Turkey is giving mixed signals regarding its intentions about the subject of cultural diversity. While not hurrying to ratify the Cultural ...»

The Human Rights Presidency, a government body, declares that its committees will inspect the police and gendarmerie detention centers unannounced and ...»

At the 28th IPA Publishers Congress in Seoul, Korea, Ragip Zarakolu was voted recipient of the 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish ...»

Tiryaki and İrem from the Democratic Society Party are sent to prison for voicing the slogan “End The War” during the ...»

71 countries, among which are Serbia, Guatemala, Honduras and Vanuatu, sign the Convention of the Disappeared, an important step for improving ...»

The AKP members of the Human Rights Committee reject the proposal to form a subcommittee for the investigation of the May ...»

Turkey’s Journalists Association condemned the discriminatory words of the Bugün columnist Nuh Gönültaş, who said, in addition to many other remarks, ...»

The 78’ers Initiative organizes a meeting in Kadıköy for those who want a democratic and thus peaceful solution to the Kurdish ...»

The women who take part in the MEDİZ activity to end sexism in advertisements say they are fed up with the ...»

Journalist Arat Dink and imprisoned Burmese monk U Gambira are among the winners of Index on Censorship's 2008 Freedom of Expression ...»

A school principle beats up 12 students for not cleaning the school garden by hitting their hands with a big pair ...»

The accused gendarmerie Veysel Şahin on trial in Trabzon makes a deposition for Dink’s murder trial in İstanbul. He says they ...»

In the sixth hearing of the murder trial in Malatya yesterday, Cuma Özdemir, Abuzer Yıldırım and Salih Gürler blamed Emre Günaydın ...»

Ayşe Yılbaş and her mother appealed to the authorities many times for protection. Ironically, the accused husband managed to get protection ...»

None of the suspects confess to the Malatya murders of the three Protestans. The court completes the interrogation of the arrested ...»

Turkey’s Education and Science Workers Union elects three women to the new administration, possibly a woman president, an important step in ...»

Families of the high school children who were tortured in the police station turn to the Association of Human Rights. They ...»

The perpetrators come to a Kurtuluş (Salvation) Church in Ankara, ask for the pastor and leave after throwing threats. The association ...»

In a TV show during the Northern Iraq military operation, the famous singer Ersoy demanded “solution instead of death” and Bakırköy ...»

The conscientious objector Savda, still in prison, is declared exempt from military service to prevent the discussion of conscientious objection. Savda ...»