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The Process That Led to the Arrest of Three MPs: Lift of Legislative Immunity and After

Thirteen lawmakers from the HDP and one from the CHP have been stripped of MP status since a law amendment paving the way for lifting legislative immunity came into force in June 2016.

8 June 2020

'Hours to Allow the Elderly to Go Out Should be Changed to Prevent Health Risks'

Curfew for the elderly has been eased as they are now allowed to go out one day a week between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

14 May 2020

Covid-19 Quarantine has Cleaned the Air of Turkey, What Should be Done Next?

Right to Clean Air Platform Coordinator Buket Atlı has spoken to bianet about the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization’s data that air pollution has abated in 29 metropolitan cities of Turkey and the relation between coronavirus and air pollution.

22 April 2020

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHAIR ADIYAMAN

‘If Health Workers Get Sick, Public Cannot Recover’

After Internist Prof. Cemil Taşçıoğlu and Pulmonologist Prof. Bülent Tutluoğlu have tested positive for Covid-19, we have consulted with Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Chair Prof. Dr. Sinan Adıyaman about the conditions of health workers.

19 March 2020

Healthcare Workers Clean Ambulances with Laundry Bleach, Reuse Disposable Equipment

An emergency service worker, a doctor and a union chair have told bianet about under what conditions they work amid the coronavirus pandemic.

18 March 2020

‘They Tortured me with Foot Whipping as I Wanted to Have a Report Documenting Battery’

Having visited his brother İsmail Çelik, who brought up the allegations of torture in Afyonkarahisar Prison, Hüseyin Çelik has said that there were “black-and-blue marks all around his eyes” and he has signs of violence and trauma on his body.

24 February 2020

AHEAD OF SIXTH HEARING OF GEZİ TRIAL

Taksim Solidarity: We Will Defend Gezi

Holding a press statement about the sixth hearing of Gezi trial to be held on February 18, Taksim Solidarity platform has said, “We have to defend Gezi to the end for our losses whose names are not even mentioned in this trial.”

11 February 2020

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY TRIAL

10 Months Deferred Prison Sentence for 20 Students, Acquittal for 3 Students

Thirty students of Boğaziçi University stood trial for having opened a banner that read, "Invasion, massacre cannot be marked with delight" in protest of a group of students giving out Turkish delight at the campus with respect to Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.

31 January 2020

Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel Acquitted

Prof. Üstel, who served two-and-a-half months in prison for having signed the Peace Declaration, has been acquitted of the charge of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."

18 October 2019

ACADEMIC FOR PEACE HAKAN MERTCAN

‘Those Who Made us Lose Our Jobs Won’t be Acquitted in Our Hearts’

Academic for Peace Hakan Mertcan has been acquitted in all three lawsuits filed against him: “If I tell you I am not happy at all, if I tell you I conscientiously didn’t need such a verdict by a non-independent judiciary, it is not a lie, believe me…”

27 September 2019

Bülent Şık Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

While bianet columnist and food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık has been acquitted of “provision of prohibited information”, he has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “disclosure of information about duty”. His sentence has not been deferred.

26 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academics for Peace Acquitted by 17 Courts

Having their final hearings in İstanbul and Kocaeli, four more academics have been acquitted in the wake of a verdict of “right violation” by the Constitutional Court. Academics for Peace have been acquitted by 17 courts across Turkey so far.

17 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prosecutor Requests Prison Sentence for Academic Despite Constitutional Court Decision

While the prosecutor requested academic Akyüz be sentenced to prison, the court has acquitted her. A total of 106 academics have been acquitted so far.

12 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

38 Academics Acquitted So Far

Academics Serdar Değirmencioğlu and Özlem Savaş have been acquitted by the 30th Heavy Penal Court in line with the Constitutional Court decision. The 25th Heavy Penal Court acquitted 12 academics without a public hearing.

11 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

23 Academics for Peace Acquitted in One Week

Several more academics have been acquitted after the Constitutional Court ruling.

10 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

First Verdict of Acquittal in Trial of Academics for Peace After Constitutional Court Ruling

Academic Özlem Şendeniz has been acquitted after the Constitutional court ruled in July that the sentences violate the academics' freedom of expression.

6 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Constitutional Court: Freedom of Expression of Academics for Peace Violated

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the penalization of Academics for Peace on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” has violated their freedom of expression.

26 July 2019

Reference to Supreme Court of Appeals in Prof. Füsun Üstel’s Verdict of Release

Giving a ruling of stay of execution for Academic for Peace Prof. Üstel, the court has referred to a verdict by Supreme Court of Appeals, which previously ruled that “the ones convicted of terror propaganda cannot be deemed a terrorist organization member.”

23 July 2019

Prosecutor Demands CHP İstanbul Chair Kaftancıoğlu be Penalized on 5 Different Charges

The Prosecutor has demanded that CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Kaftancıoğlu be penalized on separate charges including "insulting the President”, “inciting the public to enmity and hatred” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

18 July 2019

ÖZGÜR GÜNDEM TRIALS

Korur-Fincancı, Önderoğlu and Nesin Acquitted

Put on trial for having participated in the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign in solidarity with the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, Şebnem Korur-Fincancı, Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin have been acquitted.

17 July 2019

Journalists File Complaint Against SETA for 'Foreign Media Report'

"This document poses a serious threat to freedom of press and freedom of expression in Turkey," said the Journalists Union of Turkey.

8 July 2019

FLOOD IN TRABZON

'This Disaster Would Not Happen Had Nature Not Been Touched'

Metallurgical engineer Cemalettin Küçük has evaluated the flood that happened near a hydroelectric water plant and claimed seven lives in the Black Sea province of Trabzon.

20 June 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Court to Await Constitutional Court Ruling on Academics for Peace

Upon the request of lawyer Eyüboğlu, the court has ruled that the Constitutional Court ruling on Academics for Peace shall be awaited till a verdict is given for three academics. One academic has also been given a deferred prison sentence of 15 months.

19 June 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

3 Academics Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison in Total

Noemi Levy Aksu has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison without deferment. Şenay Çınar and B.Y. have been each sentenced to 15 months in prison; the announcement of their verdicts has been deferred.

14 June 2019

Journalists Pınar Gayıp and Semiha Şahin Released to House Arrest

Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, who have been arrested pending trial for 14 months, have been released to house arrest. Their next hearing will he held on October 15, 2019.

13 June 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

Academic for Peace Sezai Ozan Zeybek has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred by the İstanbul 26th Heavy Penal Court.

13 June 2019

First Hearing of Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel to be Held on July 30

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel, who was arrested after the Lyon Consulate General of Turkey took down a statement, requesting that “a restriction be placed on his passport and a legal action be taken against him”, will have his first hearing on July 30.

10 June 2019

Üstel’s Request for Stay of Execution Rejected, Judge Expresses Dissenting Opinion

Imprisoned academic Füsun Üstel’s request for stay of execution has been rejected. While the upper court has also rejected the objection of her lawyers against this ruling, one of the judges has expressed a dissenting opinion, referring to freedom of expression.

31 May 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months for 2 Academics

Academics for Peace Filiz Arıöz and Tezcan Durna have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The pronouncement of both verdicts has been suspended.

30 May 2019

Prosecutor Objects, Academic for Peace Üstel Cannot be Transferred to Open Prison

Upon the objection of the Public Prosecutor, the Eskişehir 1st Heavy Penal Court has reversed the verdict of Eskişehir 1st Judgeship of Execution, which accepted the request of Academic for Peace Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel for transfer to an open prison.

22 May 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

One Academic Sentenced to 2 Years, 1 Month in Prison

Having her final hearing at the İstanbul 25th Heavy Penal Court, Academic for Peace Ayşe Gül Altınay has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison on charge on “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.”

21 May 2019

Arrested Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel: Solidarity Keeps One Alive

Arrested Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has sent a message from prison to bianet: “We will keep on showing the same consistency with all my fellow colleagues, with whom I walk together, and our solidarity will always continue.”

15 May 2019