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İzmir Pride Parade results in violence, detentions

İzmir Pride Parade results in violence, detentions

The march, banned on the pretext of 'protecting public morality', led to the apprehension of at least 50 people.

METU Pride March marred by interventions, detentions

METU Pride March marred by interventions, detentions

Posters promoting the "protection of the family" were hung on campus prior to the parade.

9 June 2023 Evrim Kepenek,Tuğçe Yılmaz

Seventy students on trial for Boğaziçi pride participation amid torture allegations

Seventy students on trial for Boğaziçi pride participation amid torture allegations

They face imprisonment for up to three years for 'resisting the police and opposing demonstration laws' during the 9th Pride Parade at Boğaziçi University on May 20, 2022.

30 May 2023 Evrim Kepenek,Wouter Massink

Turkish Medical Association's ‘White March’ begins in İstanbul

Turkish Medical Association's ‘White March’ begins in İstanbul

With the Health Ministry not responding to its appointment request on October 1, The TTB decided to protest. Setting off on their “White March” in İstanbul, the TTB members are expected to arrive in the capital city of Ankara on November 27.

24 November 2021

Miners’ march to Ankara prevented, again

Miners’ march to Ankara prevented, again

Unable to get their severance pay and wages, miners from Ermenek attempted to march to Ankara in protest: Gendarmerie prevented the march, Independent Miners’ Union Chair Çetin fainted during the intervention, 30 workers have been detained.

25 November 2020

Metal workers on the way to Ankara for their right to unionize

Metal workers on the way to Ankara for their right to unionize

Dismissed without severance pay or put on unpaid leave due to their union activities and briefly detained yesterday as they wanted to march to Ankara, metal workers from three factories in Kocaeli have set off for the capital city.

25 November 2020

Promises not kept, miners back on the march to Ankara

Promises not kept, miners back on the march to Ankara

Unable to get their severance pay and wages for months, even years now, the miners from Ermenek, Karaman have once again decided to march to the capital city in protest as the authorities have not kept their promises to the workers.

25 November 2020 Hikmet Adal

Minister promises solution, miners stop protesting until January

Minister promises solution, miners stop protesting until January

After Minister of Interior Soylu promised a solution for their problems and demands, miners from Soma have decided to end their protest until January 15. As for the miners of Ermenek, they are waiting for the meeting with the governor's office today.

18 November 2020

Artists express support for miners’ resistance: ‘We march with miners’

Artists express support for miners’ resistance: ‘We march with miners’

A group of artists have joined a social media campaign under the hashtag “#MadenciyleYürüyorum” (I am marching with the miner) in solidarity with the miners from Soma and Ermenek who have not been paid their wages and severance.

13 November 2020

Miners’ march to Ankara prevented by gendarmerie again

Miners’ march to Ankara prevented by gendarmerie again

Unable to receive their wages and compensation for over a year now, miners from Ermenek in Karaman province wanted to march to the capital city of Ankara on October 12. Miners’ march has been once again prevented by the gendarmerie.

27 October 2020

Soma miners’ march to Ankara banned by governor’s office

Soma miners’ march to Ankara banned by governor’s office

“Commercial activities to be undertaken with the aim of getting economic benefits have been excluded from the ban. Thus, it is a decision that protects the employer while disregarding workers’ rights,” says Aksu from the Independent Mine Workers’ Union.

8 October 2020 Hikmet Adal

Miners will march to Ankara in protest

Miners will march to Ankara in protest

Not given their wages or severance payments for months, the miners from Ermenek, Karaman have decided to march to the capital city of Ankara on October 1 as the negotiations with their employer have achieved no results.

16 September 2020

Entries, exits to 8 cities restricted, HDP: No changes in ‘March for Democracy’

Entries, exits to 8 cities restricted, HDP: No changes in ‘March for Democracy’

Ahead of HDP’s “March for Democracy against the Coup” today, entries and exits to eight cities have been restricted. While HDP has noted that holding this march is a Constitutional right, Demirtaş has said that HDP will be on the road for whole Turkey.

HDP Co-Chair Buldan Shares the Details of ‘March for Democracy Against the Coup’

HDP Co-Chair Buldan Shares the Details of ‘March for Democracy Against the Coup’

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has shared the details of her party’s “March for Democracy Against the Coup” to start on June 15. While Co-Chair Buldan will start the march in Edirne, Co-Chair Mithat Sancar will start it from Hakkari.

'AKP-MHP will be Accountable for the Tiniest Problem We will Have’

MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY AGAINST COUP

'AKP-MHP will be Accountable for the Tiniest Problem We will Have’

HDP Spokesperson and Mardin MP Ebru Günay has spoken to bianet about her party’s “March for Democracy Against the Coup” in response to the arrest of its two lawmakers shortly after they were stripped of MP duty.

9 June 2020 Evrim Kepenek

HDP to ‘March for Democracy Against Coup’

HDP to ‘March for Democracy Against Coup’

In response to the arrest of its dismissed MPs Güven and Farisoğulları, HDP has decided to hold a march from the southeastern province of Hakkari and northwestern province of Edirne to the capital city of Ankara from June 15 to June 20.

İstanbulites March Against Canal İstanbul: There is Life Between Two Seas

İstanbulites March Against Canal İstanbul: There is Life Between Two Seas

Led by “Either Canal or İstanbul” Coordination, İstanbulites have marched from Marmara Sea to Black Sea along the route of Canal İstanbul. Covering almost 11 kilometers on foot, İstanbulites have said, “There is life between two seas.”

3 February 2020

Protesting YSK’s Decision, Şen Tells of Her March from İstanbul to Ankara

Protesting YSK’s Decision, Şen Tells of Her March from İstanbul to Ankara

Doctor Hülya Şen who started marching from Kadıköy to Ankara in protest of YSK’s decision spoke to bianet on the fourth day of her march.

20 April 2017 Ekin Karaca

Demonstrators Protest Release of Turkish-Armenian Soldier’s Killer

Demonstrators Protest Release of Turkish-Armenian Soldier’s Killer

Human rights activists spearheaded by the Nor Zartonk Initiative gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square to protest the release of Kıvanç Ağaoğlu pending trial, prior to the deliverance of the final verdict. Ağaoğlu had shot Sevag Balıkçı, a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, to death while they were performing their mandatory military service.

6 September 2012 Ekin Karaca

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Celebrating Evvel Temmuz in post-earthquake in Hatay

“In the end, this is our culture. We should uphold it. The youth perhaps might not be as thrilled, but I believe we will continue this tradition forever. I really hope so.”