26 August 2016 Friday
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Russia on Jarablus OperationRussia has made a statement on Jarablus operation that “The risk that the situation in the conflict zone might become more ...... -
Campaign to Act in Solidarity With Aslı ErdoğanIn the campaign launched on social media to act in solidarity with arrested novelist Aslı Erdoğan, many well-known figures are expressing ...... -
Another Journalism Already Present at BianetConventional journalistic language is the language of men; the conventional newsroom is a man’s room. When you keep such things in ...... -
Broadcast Ban on Bomb Attack in CizreRadio and Television Supreme Council has announced that a broadcast ban has been imposed on the bomb attack in Cizre district ...... -
Gültekin Avcı ArrestedGültekin Avcı; former Bugün daily columnist and attorney of Hidayet Karaca has been arrested. ... -
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Bomb Attack in CizreAn attack was launched by the PKK this morning with a bomb-laden vehicle nearby the Riot Squad Forces Directorate in Şırnak’s ......
25 August 2016 Thursday
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Armed Attack on CHP ConvoyFire has been opened on convoy of the CHP Leader in Artvin. The vehicle’s private soldier driver has lost his life, ...... -
Aslı Erdoğan: I Haven’t been Given My Medication, Wasn’t Let Out To Fresh AirArrested Özgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultant Board member, novelist and columnist Aslı Erdoğan has noted that she had not been given ...... -
Curfew Declared in 6 Villages of BatmanCurfew was declared in six villages of Sason district of Batman as of August 24, 5 p.m. until further notice. ... -
YPG: We Won’t Draw Back From West of EuphratesYPG Spokesperson Rêdur Xelil talking to the Voice of America Radio has noted: “The real target of this operation is rather ...... -
Kalın: Aim of The Jarablus Operation is to Clean our Borders From DAEŞ, YPGPresidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has stated that the Jarablus Operation is carried out in order to clean Turkey’s borders from all ......
24 August 2016 Wednesday
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Free Syrian Army Joins Jarablus OperationThe Free Syrian Army members and some jihadist organizations have also joined the operation in Jarablus on the Turkish border of ...... -
Erdoğan: Process Initiated This MorningPresident Erdoğan as to the operation in Jarablus has noted; “All the attacks from Syria on our country, like in the ...... -
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Access to DİHA, JİNHA Blocked AgainDicle News Agency for the 44th time, Jin News Agency for the 9th have been blocked by the order of Information ...... -
Curfew Declared in Yüksekova For 3 DaysCurfew has been declared in Yüksekova district of Hakkari province for three days following the rocket attack on special operations police. ...... -
Turkey Launches Operation on ISIS in SyriaA campaign has been launched by Turkish Armed Forces Joint Special Mission Forces and US-led coalition air forces on ISIS in ......
23 August 2016 Tuesday
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Arrest of Palestinian Journalist Nazzal ExtendedConfederation of Progressive Labour Unions of Turkey - Press Labour has demonstrated against the three-months extension of Palestinian journalist Ömer Nazzal’s ...... -
Roboski Massacre Brought Before ECtHR With 281 ClaimantsAfter exhaustion of domestic remedies upon Constitutional Court dismissing the suit regarding Roboski massacre, the case has been brought before the ...... -
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DİHA Reporter Sabahattin Koyuncu DetainedDİHA reporter Sabahattin Koyuncu has been detained in a raid carried out by the special operation forces on his home in ...... -
Adıyaman University Suspends 4 Signatory AcademicsAdıyaman University has discharged four signatory academics based on the probe launched into them. ... -
Filistinli Gazeteci Nazzal'ın Tutukluluğu UzatıldıDİSK Basın İş, İsrail’de dün salıverilmesi gereken Filistinli gazeteci Ömer Nazzal’ın idari tutukluluğunun üç ay daha uzatılmasına tepki gösterdi. ... -
2 Soldiers Killed in Şırnak’s UludereThe improvised explosive device planted on the road by PKK members has been detonated during the passage of a military vehicle ...... -
US Delegation in Turkey for Extradition of GülenThe US delegation has come to Turkey to discuss the extradition of Fethullah Gülen to Turkey in the wake of the ...... -
Özgür Gündem Daily’s Editor-in-Chief Kaya, Chief Editor Kızılkaya ArrestedÖzgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief Zana Kaya and Chief Editor İnan Kızılkaya have been arrested by the court they were referred to ...... -
PM Yıldırım: No Clue Found as to Perpetrator“Present convictions on who launched the attack on behalf of which group are unfortunately not true”, PM Yıldırım remarked about the ...... -
Freedom Watch Begins for Aslı ErdoğanFreedom watch has begun for novelist, Özgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultant Board member and columnist Aslı Erdoğan in front of the ......
22 August 2016 Monday
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Journalist Tuğba Tekerek ReleasedTuğba Tekerek taken into custody while taking photographs to report breaking news and taken to the court, has been released by ...... -
Judge of Dink Trial ArrestedThe judge Eryılmaz who ruled that there was “no organization” in Dink murder has been arrested. The member judge Başer has ...... -
Security Meeting of Leaders Organized Without HDPThe PM Yıldırım, CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu and MHP Leader Bahçeli have come togetjer at the security meeting. Co-chairs of the HDP ...... -
Death Toll Rises to 54 in Antep AttackOf those wounded in the bomb attack launched on the henna night, three lost their lives this morning, which raised the ...... -
Health Minister Akdağ: Health Situation of 17 Injured Still CriticalMinister of Health Akdağ in his statement as to the attack in Antep, has noted that there were 17 injured in ...... -
Journalist Tuğba Tekerek DetainedJournalist Tuğba Tekerek has been detained while taking photographs to report breaking news. ... -
Conflict, Curfew in DersimOne soldier has lost his life, three others wounded in the conflict erupted between PKK members and security forces in Dersim’s ......
21 August 2016 Sunday
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Bomb Attack on Wedding in Antep50 people have been killed in the attack launched on a wedding in Antep, the governorate announced at 11 a.m. ...
19 August 2016 Friday
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Attorneys Detained While Protesting at Courthouse to See Their ClientsThe attorneys who are not allowed to see their clients based on the State of Emergency and Statutory Decrees have started ...... -
TGC 2016 Freedom of Press Awards Granted to their WinnersThe TGC Freedom of Press Awards were granted to IMC TV cameraperson Refik Tekin, Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz and Assoc. Prof. ...... -
Support from Writers for Detained Aslı ErdoğanWriters have voiced their support for the detained novelist and Özgür Gündem writer and Publishing Consultancy member Aslı Erdoğan with a ...... -
Paylan: What is the Legal Base of Shutting Down Özgür Gündem?HDP’s Paylan in his parliamentary motion has recalled that there is the condition of conviction in the Constitutional clause on which ...... -
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Statue of Tombili to be Erected in KadıköyA positive response has come from Kadıköy Municipality for the petition launched requesting Tombili's statue to be erected in the neighborhood ...... -
22 From Özgür Gündem Daily Taken Into Custody, ReleasedThe 22 people, among whom there were 20 journalists, detained in the police raid on Özgür Gündem daily testified to the ...... -
Erdoğan Addresses US: We Didn’t Ask for Documents from YouPresident Erdoğan, calling out to the US for the extradition of Gülen, has said, “We didn’t ask for documents when you ...... -
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AA: 19 TRT Employees ArrestedAnadolu Agency has reported that 19 TRT workers have been arrested as part of the investigation carried out by Ankara Chief ......
18 August 2016 Thursday
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Is Prison’s Duty to Play ‘Ölürüm Türkiyem’* for Hours?CHP’s Ağbaba has asked Bozdağ: “Have you looked into the allegations that ‘Ölürüm Türkiyem’ song is being played through speakers of ...... -
Clashes, Explosion in Bitlis: 5 Soldiers, 1 Ranger KilledA ranger has lost his life in the armed conflicts that occurred in Hizan district of Bitlis province and an improvised ...... -
Statement on Özgür Gündem from USThe US Department of State has made a statement about the closure of Özgür Gündem: “We are always concerned, and we’ve ...... -
DİHA Reporter Meltem Oktay ReleasedDİHA reporter Meltem Oktay has been released following an arrest of four months. ... -
Grouper Fishing to be Outlawed Starting September 1The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock has released two announcements outlawing the fishing and selling of any kind of grouper ...... -
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Bomb Attack on Elazığ Security DirectorateThere are casualties reported in the attack launched with a bomb-laden vehicle on the Elazığ Security Directorate. ... -
Bomb attack in VanIn a bomb attack carried out by PKK members detonating a bomb-laden vehicle in the city center of Van province, two ...... -
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Being Trans* in TurkeyThe Kırmızı Şemsiye’s (Red Umbrella’s) database processed a total of 267 cases of rights violations directed at trans people in the ......
17 August 2016 Wednesday
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Ustaoğlu’s Movie’s World Premiere in TorontoThe movie “Clair Obscur” tells the story of the transforming lives of two same but different young women whose paths cross. ...... -
Novelist Aslı Erdoğan DetainedÖzgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultancy Board member and novelist Aslı Erdoğan’s home was raided last night, Erdoğan detained. ... -
Özgür Gündem Published in Solidarity: “We Will not Give In”Özgür Gündem daily, which has been shut down by court order, has been released as a special four-page edition of Atılım’s ...... -
Police Raid on Journalists Zarakolu, Keskin, KoçaliFollowing the police raid on Özgür Gündem daily, police have raided the house of the daily’s reporters Koçali and Keskin as ...... -
‘Caretta Carettas Don’t Attack, They Defend Themselves’WWF-Turkey Conservation Supervisor Ayşe Oruç has evaluated caretta carettas biting five people in one day near Bodrum. “Feeding the turtles, making ...... -
Pervin Buldan: Özgür Gündem’s Doors Have Been SealedWhen going to see the offices of Özgür Gündem daily, which had been raided by the police, HDP İstanbul MP Pervin ......
16 August 2016 Tuesday
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Police Raid Özgür Gündem DailyPolice have raided the Özgür Gündem daily, which has been closed on charge of “[illegal] organization propaganda”. ... -
Özgür Gündem Newspaper Shut Downİstanbul 8th Court of Peace has closed the newspaper under charges of “[terrorist] organization propaganda.” ... -
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Former Zaman Daily Columnist Ali Ünal ArrestedFormer Zaman daily former head columnist Ünal has been arrested as part of the investigation launched into the Gülen Community. ... -
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Colonel Öz, 3 Gendarmerie Officers Arrested in Dink InvestigationThen-Trabzon Gendarmerie Provincial Commander Colonel Öz, gendarmerie intelligence officer noncommissioned officer Şahin, noncommissioned officer serving at the İstanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Commandership ...... -
Police Operation in Anadolu CourthouseThe police conducted an operation in Anadolu Courthouse in Kartal province of İstanbul today in the morning hours. Police operations were ...... -
7 Academics From Karadeniz Technical University, Former AKP Parliament Member ArrestedIncluding the recent arrests at Karadeniz Technical University, the number of academics arrested within the investigations into the Gülen Community following ...... -
Death Toll Rises to 7 in Diyarbakır ExplosionThe death toll has risen to seven in the attack launched by PKK members on a traffic control center on the ...... -
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Hürriyet Daily Reporter Arda Akın ArrestedHürriyet daily reporter Arda Akın has been arrested on the charge of “Aiding the organization [Fethullahist Terror Organization] willingly and deliberately” ...... -
Çavuşoğlu: There Should be a Secular Framework in SyriaTurkey has defended Syria’s territorial integrity and the need for a secular framework from the beginning, says Minister of Foreign Affairs ...... -
Campaign to Erect Tombili’s StatueA petition has been launched to erect a statue of Tombili in the neighborhood where he lived in Kadıköy. ... -
Kurtulmuş Announces 2 Additional Statutory Decrees on AgendaVice Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Kurtulmuş has announced Statutory Decrees which involve the dismissal of employees from civil service, the ...... -
Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair Şakar ReleasedDemocratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair and judge of Diyarbakır Court Muzaffer Şakar has been released. ...
15 August 2016 Monday
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Operations in 3 Courthouses in İstanbulPolice operations were carried out in Bakırköy, Gaziosmanpaşa and İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouses in this morning in İstanbul. Court rooms have been ...... -
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Explosion in DiyarbakırAn attack has been launched with a bomb-laden vehicle on Area Traffic Control Station Directorship, which is located on the Diyarbakır-Mardin ...... -
Tanrıkulu Asks Prime Minister about HaydarpaşaUpon receiving an inquiry from the Privatization Administration Ministry about Haydarpaşa Terminal and Kadıköy’s harbor, the question arose: “Is Haydarpaşa and ...... -
Can Dündar Quits as Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet dailyCan Dündar has resigned from his one-and-a-half-year position as Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet daily. Noting that he would continue writing newspaper columns, ...... -
39 Academics Arrested in Denizli39 of the 43 Pamukkale University academics who were detained as part of the July 15 coup attempt investigation were arrested ......
12 August 2016 Friday
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Up to 5 Years in Prison Demanded for HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and Ankara MP ÖnderA bill of indictment has been drawn up demanding up to five years in prison for HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and the ...... -
2 Suspended Academics from Gazi, Cumhuriyet Universities Describe Their ExperiencesAssoc. Professor Dr. Kemal Inal from Gazi University, who was threatened while signing the Academics for Peace declaration and then removed ...... -
Higher Education Council: 5,342 Staff Members Laid OffThe Council of Higher Education has announced that legal action has been initiated against 6,792 members, 5,342 of them laid off. ...... -
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Raci Bilici: Government and PKK Must Return to NegotiationsİHD Diyarbakır branch Chairperson Raci Bilici, who has commented on PKK, killing 17 persons including soldiers, police and civilians in one ...... -
Sıla: 'I am Watching in Shock at What a Point My Words Have Come to'Singer Sıla Gençoğlu has said, “I am watching in a state of shock and a bit of sorrow at what a ......
11 August 2016 Thursday
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Singer Sıla’s Concerts Cancelled Upon Criticizing Democracy RallyThe concerts of singer Sıla Gençoğlu who has declared that she would stand by her words criticizing the Democracy and Martyrs ...... -
Family Killed in On Gözlü Bridge Attack was in Diyarbakır for VacationFive of the family of seven who had come to visit On Gözlü bridge have lost their lives in the bomb ...... -
President Erdoğan to USA: Turkey or FETÖPresident Erdoğan has spoken about the extradition request for Gülen: “Sooner or later the United States will make a choice. Turkey ...... -
Night Raid on HDP Provincial, District BuildingsLast night at 3 a.m. police raids were launched at the HDP İstanbul Provincial Organization building and 10 district buildings. 15 ...... -
4 Journalists Detained in DiyarbakırEvrensel daily correspondents Hasan Akbaş, Fırat Topal, Serpil Berk and freelance journalist Sertaç Kayar have been taken into custody after reporting ...... -
Play ‘At The Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht’ Banned Within State of Emergency Now FreeThe play, “At the Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht,” performed by Genco Erkal and Tülay Günal, which had ...... -
How State of Emergency Affects PrisonsThe Progressive Legists Association, declaring that the rights of prisoners have been further restricted by Statutory Decrees, has expressed that prisoners’ ...... -
PKK Attacks in Mardin, DiyarbakırAccording to the governorates’ statements, one police officer and seven civilians have lost their lives in attacks organized in Mardin’s Kızıltepe ......
10 August 2016 Wednesday
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Trans Woman Who Lost Her Identity Card Cannot Get TreatmentTrans woman T.Ü. who had lost her identity card has found out that she has cancer but she cannot get treatment. ...... -
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Employees of Closed Newspapers Cannot Receive Unemployment PayEmployees of the closed Manşet Kocaeli daily, which has been closed by statutory decree, cannot receive their unemployment pay. ... -
18 Administrative, Academic Members From Celal Bayar University Arrested18 administrative and academic members from Celal Bayar University including the former rector of the university have been arrested within the ...... -
Attack in Şırnak: 9 Soldiers KilledFour soldiers have been killed, 10 others injured in the attack launched by the PKK members in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district. Another ...... -
‘Energy’ Emphasis in Joint Statement of Erdoğan, PutinPresident Erdoğan and Russian Leader Putin have held a joint press statement. In the statement, natural gas agreements, Turkish Stream and ......
09 August 2016 Tuesday
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President Erdoğan, Putin Meet After 9 MonthsPresident Erdoğan and Russian Leader Putin, in their first meeting in 9 months since Turkey shot down a Russian jet, have ...... -
A Vision of 100 Years Later: The 21st Century87 pieces of art which were reproduced for the World Exhibition in Paris, in 1900 were exhibited all over the country ...... -
Erdoğan and Putin Will MeetPresident Erdoğan and Russia’s President Putin will meet today after 9 months without a meeting. ... -
Operations, Curfew in 13 villages of DiyarbakırThe governorate has declared that it will be launching operations in 13 villages in Diyarbakır’s four districts. It was announced that ......
08 August 2016 Monday
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Warning from 4 Expert NGOs: “Sexual Assault is a Crime, Not an Illness”Declaration also signed by the Turkish Medical Association, Psychiatric Association of Turkey, Forensic Experts Association and Association for Sexual Education, Treatment ...... -
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Another ‘Propaganda’ Charge Against Özgür Gündem’s 6 Articles, 1 ReportColumnist Çelebi, Editor-in-Chief Aykol and Managing Editor Kızılkaya have been sued for six articles and a report published in Özgür Gündem ...... -
Sputniknews Learns from AA Access Block LiftedSputniknews has announced the removal of access block as “No information has been given as to lift of access block as ...... -
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Hayko Bağdat´s Passport Seizure in ParliamentHDP MP Paylan asked the Minister of Interior, Efkan Ala, about Hayko Bağdat´s baseless passport seizure. ... -
Ergun Yorulmaz Arrested Within Dink ProbeErgün Yorulmaz, a former staff member at the Trabzon Gendarmerie Intelligence Branch Office, has been arrested as part of the Hrant ......
