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Protest in Beyazıt Against State of Emergency, Statutory Decrees

Protest in Beyazıt Against State of Emergency, Statutory Decrees

In a protest staged in Beyazıt against State of Emergency and Statutory Decrees, students, academics, sub-contracted workers have demanded State of Emergency be lifted and Statutory Decrees be withdrawn.

8 December 2016

Balance Sheet of State of Emergency

Balance Sheet of State of Emergency

177 media outlets have been closed in total as part of three Statutory Decrees put into effect during the State of Emergency, 11 of them reopened. Balance sheet of unemployment has reached 2,500.

7 December 2016 Elif Akgül

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Karayazı Co-Mayor Mehmet Sait Karabakan has been taken into custody. Two more DBP co-mayors were detained during today, one DBP co-mayor was arrested and one trustee was appointed to a DBP-governed municipality.

6 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Kızıltepe sub-Governor Ahmet Odabaş has been appointed as trustee to Kızıltepe Municipality. The number of trustee-appointed DBP municipalities has risen to 37 with this appointment.

6 December 2016

CHP Leader Kılıçdaoğlu’s Former Chief Advisor Detained

CHP Leader Kılıçdaoğlu’s Former Chief Advisor Detained

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s former Chief Advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Gürsul has been detained over “using ByLock”. A search is being conducted at his apartment.

6 December 2016

Yıldırım: No Decision to Affect Economy Taken During State of Emergency

Yıldırım: No Decision to Affect Economy Taken During State of Emergency

In response to TÜSİAD Chair Symes saying “State of Emergency must be ended”, PM YIldırım has said “We have no objection to ending State of Emergency but we haven’t taken any decision that directly affects economy”.

1 December 2016

2,054 Engineers, Architects Discharged

2,054 Engineers, Architects Discharged

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects has stated that 2,054 engineers and architects have been discharged so far in the 12 Statutory Decrees issued in the State of Emergency.

28 November 2016

Trustees Appointed to Van, Siirt, Mardin, Dersim Municipalities

Trustees Appointed to Van, Siirt, Mardin, Dersim Municipalities

Trustees have been appointed to Mardin, Van, Siirt and Dersim Municipalities. The total number of trustees appointed to DBP municipalities has become 34 with these appointments.

17 November 2016

370 Press, Lawyer, Children’s, Women’s Associations Were Ordered to Stop Activities

370 Press, Lawyer, Children’s, Women’s Associations Were Ordered to Stop Activities

Ministry of Interior has announced that the activities of 370 associations have been stopped. Among the associations which were ordered to stop their activities there are associations operating on the fields of women rights, children, press, law and migration.

14 November 2016

Kılıçdaroğlu: Please Sue Me

Kılıçdaroğlu: Please Sue Me

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “It is the AKP that aids and abets terror organizations. Why don’t they put me on trial? You do this so I can put forward all evidence”.

11 November 2016

14 LGBTI Organizations from 8 Provinces: ‘Our Only Choice is Social Peace, Equality, Freedom, Justice’

14 LGBTI Organizations from 8 Provinces: ‘Our Only Choice is Social Peace, Equality, Freedom, Justice’

14 LGBTI organizations from Ankara, Bursa, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, Giresun, İstanbul, İzmir and Mersin have called “We will continue our fight against those who want to fade our colors. We demand that custodies and arrests come to an end immediately”.

9 November 2016

HDP MP Ferhat Encü’s Passport Seized

HDP MP Ferhat Encü’s Passport Seized

Being present at the airport to leave for Brussels, HDP Şırnak MP Encü learned that a ban on leaving the country was imposed on him two hours before his flight. Encü’s passport has been seized.

3 November 2016

DBP: Diyarbakır has Witnessed Trustees Twice; 1980 Coup, 2016

DBP: Diyarbakır has Witnessed Trustees Twice; 1980 Coup, 2016

Reacting against trustee appointment to Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, Democratic Regions Party Co-Chair Tuncel and Yüksek have held a press meeting.

2 November 2016

‘JINHA News Point’ Campaign by Women Organizations

‘JINHA News Point’ Campaign by Women Organizations

With the motto “JINHA Will Not Remain Silent”, women organizations will open their doors to JINHA reporters. The JINHA reporters will write their reports in a woman organization each day and release them on social media.

2 November 2016

New Statutory Decrees Issued, 10 Newspapers, 2 News Agencies, 3 Magazines Closed

New Statutory Decrees Issued, 10 Newspapers, 2 News Agencies, 3 Magazines Closed

10 newspapers, two news agencies, three magazines have been closed including Evrensel Kültür, Tîroj, Özgürlük Dünyası, DİHA ve Azadiya Welat by the Statutory Decree No. 675

31 October 2016

HRW: Statutory Decrees in State of Emergency Facilitate Torture in Custody

HRW: Statutory Decrees in State of Emergency Facilitate Torture in Custody

Referring to cases of police torture and ill-treatment in custody, Human Rights Watch in its report has pointed out that the Statutory Decrees issued in the State of Emergency set ground for rights violations.

25 October 2016

107 Journalists in Prison, 2,500 Others Left Unemployed Due To Closures

BİA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT 2016 JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

107 Journalists in Prison, 2,500 Others Left Unemployed Due To Closures

Of 107 arrested journalists, 71 are from Gülen Community, 29 others from Kurdish Media. 155 media organs have been closed down, 775 press cards and 49 passports revoked.

24 October 2016 Erol Önderoğlu

26 NGOS Demand Decrees Violating Human Rights Be Rescinded

26 NGOS Demand Decrees Violating Human Rights Be Rescinded

26 international NGOs including the Amnesty have signed a joint petition demanding the Statutory Decrees violating human rights in Turkey be rescinded.

21 October 2016

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

Human Rights Organizations Demand Release of Rights Defenders

The rights organizations have demanded release of arrested Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Cizre Representative Küni, and detained Human Rights Association Hakkari Branch Chair Akbulut.

21 October 2016

HDP: Does Turkey Break International Law by Using State of Emergency as Excuse?

HDP: Does Turkey Break International Law by Using State of Emergency as Excuse?

HDP MP Kürkçü has reminded that some clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights have been violated, and called for an investigation into whether the government violates rights and freedoms.

17 October 2016

VAN TV Reporter Elçi: We are on Watch for Journalism

VAN TV Reporter Elçi: We are on Watch for Journalism

VAN TV and Doğu Radyo staff have been keeping watch in front of their workplace for 14 days.

13 October 2016 Elif Akgül

Constitutional Court Rejects CHP’s Application To Revoke Statutory Decree

Constitutional Court Rejects CHP’s Application To Revoke Statutory Decree

The Constitutional Court has rejected the application of CHP to revoke the second Statutory Decree on ground of non-jurisdiction.

12 October 2016

HDP Brings Crackdowns on Media to Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Brings Crackdowns on Media to Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Van MP Bedia Özgökçe Ertan has submitted a parliamentary inquiry for the damage caused by oppressing media outlets by means of decrees, regulations, investigations and police raids to be investigated.

11 October 2016

‘Millions Watched the Illegal Closure of Our Channel Live on Air’

‘Millions Watched the Illegal Closure of Our Channel Live on Air’

“We do not accept the state’s practices against our channel; the only “crime” we have committed is reporting and producing news in accordance with the universal principles of journalism and broadcasting”.

10 October 2016

Writer Murat Özyaşar Released

Writer Murat Özyaşar Released

Yunus Nadi and Haldun Taner prizes winner, writer and teacher Murat Özyaşar has been released following five-day detention.

Those Detained in Özgür Radyo Raid Released

Those Detained in Özgür Radyo Raid Released

Those taken into custody in police raid on Özgür Radyo which was closed through a prime ministerial-enactment were released.

Hayatın Sesi TV Sealed

Hayatın Sesi TV Sealed

Regie room of Hayatın Sesi TV has been sealed, its Youtube broadcast shut down. Continuing its broadcasting on social media, channel staff said “We are here and not going anywhere. These days will pass”.

4 October 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

State of Emergency Extended by 3 Months

State of Emergency Extended by 3 Months

Vice Prime Minister Kurtulmuş has announced that the State of Emergency has been extended by three months as of October 19.

Erdoğan Signals Extending State of Emergency

Erdoğan Signals Extending State of Emergency

President Erdoğan has signaled that the State of Emergency will be extended.

29 September 2016

Protest Decision by KESK Against Discharges of Workers

Protest Decision by KESK Against Discharges of Workers

KESK has decided to stage countrywide protests demanding “Cancel State of Emergency, withdraw Statutory Decrees” starting from September 29.

28 September 2016

Petition by Human Rights Association Against State of Emergency

Petition by Human Rights Association Against State of Emergency

The Human Rights Association has launched a petition demanding repeal of State of Emergency and of legislations enacted during the State of Emergency.

27 September 2016

Government Postpones Visit by UN Torture Rapporteur

Government Postpones Visit by UN Torture Rapporteur

The Government has indefinitely postponed UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Méndez’s October visit. “I believe that postponing my visit at this late stage sends the wrong message”, Méndez said.

22 September 2016

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