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Media Ban For Corruption Probe Minister Hearing Coverage

Media Ban For Corruption Probe Minister Hearing Coverage

Ankara 7th Peace Court Judge Penal imposed a media ban on the coverage of 4 former ministers’ statements to a parliamentary commission within corruption probe.

26 November 2014

Three Ministers Resign, One Urges PM to Resign in Turkey

CORRUPTION PROBE

Three Ministers Resign, One Urges PM to Resign in Turkey

3 cabinet ministers declared their resignations this morning with resigner Environment and Urbanization Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar urging PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to resign as well.

25 December 2013

Corruption Operation in Istanbul

Corruption Operation in Istanbul

Fiscal Crimes Police detained 22 suspects including construction mogul Ali Ağaoğlu, Fatih district mayor Demir and sons of three cabinet ministers.

17 December 2013

9 Protestors Fined For Protesting Governor

9 Protestors Fined For Protesting Governor

Authorities issued a 186 lira fine to 9 protestors in the southern province of Adana for protesting Governor Coş during the death anniversary ceremony of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk yesterday.

11 November 2013

Did Policemen Face Investigation?

GEZI RESISTANCE

Did Policemen Face Investigation?

AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler.

20 September 2013

Did Policemen Face Investigation?

GEZI RESISTANCE

Did Policemen Face Investigation?

AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler.

20 September 2013

Spraying Pepper Gas on Children Not Hazardous, Ministry Says

Spraying Pepper Gas on Children Not Hazardous, Ministry Says

Responding to an official inquiry, Interior Minister Muammer Güler said that the police intervention with pepper gas during U-14 soccer game did not pose health threat to children while nobody was battered. “He didn’t see the game correctly,” CHP deputy Oran objected.

Çarşı Ignores Ban, Keeps Gezi Spirit in Stadium

Çarşı Ignores Ban, Keeps Gezi Spirit in Stadium

Responding to the government’s threat to take legal action against “political” cheering, Çarşı soccer fan group chanted a series of Gezi Resistance slogans on the first official game of Beşiktaş team.

Soccers Fan Groups React Upon Political Cheering Ban

Soccers Fan Groups React Upon Political Cheering Ban

Various soccer fan group members spoke up on the government’s latest plans to ban political cheering in stadiums across Turkey. Considering the measures as an extension of AKP government’s ban mentality, Tek Yumruk and Sol Açık groups predict that soccers fans are very like to use humor in the days to come.

2 August 2013 Elif Akgül

“Everywhere Taksim Everywhere Resistance” Slogan Faces Ban

“Everywhere Taksim Everywhere Resistance” Slogan Faces Ban

The Turkish government is reportedly paving its way to ban the use of Gezi Resistance-related slogans including “Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere Resistance” in stadiums across Turkey.

Interior Ministry Admits Police Use of Bats

GEZI RESISTANCE

Interior Ministry Admits Police Use of Bats

Interior Minister Muammer Güler warned police officers on a variety of issues including “not throwing gas bombs from close distance”, “not dispersing protestors with material like bats” and “not allowing aggressors who attack protestors with bats and machetes”.

Police is “Working on” Twitter, Interior Minister Says

Police is “Working on” Twitter, Interior Minister Says

Reminding that 3 policemen were suspended within an investigation and announcing today’s general strikes as “illegal”, Interior Minister Muammer Güler said they are working on social media.

Istanbul Governor Blocks Investigation of Violent Police

Labour Day POLICE VIOLENCE

Istanbul Governor Blocks Investigation of Violent Police

Despite efforts by Cumhuriyet newspaper reporters Uslu and Açıkgöz, police officers acting violently on Labour Day are not being prosecuted.

10 July 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Trade Unions to Go to Taksim in “Reasonable Numbers”

On the eve of May day

Trade Unions to Go to Taksim in “Reasonable Numbers”

It remains to be seen whether the Istanbul governor and the trade union confederations agree on what a “reasonable number” of people in Taksim Square is on Labour Day.

30 April 2009 Emine Özcan,Bawer Çakır

Governor Turns Down Union Demands for May Day in Taksim Square

May Day

Governor Turns Down Union Demands for May Day in Taksim Square

Governor Muammer Güler refused workers applicaation to gather in Taksim Square on 1 May.

30 April 2009 Bawer Çakır

Governor and Police Chief Defend “Successful Operation”

Police Operation in Istanbul

Governor and Police Chief Defend “Successful Operation”

Following a police operation in Bostancı that resulted in three deaths, the Istanbul governor and chief of police have insisted it was a success.

29 April 2009 Tolga Korkut

Parliamentary Investigation Finds No Further Evidence in Dink Murder Case

Agirbas of the Parliamentarian Human Rights Investigating Commission says that nothing new has come out of the commission's investigations so far.

6 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç