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33,074 Personnel Discharged from Education Ministry Through Statutory Decree

33,074 Personnel Discharged from Education Ministry Through Statutory Decree

33,074 people have been discharged from the Ministry of National Education through statutory decrees in the wake of July 15 coup attempt. 4,756 of them have been arrested.

Amnesty Urges Turkey to Release Rights Defenders

Amnesty Urges Turkey to Release Rights Defenders

Amnesty International has described human rights advocates being detained and charges pressed against them as “ridiculous and baseless”, and called for immediate and unconditional release of them.

Esra Özakça: My Right to Visit My Husband will be Prevented

Esra Özakça: My Right to Visit My Husband will be Prevented

Yüksel Street protesters Esra Özakça, Acun Karadağ, Nazife Onay, Nazan Bozkurt have been sentenced to house confinement. The verdict was rendered upon prosecutor’s office’s objection to decision of release on probation.

Support from 5 Continents For Detained Human Rights Advocates

Support from 5 Continents For Detained Human Rights Advocates

As a reaction against human rights advocates being taken into custody, 41 rights organizations and defenders from five different continents have made a statement demanding the release of the detained advocates and made a call to the Government and ministries.

34 Detention Order for 34 Former TRT Staff

34 Detention Order for 34 Former TRT Staff

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered detention for 34 former employers of TRT claimed to be users of ByLock, an encrypted communication software allegedly used among members of the Gülen Community.

Imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş Nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

Imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş Nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Group of the Unified European Left at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has nominated imprisoned HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017.

Additional 7 Days of Detention Issued for Human Rights Advocates

Additional 7 Days of Detention Issued for Human Rights Advocates

An additional seven days of detention has been issued for the human rights advocates who were taken into custody at training meeting in Büyükada in İstanbul.

11 July 2017 Beyza Kural

Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained

Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained

On his Twitter account, CHP MP Salıcı has announced that “Koray Çalışkan has just been detained from his home. The legislative intention is not clear, one more time academic whose address is known hasn’t been summoned to testify”.

HRW Director Williamson: Detentions A Repressive New Low for Turkey

HRW Director Williamson: Detentions A Repressive New Low for Turkey

HRW Europe and Central Asia Director Williamson has said that, “Detaining some of Turkey’s leading rights activists at a training workshop is a repressive new low for the Turkish state”.

Detained Human Rights Advocates Sent to Police Stations in Anatolian Side

Detained Human Rights Advocates Sent to Police Stations in Anatolian Side

Being detained in Büyükada in İstanbul, eight human rights advocates have been referred to four police stations in districts of Maltepe, Pendik and Kartal. Two educators are kept in Büyükada.

6 July 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Notes from 21st Day of Justice March

Notes from 21st Day of Justice March

The Justice March launched by the CHP from Ankara to İstanbul is on its 21st day.

Amnesty International Makes Statement on Detention of Human Rights Defenders

Amnesty International Makes Statement on Detention of Human Rights Defenders

Holding a statement regarding human rights defenders including Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser being taken into custody in a raid while holding a workshop yesterday in Büyükada, Amnesty international has demanded release of the detainees.

bianet Submits Istanbul Convention Shadow Report to GREVIO

bianet Submits Istanbul Convention Shadow Report to GREVIO

Turkey has entered the first evaluation phase concerning implementation of Istanbul Convention in domestic law. As the state submits its own report to convention’s inspection body GREVIO, bianet has prepared a Shadow Report.

6 July 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada

Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada

Human rights advocates from various human rights organizations holding a training meeting in Büyükada on protection of human rights advocates were detained yesterday.

Private Security Batters Teacher Staging Protest in Front of Education Ministry

Private Security Batters Teacher Staging Protest in Front of Education Ministry

Discharged teacher Onay has attempted to stage a protest with a banner reading “May Nuriye, Semih be reinstated to their jobs”, has been battered and detained by private security guards.

Ankara Bans Press Statements, Slogans, Demonstrations for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Ankara Bans Press Statements, Slogans, Demonstrations for Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Ankara Governorship has put a ban on singing anthems and songs loudly as well as chanting slogans and making demonstration and press statements on Yüksel Street and the surrounding area where the protests and demonstrations continue against dismissals through statutory decrees and in solidarity with Özakça and Gülmen on hunger strike.

Attack in Şırnak Kills 2 Workers

Attack in Şırnak Kills 2 Workers

Two soldiers have lost their lives and four others have been injured in an attack carried out by members of PKK in Şırnak’s Uludere district during road construction works in Ortasu-Beyaztepe region.

14 People Detained for ‘Propagandizing for Terror Groups’ on Social Media

14 People Detained for ‘Propagandizing for Terror Groups’ on Social Media

14 people including ÖDP and June Movement administrator Kılıç and Çakır from Community Centres have been detained in a house raid on charges of “Insulting the president” and “propagandizing for five illegal organizations”.

Academic Yılmaz Releases Paper of Presentation Cancelled by Koç University

Academic Yılmaz Releases Paper of Presentation Cancelled by Koç University

Academic Yılmaz has released the paper which led her to be disinvited from presenting at a workshop to be held at Koc University on July 20-21.

12 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Dokuz Eylül University

12 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Dokuz Eylül University

12 academics, who faced investigation for signing peace declaration, have been discharged from Dokuz Eylül University.

Notes from 14th Day of Justice March

Notes from 14th Day of Justice March

Socialist International Secretary General Luis Ayala, ÖDP Chair Alper Taş and HTKP Chair Erkan Baş participated in the Justice March on its 14th day.

Demirtaş Asks Gülmen, Özakça to End Hunger Strike

Demirtaş Asks Gülmen, Özakça to End Hunger Strike

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has written a letter from prison for Gülmen and Özakça, asking them to end the hunger strike.

Interior Minister Threatens 111 Figures Who Signed Petition for Gülmen, Özakça

Interior Minister Threatens 111 Figures Who Signed Petition for Gülmen, Özakça

Interior Minister Soylu has threatened 111 artists, activists and writers, who placed a petition on four newspapers on 111th day of the hunger strikes, and the newspapers that published it: “Do you realized what you signed? And what about those who publish it to encourage terror groups?”

Fertilizer Unloaded in Front of Justice March Camp in Düzce

Fertilizer Unloaded in Front of Justice March Camp in Düzce

Fertilizer has been unloaded by a truck on the road in front of the camping area where those who join the Justice March in Düzce. Fire squad has cleaned the street following the reactions, the perpetrator is yet to be found.

Call From 111 Figures for Gülmen, Özakça

Call From 111 Figures for Gülmen, Özakça

111 figures including Ayşe Kulin, Ahmet Ümit, Ferzan Özpetek, Hayko Çepkin, Murathan Mungan, Müjde Ar, Sıla Gençoğlu, Zuhal Olcay have signed the petition in support of Gülmen and Özakça.

Council of Europe Calls for Release of Gülmen, Özakça

Council of Europe Calls for Release of Gülmen, Özakça

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Jagland has stated that he will call PM Yıldırım and ask him for release of Gülmen and Özakça who have been on hunger strike for 111 days.

Manisa Brigadier Commander Discharged Following Food Poisoning

Manisa Brigadier Commander Discharged Following Food Poisoning

Following hundreds of soldiers being poisoned by food in Manisa, Brigadier Commander Colonel Şevki Güven has been relieved of duty.

Solidarity Letter from EP for Journalist Şahin Alpay

Solidarity Letter from EP for Journalist Şahin Alpay

The European People’s Party in the EP has penned a letter to act in solidarity with Şahin Alpay, who has been in prison for 11 years. The other four groups had written to Kadri Gürsel, Nazlı Ilıcak, Musa Kart and Ahmet Şık in the past.

2 Soldiers in Bitlis, 1 Village Guard in Siirt Killed

2 Soldiers in Bitlis, 1 Village Guard in Siirt Killed

Two soldiers have lost their lives in Bitlis, one village guard has lost his life in Siirt in clashes that erupted between PKK members.

Ankara Bar: Nuriye Gülmen Couldn’t Come to Visiting Due to Her State of Health

Ankara Bar: Nuriye Gülmen Couldn’t Come to Visiting Due to Her State of Health

Ankara Bar has stated that Özakça is very exhausted and he has difficulty in speaking and that Gülmen couldn’t come to visiting area.

54,400-Euro Compensation for Discrimination Against Djemevi

54,400-Euro Compensation for Discrimination Against Djemevi

ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to pay fine of 54,400 Euros to Cem Foundation for “violating freedom of belief by discriminating against djemevis”.

21 June 2017 Ayça Söylemez

9.7% of Syrian Refugees University Graduates

9.7% of Syrian Refugees University Graduates

Support to Life has said that “It is clear as a day that the Syrian refugees in our country are not lacking any capacity of producing economic value. There is no reason for Turkey to not turn it into an opportunity”.