Turkey

AMED| 03-01-2014 |Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court has unanimously ruled the release of BDP’s (Peace and Democracy Paty) two jailed deputies Gülser Yıldırım and İbrahim Ayhan. The court ruling for the release of two deputies came after the Constitutional Court accepted the application made by detained Yıldırım and Ayhan, who are in custody in the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) trial, ...

ISTANBUL | 03-01-2014 | Media Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation on “Başlangıç”, a documentary on Gezi Resistance produced by 49/51 Film and directed by Serkan Koç, for “insulting public workers” and “igniting public towards vengeance and hostility”. “In my statement today, I refused all charges on the case. The person who ignites public to vengeance and hostility is PM Recep ...

ISTANBUL | 02-01-2014 | The Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office has sent to Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals which approved the 8 year 9 month sentence for HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel. It is reported that the judgment will be read out in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) ...

AMED | 30-12-2013 | A monument has been opened in the Kayapınar district of Amed province on Monday in memory of 34 Kurdish civilians killed by Turkish warplanes on 28 December 2011. The Roboski monument in the Rojava Park has been built by the municipality. The monument which was sculpted by sculptor Suat Yakut is in the form of a ...

MARAŞ | 19-12-2013 | According to official numbers, 111 people, mostly Alevis, were massacred savagely in the Maras Massacre from 19 to 25 December 1978. The witnesses of the massacre can not forget the agony of massacre despite 35 years passing over it. Thousands of Alevis were wounded during the incidents, over 111 people were massacred, more than 552 houses ...

ISTANBUL | 18-12-2013 |  Turkish prosecutors unveiled a sweeping anti-corruption campaign this week that reaches deep into the country’s conservative government. More that 50 people have been detained so far, many of them tied to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the powerful prime minister. The investigations have drawn in business tycoons close to Erdogan, the sons of three of his ministers and ...

ANC |14-12-2013 | Fadime Ayvalıtaş mother of Mehmet Ayvalıtaş who was killed during the Gezi Resistance during a protest march at the May 1st Street has lost her life due to a heart attack on 13th December. The mother of Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, who was martyred during the Gezi Resistance, has died due to a heart attack. She was hurriedly rushed ...

TURKEY | 14-12-2013 | Following the landmark judgment of the Constitutional Court in releasing the CHP (Republican People’s Party) MP Mustafa Balbay, lawyers for BDP (Peace and Democracy Party)  MPs in custody have applied to the courts for the release of their clients, saying a precedent has been set. Elected BDP deputies have still not been released despite the publication ...

ISTANBUL | 08-12-2013 | 28 dismissed workers at Punto Deri, members of IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate Deri-Is, have been picketing for more than three months for their fundamental rights. Located at Istanbul’s famous leather zone Zeytinburnu, Punto Deri produces for may international brands such as ZAPA, Strenesse, Lacoste, Laurel, Armani, Beckham, Bijing Sheng, Denham the Jean Maker, Girgio Sam, ...

ISTANBUL | 06-12-2013 | DESA, producing for many well-known brands such as Prada, Gucci, Debenhams, Whistless, Marks and Spencer, is one of the leading exporting companies in the leather sector in Turkey with three factories in Istanbul, Duzce and Corlu employing around 2,000 workers. Deri-Is and its members have faced increasing and systematic discrimination by DESA since the union established a ...