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‘Freedom to Osman Kavala’ Protest in Opening Reception of İstanbul Biennial

‘Freedom to Osman Kavala’ Protest in Opening Reception of İstanbul Biennial

Attended by several artists and businesspeople, the opening reception of the 16th İstanbul Biennial has witnessed a ‘Freedom to Kavala’ protest by artists wearing shirts and bags with Kavala’s photograph on them.

11 September 2019

12-Year-Old Child Handcuffed Behind the Back in Trustee Protests

12-Year-Old Child Handcuffed Behind the Back in Trustee Protests

Lawyer Murat Yılmaz has underlined that the Article 18 of Child Protection Law stipulates that children shall not be shackled, handcuffed or subjected to a similar treatment while being transferred as part of an investigation.

Protests Against Trustees: MPs Hospitalized, Journalists Detained

Protests Against Trustees: MPs Hospitalized, Journalists Detained

Appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities has been protested in İstanbul, Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır. The police have intervened against the protests. While 6 journalists have been detained in Mardin and Diyarbakır, the injured MPs have been hospitalized.

Discharged Teacher Protests with Supporters Made of Cardboard

Discharged Teacher Protests with Supporters Made of Cardboard

Teacher Karataş, who was discharged by a Statutory Decree, has organized yet another creative one-person demonstration to protest discharges. Compiling a group of human models made of cardboard, he has said, “My union has finally supported me.”

Minister of Interior Soylu Protested in Trabzon: Everything will be Fine

Minister of Interior Soylu Protested in Trabzon: Everything will be Fine

Minister of Interior Soylu, who went to his hometown Trabzon for the Ramadan Feast, has been protested there by the citizens who chanted the election slogan of CHP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu: “Everything will be fine.”

Child Abuse Protested by Beşiktaş and Amedspor

Child Abuse Protested by Beşiktaş and Amedspor

While the fans and footballers fell into silence in the first minute of Beşiktaş-Ankaragücü match, the players of Amedspor entered the football field with the banner “Children keep silent, but you shouldn't” and staged a one-minute silent protest.

Workers Stage Protest at 3rd Airport, Gendarmerie Intervene In

Workers Stage Protest at 3rd Airport, Gendarmerie Intervene In

Workers have initiated protest due to bad working conditions at the 3rd Airport whose construction continues in İstanbul. Police and gendarmerie have entered Akpınar compound upon the protest.

14 September 2018 Hikmet Adal

Erdoğan’s Bodyguards Attack Protesters in US

Erdoğan’s Bodyguards Attack Protesters in US

President Erdoğan’s bodyguards have intervened in the scuffle erupted between protesters and Erdoğan supporters as Erdoğan went to the Turkish Embassy. Two people have been detained, nine others wounded.

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

Kılıçdaroğlu Threatened with Bullet

Kılıçdaroğlu Threatened with Bullet

One person threw bullet at CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of the two police officers who lost their lives in the bomb attack launched in Vezneciler.

Demirtaş: Ala Should Know His Place

Demirtaş: Ala Should Know His Place

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has responded to Minister of Interior Affairs Ala naming the march call to Sur a “provocation” as “Minister of Interior Affairs should know his place”.

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

Police attacking the Cizre protest in İzmir has taken 49 persons into custody including Coşkun Üsterci from TİHV, İHD manager Gurbet Uçar, HDP Party Assembly member İbrahim Akın and KESK term spokesperson Bahri Alkan.

9 February 2016

Moment of Silence for Paris Massacre Catcalled

Moment of Silence for Paris Massacre Catcalled

In friendly game between Turkey and Greece, a moment of silence for Paris massacre has been catcalled, and that slogans and allahuakbar shouts followed.

18 November 2015

Police Intervention against Ankara Protest in Beyazıt

Police Intervention against Ankara Protest in Beyazıt

People gathering to hold protest against massacre in Ankara have met with police intervention, groups getting together at Sirkeci and Cerrahpaşa have disbanded following sit-in act and chantings.

13 October 2015

Koç University Resists Temporary Contracting

Koç University Resists Temporary Contracting

Koç University Administration laid off 161 workers who were under a temporary contract. Academicians and students have been protesting along with workers since last night.

Istanbul's Feminists Protest Valentine's Day

VALENTINE'S DAY

Istanbul's Feminists Protest Valentine's Day

Istanbul's feminist groups protested the Valentine's Day, saying that several expressions of love in Turkish language only reminded them on women murders.

14 February 2013

Journalist Detained in Incirlik Air Base Patriot Protest

Journalist Detained in Incirlik Air Base Patriot Protest

BirGün newspaper journalist Duygu Kıskanç has been detained by the police yesterday as she was reporting on the Patriot missile protests in Adana province.

22 January 2013

METU Protestors Receive Travel Ban

METU Protestors Receive Travel Ban

On Saturday evening, an Ankara court released 8 university students who were detained after Friday police raids to investigate last week's protests at METU.

24 December 2012

Hunger Strikers' Families Speak Up

Hunger Strikers' Families Speak Up

"How can we remain silent to this? How can we eat when our children are starving to death?" families told bianet.

16 November 2012 Gönül İlhan

Police Rounds Up Fired Workers Demanding Severance Pay

CRACKDOWN ON WORKERS

Police Rounds Up Fired Workers Demanding Severance Pay

Authorities launched an investigation against a number of workers who began holding sit-in demonstrations after they were fired from Roseteks Company without any severance pay. The police then rounded them up from their homes without any prior legal notice.

14 August 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Attack on Kurdish Alevi Family Draws Protests, Condemnation

Attack on Kurdish Alevi Family Draws Protests, Condemnation

Mobs attacked a Kurdish Alevi family and torched their barn in the eastern province of Malatya over the weekend after family members argued with a traditional street drummer who wakes up the faithful for their pre-dawn ritual meal in the month of Ramadan. The incident has drawn condemnations and protests from various quarters.

30 July 2012 Ekin Karaca,Ahmet Saymadi

Court Convicts Student for Throwing Egg at EU Minister

Court Convicts Student for Throwing Egg at EU Minister

A court in the Aegean province of İzmir sentenced university student E.Ç. to five months in prison on the charge of “intentionally injuring a civil servant” for throwing an egg at European Union (EU) Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış. The court later suspended the sentence.

BDP Protests Lack of Progress on Roboski Massacre

BDP Protests Lack of Progress on Roboski Massacre

The government’s inability to shed light on the Roboski Massacre six months after the incident reveals the attitude of the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) toward the Kurdish issue, according to Aynur Aşan, the provincial co-chair of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in the southern province of Mersin.

28 June 2012 Selçuk Arslan

All Acts of Protest Prohibited at Atatürk Airport

All Acts of Protest Prohibited at Atatürk Airport

The Atatürk Airport Security Commission decided to ban all demonstrations and acts of protest inside airport grounds. The move comes in wake of a decision by the Turkish Airlines (THY) to lay off 305 employees who had gone on a strike, while the head of the Turkish Civil Aviation Union (Hava-İş) also warned of safety hazards caused by a shortage of employees.

RedHack Supported KESK Protest - Quarrel at Parliament

4+4+4 EDUCATION DRAFT BILL

RedHack Supported KESK Protest - Quarrel at Parliament

RedHack hacked the websites of dozens of police directorates all over the country in support of the KESK protest against the education draft law. Demonstrators were constantly exposed to tear gas and water cannons during the two-day protest. The related debate at parliament had to be interrupted twice due to tensions between the MPs.

KESK Protest under Tear Gas

KESK Protest under Tear Gas

The police intervened against KESK members who wanted to demonstrate in Ankara against the 4+4+4 Education Draft Law and the Draft Bill on Public Servants' Trade Unions. The union confederation announced to continue their protest till the morning.

29 March 2012 Serhat Korkmaz

4+4+4 Makes 20.7 Billion Liras at Least

4+4+4 Makes 20.7 Billion Liras at Least

A study of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey revealed that the new 4+4+4 education model will cost at least TL 20.7 billion. KESK and Eğitim Sen protest against the draft bill in Ankara on 28/29 March despite a lack of permission.

Protests and Clashes after Time-barring Sivas Trial

Protests and Clashes after Time-barring Sivas Trial

Members of political parties and trade unions demonstrated against the decision to procedures of the Sivas trial by prescription. University students were attacked on campus when they protested the disputed decision.

Appeal and Protest against KCK Arrests

Appeal and Protest against KCK Arrests

A bill of exception was handed to court regarding the arrest of 46 people, including academic Ersanlı and publisher Zarakolu, in the scope of the KCK operation. A group of academics protested the arrests in front of the courthouse.

4 November 2011 Nilay Vardar

Genç-Sen Members Protest Closure of their Union

Genç-Sen Members Protest Closure of their Union

Members of the Genç-Sen Students Youth Union protested against the closure decision of their union in Istanbul on 5 October. The union announced to bring their legal struggle as far as the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.

6 October 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

"Government Takes our Last Social Right"

"Government Takes our Last Social Right"

The union of service workers Genel-İş demonstrated against the "severance pay fund" in Istanbul on 23 August. The protestors criticized that the fund deprives the workers of their last social right and that they were going to lose their job security.

24 August 2011 Nilay Vardar

Protests at Iranian Border

Protests at Iranian Border

A three-day protest action at the Turkish-Iranian border against military operations in northern Iran was brought to a preliminary end on 2 August. Protests in the region are expected to increase.

3 August 2011 Ekin Karaca

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