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'Contractors are merely the hired guns and racketeers of this crooked system'

ÇİĞDEM MATER INTERVIEWS MÜCELLA YAPICI

'Contractors are merely the hired guns and racketeers of this crooked system'

Yapıcı, who as a UCTEA executive played an important role in the organization of the rescue teams during the 1999 earthquake, answered the questions of Mater, who, like her, received the news of the Maraş earthquakes in prison.

20 February 2023 Çiğdem Mater

Kavala says 'espionage' charges against him not based on laws

Kavala says 'espionage' charges against him not based on laws

The businessperson spoke after the court once again refused to release him at the hearing on Friday.

29 November 2021

‘Human rights’ call to Germany’s new government by Selahattin Demirtaş

‘Human rights’ call to Germany’s new government by Selahattin Demirtaş

Imprisoned for over five years, former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has called on the new government to be formed in Germany to show more interest in human rights in Turkey, noting that they should not see Turkey as limited to President Erdoğan.

5 November 2021

Ahmet Altan speaks on his three books written in prison and fear

FIRST INTERVIEW AFTER RELEASE

Ahmet Altan speaks on his three books written in prison and fear

Having spent 4.5 years in prison and released in mid-April 2021, novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan has spoken to Yasemin Çongar. Altan also answered the question about why his novels are not published in Turkish: “Are you asking this to me?”

10 September 2021

AKP refers former Diyarbakır MP to Disciplinary Board

AKP refers former Diyarbakır MP to Disciplinary Board

Ruling AKP’s former Diyarbakır MP Mehmet İhsan Arslan, also a founding member of the party, has been referred to the AKP Disciplinary Board shortly after he gave an interview criticizing the policies of the party.

25 November 2020

Demirtaş: Everything Started by Thinking About the Hopelessness of the Ones Outside...

ON HIS FIRST NOVEL 'LEYLAN'

Demirtaş: Everything Started by Thinking About the Hopelessness of the Ones Outside...

Former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has spoken to bianet about his first novel “Leylan”: “The hopelessness and unhappiness of the ones outside as well as the impression that they are driven into a meaningless life made me want to write about it.”

27 January 2020 Ayşegül Özbek

Selahattin Demirtaş: It Cannot Be Possible to Discuss Unity in the Left

Selahattin Demirtaş: It Cannot Be Possible to Discuss Unity in the Left

“While even a joint press statement is discussed for days and turns into a crisis over a single word, it cannot be possible to discuss unity in the left”, says imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş

24 January 2020

Selahattin Demirtaş: Why Cannot AKP Come to Table with Anyone?

Selahattin Demirtaş: Why Cannot AKP Come to Table with Anyone?

Commenting on AKP’s Libya policy, Demirtaş has said, “Its foreign policy has been completely militarized. As they have lost their capacity and dignity to pursue a civilian foreign policy, they resort to operational policies through war, conflict and tension.”

Demirtaş Prevented from Reading His Own Interview, Again: ‘It Fuels Opposition to State’

Demirtaş Prevented from Reading His Own Interview, Again: ‘It Fuels Opposition to State’

Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş was not given daily Evrensel with his own interview on the ground that “it fuels opposition to the state.”

18 December 2019

Assad: China, Russia and Iran will Have Priority in Rebuilding Syria

Assad: China, Russia and Iran will Have Priority in Rebuilding Syria

Giving an interview to Russia Today after a year, President of Syria Bashar al Assad has spoken about a series of issues such as the civil war in Syria, Turkey’s operation into northern part of the country and the death of ISIS leader Baghdadi.

11 November 2019

Selahattin Demirtaş: Those Who Support the War Owe Self-Criticism to People

Selahattin Demirtaş: Those Who Support the War Owe Self-Criticism to People

Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş: “No one will harden their hearts when the time comes, it happens only once. The responsibility of self-criticism before the people who demand peace lies with the opposition which stands behind the war.”

31 October 2019

Released Journalist Hüseyin Aykol Talks About His Prison Days

Released Journalist Hüseyin Aykol Talks About His Prison Days

Released from prison after the Judicial Reform Package has entered into effect, journalist Hüseyin Aykol has said, “They have temporarily released us as a gesture to Europe.”

29 October 2019

Demirtaş: Writing is a Way to Resist and Overcome Prison

Demirtaş: Writing is a Way to Resist and Overcome Prison

Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has given an interview to Kübra Yeter from the monthly Yeni e magazine. Having published two story books so far, Demirtaş has announced that he has finished writing his novel.

17 October 2019

Erdoğan Answers Question on Arrested Journalists: These are Imaginary Figures

Erdoğan Answers Question on Arrested Journalists: These are Imaginary Figures

Currently in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, President Erdoğan has given an interview to FOX News. Answering a question on arrested journalists in Turkey, he said, “The figures you give are very imaginary figures”.

26 September 2019

Musician Nadia Visser from the Netherlands is Preparing to Release a Kurdish Album

MURAT BAYRAM’S INTERVIEW WITH NADIA VISSER

Musician Nadia Visser from the Netherlands is Preparing to Release a Kurdish Album

Known for the songs that she sings in Zazaki, musician Nadia Visser from the Netherlands says that she is recording an album in Kurdish. Her new album is expected to come out in early 2020. Visser has answered the questions of bianet.

17 June 2019 Murat Bayram

Freedom House Director: Turkey Guilty of Violating Freedom of Expression for Years

Freedom House Director: Turkey Guilty of Violating Freedom of Expression for Years

Nate Schenkkan, the Director for Special Research at Freedom House, has spoken to bianet about the six-month period after the organization categorized Turkey as a “not-free country.”

17 July 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Pınar Selek: If Sociological Studies are My Friend, Literature is My Love

INTERVIEW

Pınar Selek: If Sociological Studies are My Friend, Literature is My Love

We've interviewed author and sociologist Pınar Selek on her latest novel Cümbüşçü Karıncalar, her studies and works in Europe, social movements in France, academy and literature.

25 May 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

RedHack: "We are on the Job"

RedHack: "We are on the Job"

17 people were taken into custody in the scope of the probe into RedHack, the hackers group that seized and published data from the Ankara Police Directorate and POLNET. RedHack told bianet that none of the persons in custody were members of their group.

20 March 2012 Serhat Korkmaz

The Deaths of a Son and a Daugther - A Soldier and a Guerrilla

TWO SIDES OF THE KURDISH QUESTION

The Deaths of a Son and a Daugther - A Soldier and a Guerrilla

bianet talked to the brothers of killed soldier Onur Karakuş and to the mother of killed guerrilla Ebru Muhikancı. They tell us who is hurt the most by the pain of this war.

11 November 2011 Işıl Cinmen

Journalist Mavioğlu in the Dock again

Journalist Mavioğlu in the Dock again

Journalist Mavioğlu from the Radikal newspaper stand accused of "propaganda" on the grounds of an interview with PKK leader Karayılan. Mavioğlu is facing up to three years in prison. "Despite efforts to put even more people behind bars, we will continue to write and talk", he claimed.

14 March 2011 Emir Çelik

Decision on "Qandil Interview" Expected in December

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Decision on "Qandil Interview" Expected in December

The case against human rights defender Tahmaz and Birgün newspaper official Çeşmecioğlu has reached its final stage. The defendants stand trial for an interview with PKK executives. The final verdict of the Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court is expected for 2 December.

13 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Challenge for Infamous Prosecutor: BIA Quotes Avşar Interview

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Challenge for Infamous Prosecutor: BIA Quotes Avşar Interview

Bakırköy Public Prosecutor Ali Çakır's investigation against Hülya Avşar and Devrim Sevimay has nothing to do with "justice". This abuse of public power under the pretense of the "Kurdish Initiative" is nothing else but mobbing against the two women. We are protesting.

23 September 2009