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Saturday, September 10, 2016

More than 11K teachers fired, 28 HDP municipalities to be seized, Altan Brothers arrested without no substantive judiciary process…

More than 11,000 teachers suspended over PKK links

More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Education Ministry announced on Sept. 8

Turkey Uses Post-Coup Emergency Decree to Purge Mayors and Teachers

NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU

The government said it would take over the administrations of 28 municipalities using powers granted by a state of emergency after the failed military coup on July 15.

Education Ministry: 11,285 Personnel Suspended

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The Ministry of National Education on its Twitter account has said, “11,285 personnel linked to separatist terror organization [PKK] have been suspended”.

Police Attack, Detain Education Union Members Protesting Dismissals

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As many as 70 Education Union members have been detained following a police attack in Diyarbakır. Four members are in detention in Muş and the union has demanded their immediate release.

Journalist Ahmet Altan, academic Mehmet Altan detained

Prominent journalist Ahmet Altan and his brother, academic and columnist Mehmet Altan, were detained on Sept. 10 for questioning.

Turkish interior minister vows that 28 municipalities will be ‘seized from PKK’s will’

The administration of 28 local municipalities accused of supporting terror “will be taken over from the will of the PKK within 15 days,” Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu stated on Sept. 9.

The rise and fall of a Turkish intelligence officer

Basri Aktepe, a former top officer of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was arrested on Sept. 7 in Ankara over having alleged links to Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based Islamist preacher who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the bloody coup attempt of July 15

Turkey-PKK conflict: Thousands of teachers suspended

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More than 11,000 teachers in Turkey are suspended for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a week before school starts.

New footage of Dink murder assailant released

New footage showing the assailant in the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink as he was chatting with police officers in a tea room of the police station where he was brought after being caught surfaced on Sept. 8, a day after nine-year-old other video images related to the crime were revealed

CHP receives more than 3,000 complaints over Gülen probes, state of emergency

More than 3,000 people have applied to main opposition CHP, complaining about rights violations they faced during the probes into FETÖ and their detention conditions during the state of emergency

CHP slams Turkish gov’t over ‘witch hunt’ against media, academics, teachers

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed the government for taking indiscriminate post-coup attempt measures and carrying out a “witch hunt” against independent media, academics and teachers in Turkey

Education Ministry to destroy textbooks written by Gülenists

Turkey’s Education Ministry will destroy textbooks written by the followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, believed to have been behind the July 15 failed coup attempt

Turkey conducting ‘largest ever’ operations against PKK

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At least 186 PKK fighters killed, military says, as thousands of teachers with alleged links to the group are suspended.

Turkey’s MHP expels dissident Meral Akşener from party

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) expelled dissident member and former leadership candidate Meral Akşener from the party on Sept. 8, less than a month after she was referred to disciplinary board along with three members of an emergency convention delegation

Turkey to grant family visit to jailed PKK leader

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is to be allowed a family visit during the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha

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“International organisations condemn crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey…

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International organisations condemn crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey

A delegation of international civil society organisations visited Istanbul to demonstrate solidarity with writers, journalists and media outlets in Turkey.

The failed coup of 15 July, in which at least 265 people were killed, has traumatised the Turkish population and the government must bring those responsible for the violence to account. However, this must be done on the basis of specific, individual evidence of involvement in a crime and with full respect for international standards on the right to freedom of expression, the right to liberty and security and the right to a fair trial, to which Turkey has committed as a member of the Council of Europe.

The delegation condemns the Turkish authorities’ abuse of the state of emergency to suppress diversity and dissent, and calls upon the government to immediately and unconditionally release all journalists detained in Turkey without evidence and to cease its harassment of the few remaining independent and opposition media outlets.

The state of emergency must not be abused to suppress freedom of expression.

The mission led by ARTICLE 19, included representatives from Danish PEN, the European Federation of Journalists, German PEN, Index on Censorship, My Media, the Norwegian Press Association, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norwegian PEN, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders and Wales PEN Cymru. The representatives were in Turkey from 31 August to 2 September.

This viral image disseminated to point out major differences in a year in Turkey’s Foreign Policies…

No Syria plan without Turkish consent possible after Jarablus operation: Erdoğan

Turkey’s “successful and rapid” cross-border operation into Syria “to clear the border of jihadists has changed the world’s view of the region,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, claiming that no longer can any plan in Syria be implemented without Turkish consent

Çavuşoğlu Statement on Mosul, Raqqa Operations

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Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has stressed the importance of the Raqqa and Mosul operations. “If there is no ground operation it is not possible to destroy or even stop DAEŞ (ISIS) with airstrikes alone.”

Turkey allows German MPs to visit İncirlik after row

Ankara has given permission for German lawmakers to pay a visit to Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base, after previously refusing access amid a row over a bill in the German Bundestag labeling the World War I-era killing of Anatolian Armenians as “genocide.”

EU to roll out a million debit cards for refugees in Turkey

EurActiv.com by Samuel Morgan

The EU has announced plans to distribute debit cards to refugees in Turkey to help them meet basic needs as part of a multi-billion euro aid deal with Ankara to curb migrant flows to Europe.

Council of Europe: Turkey must separate coup plotters from Gülen employees

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Turkey must produce clear evidence in pursuing participants in a failed coup and avoid targeting teachers and journalists simply because they worked for firms run by the Muslim cleric Ankara portrays as its mastermind, the head of the European rights watchdog said Thursday (8 September).

Ankara, EU to hold first high-level meeting since Turkey’s coup attempt

A high-level political dialogue mechanism between Turkey and the European Union will convene in Ankara on Sept. 9 to overview the state of accession talks and the migrant deal, in the first such ministerial meeting since Turkey’s failed coup attempt on July 15

Turkey ‘deported 3,719 foreign fighters since 2011’

The number of foreign fighters deported by Turkey since 2011 has increased to 3,719, senior Turkish officials have said, noting that 51,976 terror suspects have been banned from entering the country in the last five years

Angela Merkel’s Loyalty Test for German Turks

NYT > Turkey by By ANNA SAUERBREY

Should the chancellor be questioning their patriotism? Millions of Germans think so.

Turkey never declared US behind coup attempt: Deputy PM Kurtulmuş

Turkey never declared that the United States was behind the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been orchestrated by U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said

Turkish soldiers return fire on YPG militants: Military officers

Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants opened fire on a Turkish border post on Sept. 7 and Turkish soldiers returned fire, Turkish military officials in the region said on Sept. 8

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Hocaların Bercan’ın Yanında! #BercanAktaşYalnızDeğildir

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Biz aşağıda imzası bulunan İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi hocaları, Üniversitemiz Medya ve İletişim Sistemleri Bölümü öğrencisi Bercan Aktaş’ı tanımış olmaktan, fikri ve insani gelişmesine bir nebze de olsa katkıda bulunmuş olmaktan memnuniyet duyuyoruz.

Bercan’ın attığı bir tweet’ten dolayı tutuklanmasını ve 1,5 yıldan 7,5 yıla kadar hapisle cezalandırılması istemini insan haklarının ciddi bir ihlali olarak değerlendiriyor ve içinde bulunduğumuz olağanüstü siyasal halin çarpık bir yansıması olarak görüyoruz. Bercan’ın sözü bir suç unsuru içermediği gibi, sözün hedefi can kaybının gayriinsani askeri terimlerle ifade edilmesini eleştirmektir. Bu eleştiri incitici, sarsıcı ve rahatsız edici olsa dahi düşünce ve ifade özgürlüğü çerçevesinde değerlendirilmelidir. Düşünce özgürlüğünün tek sınırı şiddet çağrısıdır ve şiddet çağrısı yapmak bir yana, Bercan şiddete karşı barışı savunmak için genç yaşında siyasi sorumluluk üstlenmiştir.

Bercan’ın maruz bırakıldığı ihlaller zinciri keyfi olarak gözaltına alınmasını, ters kelepçe takılmasını ve nihayetinde tutuklanmasını içermektedir. Tutuklamanın bu koşullar altında hiçbir somut gerekçesi yoktur ve bir cezalandırma yöntemi olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bercan’ın tutuklu yargılanması Anayasamız ve Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi tarafından korunan eğitim hakkının da ihlal edilmesi anlamına gelmektedir. Bu tür ihlaller sadece genç bir insanın hayatını karartmakla kalmayıp siyaset, güvenlik ve hukuk kurumlarına yönelik zaten sınırlı olan güveni daha fazla aşındırmaktadır. Bizler Bercan’ın hocaları olarak ona karşı yapılan bu ihlallerin, bu hukuk garabetinin bir an önce sona erdirilmesini talep ediyoruz.

Bercan’ın Hocaları

Yaman Akdeniz

Nazan Aksoy

Can Altay

Zeynep Altok

Sernaz Arslan

Kaan Atalay

Senem Aydın Düzgit

Evren Aysev Deneç

Murat Belge

İhsan Bilgin

Bülent Bilmez

Hale Bolak Boratav

Cemil Boyraz

Kürşat Bumin

Can Cemgil

Zeynep Çatay Çalışkan

Kenan Çayır

Kudret Çobanlı

Aylin Dağsalgüler

Sarper Durmuş

Esra Elmas

Esra Ercan

Itır Erhart

Emre Gönen

Güventürk Görgülü

Avşar Gürpınar

Nazan Haydari

Evren Hoşgör

Özkan Karababa

Kutay Karabağ

Ulaş Karan

Ayhan Kaya

Elif Kendir B.

Ferda Keskin

Ohannes Kılıçdağı

Alper Kırklar

Tansel Korkmaz

Halil Nalçaoğlu

Celil Oker

Ertan Önsel

Murat Özbank

Jale Parla

Erkan Saka

Feyda Sayan

Nevzat Sayın

Bülent Somay

Gözde Şarlak

Gökhan Tan

Ahmet Tonak

Süreyya Topaloğlu

Başak Tuğ

Aslı Tunç

Ömer Turan

Zeynep Turan

Tolga Tüzün

Pınar Uyan

Şebnem Yalınay Çinici

Meltem Yılmaz Şener

Arus Yumul

Yelda Yücel

Ayten Zara

Can Zeren

Ozan Zeybek

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From Turkey with love: religious symbols at yoga centers are BANNED, now our faith will be protected…

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Turkish officials ban religious symbols at yoga centers

Having Buddha sculptures and mantra symbols as well as the playing of religious music and burning of incense can now be considered violations which lead to the closure of yoga centers in Turkey

At least 1,138 workers killed in eight months in Turkey: Report

At least 1,138 workers have died in the first eight months of 2015, according to a monthly report recently released by a non-governmental organization dealing with worker health and safety issues, with at least 158 worker deaths in August alone.

In Photos: Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey

In honor of the fish season kicking off and fresh fish starting to regain their places on lunch and dinner tables, the doyens of cuisine, Vedat Milor and Mehmet Yaşin, have picked out their favorite fish restaurants in Turkey.

A Call for Civil Society Organizations, Refugees and Human Rights Activists

Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğe DurDe!

call-solidarity-refugees-durde The number of Syrians who took refuge in Turkey has exceeded 2 million. Syrian refugees are not only fleeing from a terrible war, but they are also fleeing from the air attacks of the Assad dictatorship, massacres of the ISIS, executions, rapes and hunger. The refugees seeking refuge in Turkey are not given refugee status defined by the international conventions. They are forced to remain in the country without having some basic human rights; as well as they are increasingly exposed to the nasty racist attacks.