Content tagged with hate speech

Hate speech against MP Doğan goes unpunished
Hate speech against MP Doğan goes unpunished
MP Selina Doğan filed a lawsuit against a person who used hate speech against her. In libel suit, the judge made a scandalous ruling.
28 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
Protestant Churches: target and “threat” at the same time
Protestant Churches: target and “threat” at the same time
Protestant Churches Association released “Violations of Right Report 2016”. Attacks and hate speech against Christians and churches continue. Churches are at serious risk.
1 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Paylan tables a parliamentary question about “Giaour” statement
Paylan tables a parliamentary question about “Giaour” statement
HDP MP Garo Paylan tabled a parliamentary question about Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş's “Giaour” statement.
6 December 2016
Hate crimes against minority groups on parliamentary agenda
Hate crimes against minority groups on parliamentary agenda
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan brought the impunity of the hate crimes against the minority groups to the parliamentary agenda.
23 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
Paylan files a criminal complaint against “Armenian bastards” slogan
Paylan files a criminal complaint against “Armenian bastards” slogan
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan filed a criminal complaint against “Armenian bastards” slogan, which audience shouted during President Erdoğan's speech in Trabzon.
18 October 2016
ECRI: politicians' hate speech goes unpunished
ECRI: politicians' hate speech goes unpunished
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released the fifth monitoring report on Turkey. In the report, official authorities' hate speech is criticized and it is pointed out that the hate speech is not effectively punished.
4 October 2016 Haber Merkezi
Hate campaign lead against İstanbul Pride March
Hate campaign lead against İstanbul Pride March
An organisation named 'Müslüman Anadolu Gençliği’ (Muslim Anatolian Youth) has created a violent hate campaign on social media in response to Istanbul Pride Week, held on the last week of June. Facebook staff have stated that this page, clearly asking people to commit violence, does “not violate community standards.”
14 June 2016 Mehmet Akın
Call for "death to Armenian dogs" forced resignation
Call for "death to Armenian dogs" forced resignation
The deputy chairman of a Swedish-Turkish association Barbaros Leylani has resigned after derogatory comments he made about Armenians last week at a Stockholm rally.
14 April 2016 Վարդան Էստուկյան
Targeted pianist Hamasyan: Hate is not the reason we came to Kars
Targeted pianist Hamasyan: Hate is not the reason we came to Kars
Pianist Tigran Hamasyan, who visited Turkey within the scope of his “Luys i Luso” tour, and later became the target of a discourse of hate from the Kars Ülkü Ocakları President, has published a statement.
14 July 2015 Haber Merkezi
Selina Doğan: Fight against hate speech is my priority
Selina Doğan: Fight against hate speech is my priority
CHP Istanbul Member of Parliament Selina Doğan, assessed her party’s performance at the general election for AGOS, and listed her priority tasks in Parliament.
11 June 2015 Baruyr Kuyumciyan