Turkey

AHM| 18-03-2014 |  The newly formed “International Committee for Freedom & Justice for Sevan Nişanyan” has issued the following appeal to coincide with the International Day in Support of Political Prisoners (March 18). The committee also announces that today, at 6:00 pm local Turkish time, it is organizing an important event in Istanbul to be attended by the city’s most prominent intellectuals ...

ISTANBUL | 11-03-2014 | Berkin Elvan, 15,  who was shot with a gas cannister shot by the police during the Gezi protests on  June 16 2013 has died  this morning in Istanbul/ Turkey. Berkin had been in a comatose state since 269 days. Police have cracked down the gathering of hundreds of people at the hospital in support of the ...

ISTANBUL  | 11-02-2014 | Political music band Grup Yorum has announced that its members will go on hunger strike at the “Resist Kazova-DİH Pullover and Culture Centre” opened by workers of the occupied Kazova factory on 14 February. The band will demand the removal of the ban on leaving the country imposed on its members following a series of detention ...

ISTANBUL |09-02-2014 |Thousands of people have taken the streets on Saturday February 8th in Istanbul against the expurgation-law resolution of the government. This law gives the unlimited right of censorship to the TIB (Tele communication Of Turkey) that directly operates with the prime ministry. Furthermore this law allows the government to hinder and expurgate the social media, especially since the ...

ISTANBUL | 25-01-2014 | With the slogan “Affordable sweaters for the people” Kazova workers will today open their first retail store and alternative centre. The opening will be marked by a march to the store at 3.30pm from Şişli Mosque.  Kazova workers declared their victory on November 10 after a 10 months long struggle against the factory owners. They had occupy ...

ISTANBUL | 23-01-2014 | The Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) has published its “2013 Report on Human Rights Violations in the Marmara Region.” According to the report, 36 people died during 2013 as a result of extra-judicial killings, official error, torture, and in custody. 122 women were murdered, 1,924 people were victims of torture and mistreatment and ...

ISTANBUL | 22-01-2014 | The families of the protesters killed in the police crackdowns during the Gezi Park protests and of those who were injured has established an association called “Gezi Martyrs and Wounded Platform”. The platform was set up to ask justice and truth into the violence in Gezi Park but also to campaign for the ban of the ...

ANKARA | 21-01-2014 | Families of the Roboski massacre victims have filed a formal objection against the military prosecutor’s dismissal of the investigation into the case. The General Staff’s Military Prosecutor’s Office have dismissed the investigation into the massacre, on 7 January, saying that military officers have made an “inevitable” mistake while doing their duty. The petition of objection was ...

ISTANBUL |19-01-2014 | Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was born in Malatya. Dink was best known for his role as editor of ‘Agos’ Turkish and Armenian Language weekly in Istanbul. He worked as the columnist and editor-in chief of AGOS weekly newspaper, which can be regarded as the voice of Armenian community, from 1996 until January ...

ISTANBUL | 19-01-2014 |It is reported that 6 people were arrested yesterday evening after a demonstration in the Alsancak area of Izmir against internet censorship. The ‘Hands off my internet’ march was called in protest at a draft bill introduced by the government to censor the internet. Hundreds of people responded to calls made on social media, gathering in Kıbrıs ...