content tagged with persons with disabilities

CHP MP Arık: I Want My Daughter with Autism to Study in University

CHP MP Arık: I Want My Daughter with Autism to Study in University

In the press statement made at parliament, CHP Kayseri MP Arık has spoken about the problems that the children with autism live in the field of education.

19 September 2016

'Teacher Torturing Child with Disability Discharged, Yet Not Enough'

'Teacher Torturing Child with Disability Discharged, Yet Not Enough'

Following the footage displaying violence against students with disabilities at Kocaeli Köseköy Youth Education and Rehabilitation Center being broadcasted, the teacher named M.A. employed at the center has been discharged, yet TOHAD President Akbulut points out to the possibility of the incident not being an individual case.

21 December 2015 Nilay Vardar

What is ID System?

What is ID System?

Noisiness is for some common yet for some a disability,here it is the induction loop system which eliminates the obstacles for persons with disabilities using hearing aid.

3 December 2015 Nilay Vardar

Problems of Persons With Disabilities in 5 Topics

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Problems of Persons With Disabilities in 5 Topics

Estimated number of persons with disabilities in Turkey is between five and nine million, yet it impossible to see persons with disabilities on the streets represented in this ratio within the population, here are the factors of this fact summed up in 5 topics.

3 December 2015 Nilay Vardar

Labor Ministry Fails to Keep Promise on Disabled People

Labor Ministry Fails to Keep Promise on Disabled People

Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik said that they only employed 1000 more workers within the disability quota. “This toll shocked us. They didn’t keep their promise,” activist Bestami Turhan told bianet.

18 August 2014 Nilay Vardar

Disabled People to Become Prosecutor, Judge in Turkey

Disabled People to Become Prosecutor, Judge in Turkey

According to an article of an upcoming omnibus bill, disabled people can be a prosecutor and a judge - a discriminatory practice that has been discussed at the parliament’s agenda as well as High Council of Judges and Prosecutors reports.

4 July 2014 Nilay Vardar

Association Calls to Boycott December 3

Association Calls to Boycott December 3

A Turkish association called to protest the activities for International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, saying that persons with disabilities in Turkey have "no success story to celebrate".

3 December 2012 Nilay Vardar