ISTANBUL | 07-05-2014 | As we approach the first anniversary of the Gezi Protests, trials of protestors and others caught up in the Turkish government’s crackdown are picking up pace.  Among those standing trial in a series of cases related to the Gezi Protests will be a number of health care providers.  Subject to abuse during the protests and increased government ...

TURKEY | 06-05-2014 | On 16 July 1971, the Ankara Martial Law began the case of 26 defendants from the Turkey People’s Liberation Army (THKO). Two months and 23 days later, the court decreed the execution of 18 people. Only three death penalties ratified Hüseyin İnan, Deniz Gezmiş and Yusuf Aslan were among these 18, and they were the only ones whose sentence was not ...

ISTANBUL| 01-05-2014 | Thousands of people are expected to gather on Istanbul’s highly symbolic Taksim Square for May Day despite a Government ban. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned protesters to “give up hopes” of meeting on Taksim, a traditional and symbolic rallying point for 1st of May events. Turkish media reported that 40,000 police officers as well as 50 water cannon trucks and ...

BUDAPEST | 01-05-2014 | On Wednesday the Council of Europe and many HR Organizations released a final report about the inhuman conditions in the prions in Hungary.  The Council of Europe says Hungary’s prison system needs to reduce overcrowding, stop discrimination against Roma prisoners and offer inmates work or recreational activities so they don’t spend 23 hours a day in their ...

ATİK | 29-04-2014 | With the initiation of the struggle waged by the Australian and American workers in the mid 1800s for the demand of mainly an eight-hour working day  and several other social rights,  was victorious and expanded after numerous prices paid; with this May Day has emerged as a celebration of the workers. The protests and meetings organized by ...

ISTANBUL | 18 – 04 – 2014 | Let’s meet at the International Symposium on Prisons! Freedom for all Revolutionary, Democratic, Patriotic Prisoners The first time when the bourgeoisie attacked by imprisoning people was in 1596 in Amsterdam. This kind of attack or praxis was named the “Flemish model”. The imperialists and their collaborators attack, imprison, and give heavy punishments ...

ATİK | 11-04-2014 | In the early hours of the morning on April 10th 2014 hundreds of riot police attacked the workers who were at the Greif factory occupation at Hadımköy aiming to break the resistance. The police, gendarmerie and high-tech police of the fascist states entered the factory by breaking the factory gate with construction machinery and have attacked and ...

HOLLAND | 09-04-2014 | PVV excluded from Almere council’s executive Wednesday 09 April 2014 The anti-immigration PVV is not included in the new coalition council for Almere, despite emerging as the biggest party in last month’s local election vote. The Liberal democrats D66, who were second in the vote, are taking the lead in the negotiations, which also involve the Labour ...

AHM | 27-03-2014 | One week after blocking Twitter, Turkey blocks YouTube when recordings of very dubious talks on waging a war against Syria appeared on YouTube. The Turkish government reinforced its heavily criticized clampdown on social media on Thursday, blocking YouTube a week after it restricted access to the micro-blogging platform Twitter. The latest curbs came hours after an audio recording ...

ATİK | 27-03-2014 | We,  anti-imperialist, anti-fascist mass  organisations struggling   in various countries in Europe, held a meeting on 8-9th February and after lengthy discussions agreed on the following subjects.  And we decided that we will continue our activities constructing an anti-imperialist struggling coordination initiative in Europe. The conditions we face are  marked by a continuing and developing crisis, being ...