

Joint Struggle for Release of Journalists Must be Continued

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION FROM 12 TO 12

Joint Struggle for Release of Journalists Must be Continued

Renowned Turkish writers, lawyers and journalists drew attention to the situation of arrested and laid-off journalists in Turkey at the Symposium on Freedom of Thought and Expression from 12 to 12 held in Istanbul on 15 March.

16 March 2012 Nilay Vardar

Lawyer Rişvanoğlu Will be Brought to Court by Compulsion

Lawyer Rişvanoğlu Will be Brought to Court by Compulsion

The case against lawyer Rişvanoğlu on the grounds of his pro-Kurdish statements made on the Kurdish television channel Roj TV will be continued on 28 October. The lawyer will be brought to court by compulsion.

27 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

INITIATIVE AGAINST CRIME OF THOUGHT

Record of 'Crimes of Thought' in 2009

The Turkish book "Freedom of Thought 2009" was published as part of the Initiative against Crime of Thought. The book includes punishments and trials based on thoughts, banned publications and events and legal regulations for 'crimes of thought'.

19 February 2010 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Getting Rid of Freedom of Thought...

BIA 2009 ANNUAL MEDIA MONITORING REPORT

Getting Rid of Freedom of Thought...

At least 9 newspapers were banned based on the Anti-Terror Act, 23 people were sentenced to 58 years imprisonment and fines summing up to 9,740 TL; 101 people were convicted of "attacks on personal rights", received prison sentence of 98 years in total and were sued for compensation claims of 1,408,680 TL. Journalist Cihan Hayırsevener was killed due to the state's indifference to violence.

4 February 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Court Ruled: Freedom of Speech Instead of Forbidden Propaganda

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

Court Ruled: Freedom of Speech Instead of Forbidden Propaganda

A Diyarbakır Court acquitted Diyarbakır Metropolitan Mayor Baydemir and decreed that his reference to the PKK as the "armed Kurdish opposition" accounts for a basic element of freedom of expression. The court emphasized that it ruled on the base of the constitution.

4 December 2009 Erol Önderoğlu