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Angela Davis calls for support for Pınar Selek ahead of hearing

Angela Davis calls for support for Pınar Selek ahead of hearing

Selek is standing trial for the fifth time for a 1998 explosion in İstanbul. She was previously acquitted of charges four times.

11 April 2024 Evrim Kepenek

Pınar Selek's trial postponed to June 28

Pınar Selek's trial postponed to June 28

"An unjust trial. A trial that wears people down and exhausts them," Pınar Selek's lawyer and father Alp Selek, stated.

29 September 2023

SNESUP-FSU is in İstanbul 'for Pınar, for the university'

SNESUP-FSU is in İstanbul 'for Pınar, for the university'

National Union of Higher Education of France will be present in the courthouse today in İstanbul to be in solidarity with Pınar Selek. Without academic freedom, there is no university, they say.

31 March 2023 Pınar Erol

Pınar Selek tried 5th time: 'How many times should a person be acquitted?'

Pınar Selek tried 5th time: 'How many times should a person be acquitted?'

Pınar Selek, an academician and sociologist, was acquitted four times but is now put on trial for the fifth time with same accusations. She will be following tomorrow's hearing at Human Rights Association in Paris but dozens from France and other countries will be at the courthouse in İstanbul to be in solidarity with her.

Large international delegation to observe hearing of the new case against Pınar Selek

Large international delegation to observe hearing of the new case against Pınar Selek

After two and a half years of imprisonment, four acquittals, and 25 years of trial, the acquittal was overturned again for Pınar Selek in the "Egyptian bazaar case." The hearing of the new case will be held on March 31.

'You cannot touch Pınar Selek's acquittal'

PINAR SELEK CASE

'You cannot touch Pınar Selek's acquittal'

The "We Are Still Witness" Platform has criticized the decision to overturn feminist author Pınar Selek's acquittal in the trial over the Egyptian Bazaar explosion in 1998.

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

EU Delegation to Monitor and Report on Pınar Selek Case

EU Delegation to Monitor and Report on Pınar Selek Case

European Commission has announced that the EU Delegation in Turkey will continue monitoring and reporting on the case of Pınar Selek, who has been tried and acquitted four times in the trial of Egyptian Bazaar explosion.

Pınar Selek File at Supreme Court General Board

Pınar Selek File at Supreme Court General Board

Supreme Court 9th Penal Chamber has rendered decision of non-jurisdiction and delivered an opinion that there is no change in its verdict of reversing the acquittal decision issued in 2009. The file is now at Supreme Court General Board.

23 March 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

An Anti-Fairy Tale: Siyah Pelerinli Kız*

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM ELİF DUMANLI

An Anti-Fairy Tale: Siyah Pelerinli Kız*

Why are all the witches female? Why are they ugly? Why do they live in unknown and far places?

28 October 2015 Elif Dumanlı

Dame de Sion School Students Support Pınar Selek With Video

Dame de Sion School Students Support Pınar Selek With Video

A group of students from Istanbul's Notre Dame de Sion High School recorded a video to support sociologist Pınar Selek. "I won't keep silent so that people will live freely and equally. I want to defend my opinions freely," the video said.

Reasoned Decision on Selek Case Receives Criticism

PINAR SELEK TRIAL

Reasoned Decision on Selek Case Receives Criticism

Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court distributed its 407-page “Reasoned Decision,” which outlined its case on Pınar Selek. Despite chief judge's negative clause, the court ruled that 1998 Spice Bazaar Blast was due to bombing.

7 March 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Intellectuals to Meet Minister of Justice for Selek

Intellectuals to Meet Minister of Justice for Selek

Several intellectuals forming the "We should not keep silent" initiative for the jailed sociologist Pinar Selek submitted an appointment request to Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin.

5 December 2012

Selek's Case Reopens for Life Sentence

PINAR SELEK TRIAL

Selek's Case Reopens for Life Sentence

Turkish sociologist suspected in the Egyptian Bazaar bombing was ordered to stand trial for life sentence in December 14, after the court commuted the not-guilty verdict.

22 November 2012 Mustafa Sütlaş

Prosecutor Reiterated Final Speech from 7 Year ago

PINAR SELEK TRIAL

Prosecutor Reiterated Final Speech from 7 Year ago

The new prosecutor of the trial related to the Spice Bazaar blast in Istanbul in the late 1990s reiterated the claim for an aggravated life sentence for Pınar Selek. Her father Alp Selek told bianet that the prosecutor repeated the final speech given seven years earlier.

Still no End in 13-year Trial Process

PINAR SELEK TRIAL

Still no End in 13-year Trial Process

In its 13th year, the trial regarding the Spice Bazaar blast in Istanbul in 1998 will be continued on 28 September. Pınar Selek was acquitted three times. The Platform "We are still witnesses" called for support for the first hearing with a new prosecutor.

8 September 2011

Önderoğlu: Judicial Pressure Equals Pressure on Press and Research

Önderoğlu: Judicial Pressure Equals Pressure on Press and Research

Social Science Students of the Platform 'We are still Witnesses' organized a panel discussion on governing mechanisms of the political power over oppositional movements. The discussion was also an expression of solidarity for rights activist Pınar Selek.

31 May 2010 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Rights Activist Selek Still On Trial Regarding Spice Market Blast

11 years after the case, the Supreme Court of Appeals overthrows acquittal of Selek and demands her trial with life imprisonment. 200 intellectuals voice support for Selek's innocence.

9 April 2009 Emine Özcan