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Workers Speak Up: Inspectors to the Mine First

Workers Speak Up: Inspectors to the Mine First

The remaining workers do not want to go into Soma Mining Co’s mines following the workplace murder in the Soma mine. Workers are determined not to go under ground before an inspection of the mine.

21 May 2014 Nilay Vardar

“I Went Straight into the Mine, What Training!”

“I Went Straight into the Mine, What Training!”

Mineworker Sezai Yıldırım was working in one of Soma Mining Inc.’s other mines; “Everybody should hear these slavery conditions,” he says, and is enraged at those who say workplace disasters are “God’s will”.

20 May 2014 Nilay Vardar

Male Violence Leaves 6 y.o. Child Dead

Male Violence Leaves 6 y.o. Child Dead

While the dead body of Gizem (6) was discovered 2 days after her disappearance. top suspect S.A’s proposal was reportedly rejected by Gizem’s sister.

Police Detains Children on Children’s National Day

Police Detains Children on Children’s National Day

Police detained 4 children for chanting “Berkin Elvan is immortal” during Istanbul’s official April 23 celebrations attended by Governor Mutlu.

bianet Evaluates Its Children-Focused Journalism

bianet Evaluates Its Children-Focused Journalism

bianet held its annual roundtable meeting on Children Rights Focused Journalism, discussing past year’s children news reporting’s procedure, language and context as well as next year's projects.

22 April 2014 Yüce Yöney

Are 10 Disabled People Enough For Istanbul’s Municipal Council?

Are 10 Disabled People Enough For Istanbul’s Municipal Council?

There are only 10 disabled members in municipality councils across all districts of Istanbul. Non-governmental organizations say that problems cannot be solved without any representation.

17 April 2014 Nilay Vardar

Istanbul Bar Association Sues Against Animal Testing

Istanbul Bar Association Sues Against Animal Testing

Istanbul Bar Association Animal Rights Commission filed a lawsuit against the regulation which permits test on animals even if they lack of medical training.

Police Attacks Election Count Crowd in Ankara

Police Attacks Election Count Crowd in Ankara

Police intervened protestors who gathered outside the Supreme Election Committee (YSK) headquarters in Ankara after Republican Peoples’ Party’s objection to the local election results.

Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister

Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister

Last night, police hit M.E (10) in the head with a tear gas canister in Silvan district of Diyarbakır (a southeastern city of Turkey). While M.E. was admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital in critical condition, doctors said his health improved throughout the day.

Last Jailed Gezi Defendants Released in Istanbul

Last Jailed Gezi Defendants Released in Istanbul

Istanbul 2nd High Criminal Court released 4 jailed defendants affiliated with Socialist Democracy Party who were detained in Taksim Square area on June 11, leaving no jailed defendants in Istanbul Gezi Resistance case.

Eyewitnesses Submit Testimonies in Berkin Elvan Case

Eyewitnesses Submit Testimonies in Berkin Elvan Case

“When Berkin was shot, he cried ‘Anne’ (mother),” said one of the witnesses who released their testiminies within the investigation on Berkin Elvan’s death.

18 March 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Berkin Elvin Ad Published on NYT

Berkin Elvin Ad Published on NYT

A full page ad entitled “No Justice For Berkin” to honor Berkin Elvin by “Gezi Democracy Movement” has been published in the New York Times.

Tear Gas Kills Policeman in Dersim

Tear Gas Kills Policeman in Dersim

Ahmet Küçüktağ (30), a police officer who had a stroke due to tear gas exposure, died last night in the southeastern province of Dersim.

Berkin Elvan, Police Violence Victim, Dies After 269 Days of Comatose

Berkin Elvan, Police Violence Victim, Dies After 269 Days of Comatose

Berkin Elvan, a 15 year-old child who has been in comatose for 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister, died as of this early morning.

Bilingual Pamphlet to Prevent Children Rights Abuses

Bilingual Pamphlet to Prevent Children Rights Abuses

Turned down by officials for collaboration, Diyarbakır Bar Association Children Rights Center distributed a bilingual pamphlet - in Turkish and Kurdish - that aimed to inform children a list of contacts in case they were subjected to violence.

11 February 2014 Yüce Yöney

Ara Güler’s Health Situation Stabilizes

Ara Güler’s Health Situation Stabilizes

Prominent photographer Ara Güler shared a photo straight from his hospital, responding to the rumors that he died.

22 January 2014

13 y.o. “Gezi” Suspect Acquitted

13 y.o. “Gezi” Suspect Acquitted

Çanakkale 1st Assize Court acquitted a 13 year old defendant who was facing 6 year of prison sentence for writing wall slogans, saying that the child was not eligible for criminalization. “Yes, I wrote,” the child said responding the judge’s inquiry.

21 January 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Police Report Recommends 13 y.o. to Be Charged With Article 301!

Police Report Recommends 13 y.o. to Be Charged With Article 301!

A 13 year old child has been ordered to stand trial on January 21 for writing wall slogans - a case for which a police report recommended the defendant child to be charged with Article 301 on “insulting Turkish Values”.

10 January 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Osman Hayal and Zeynel A. Yavuz Captured

Osman Hayal and Zeynel A. Yavuz Captured

Law enforcement authorities captured Zeynel Abidin Yavuz and Osman Hayal, suspects in Hrant Dink case whose capture warrants have been issued within the re-trial process.

Fadime Ayvalıtaş, Mother of Deceased Gezi Protestor, Dies

Fadime Ayvalıtaş, Mother of Deceased Gezi Protestor, Dies

“Fadime Ayvalıtaş was under extreme stress after the loss of her son,” advocate Ayla Öztabak told bianet.

13 December 2013 Ekin Karaca

Forest Activists Call For Action in Istanbul

Forest Activists Call For Action in Istanbul

Kuzey Ormanları Savunması (North Forests Defense Group), called for action to advocate for the last remaining forests of Istanbul with a demonstration on December 1.

27 November 2013

Bingöl Prison’s Fugitive Inmates Captured

Bingöl Prison’s Fugitive Inmates Captured

Gendarmerie forces captured 18 PKK member inmates who tunneled their way out from Bingöl M Type Prison. They were unarmed when captured, Interior Minister Güler said.

26 September 2013

“Side Effects of Tear Gas Still Linger”

“Side Effects of Tear Gas Still Linger”

According to a statement released by Turkish Doctors Union, 39 percent of those who were affected by tear gas during Gezi Resistance protests “still suffer from the side effects of tear gas”.

24 September 2013

Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial

Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial

Osman Erden, an assistant professor who was detained and subjected to police violence in downtown Istanbul during Gezi Resistance, was ordered to stand trial for “resisting police officers and attending an illegal demonstration”. Erden is facing prison sentence up to 3 years.

20 September 2013 Ayça Söylemez

Thermic Power Plant Project Cancelled

Thermic Power Plant Project Cancelled

The planned project of a thermic power plant construction in Gerze, in the northern province of Sinop has been suspended as the project zone partially was planned in the forest. “The file of Anadolu Group has been returned,” said Şengül Şahin from Yeşil Gerze Çevre Platform.

29 August 2013 Yüce Yöney

Council of State Rejects Objection on Sulukule Project

Council of State Rejects Objection on Sulukule Project

Turkey’s Council of State rejected a motion submitted by Fatih District Municipality on the cancellation of a suspension order for Sulukule urban renewal project. The municipality’s new project also became subjected to prosecution.

20 August 2013 Nilay Vardar

1462 Forest Blazes Reported in July

1462 Forest Blazes Reported in July

TEMA Foundation released a statement, saying that at least 1462 forests blazes were reported in July 2013. “3194 hectares of land has been affected,” the report cited.

Groundbreaking For Çamlıca Mosque Despite Ongoing Trial

Groundbreaking For Çamlıca Mosque Despite Ongoing Trial

Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for Çamlıca Mosque in Istanbul that has been subjected to prosecution by Architects Chamber and City Planners Chamber because of its violation of essential urbanism principles and city planning.

7 August 2013 Nilay Vardar

Öcalan Warns on Resolution Process

Öcalan Warns on Resolution Process

“He told us that he would take his hands off from peace process if it goes like this,” Abdullah Öcalan’s uncle Süleyman Arslan said after meeting PKK leader on Imrali Island.

Police Seizes Grave Stones, Detains Homeless in Gezi Park

Police Seizes Grave Stones, Detains Homeless in Gezi Park

Police once more seized the grave stones in the park symbolically dedicated to those who died during Gezi Resistance. This morning’s police intervention also resulted in the detention of 16 homeless people and a human rights activist from Germany.

30 July 2013 Nilay Vardar

Hydroelectric Plant Regulator Bombed in Dersim

Hydroelectric Plant Regulator Bombed in Dersim

The control building of a hydroelectric power plant regulator has been bombed in the countryside of Dersim province.

Spy Bird!

Spy Bird!

Ağın district authorities ordered x-ray scans for a kestrel, a wild bird that was accused by villagers of being an Israeli spy due to a ring on its limb saying “'-24311 Tel Avivunia Israel”. The bird was released back into the wilderness, once x-ray results showed no sign of spy-related installments.