Agos' Agenda

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Trans Pride Week begins
Trans Pride Week begins
The beginning of the 6th Trans Pride Week, which will conclude with a rally in Taksim on June 21 was announced yesterday at a press conference. Speaking at the press conference, Istanbul LGBTI activists said, “We need a law against hate and violence”. The 23rd Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week will begin next Monday.
15 June 2015
Lobna Allamii: I will file lawsuits against all former AKP MPs who have now lost their parliamentary immunity
Lobna Allamii: I will file lawsuits against all former AKP MPs who have now lost their parliamentary immunity
We received an e-mail the other day: “Hi, it’s Lobna. A lot of people have called me for interviews, but I want to talk to AGOS as well.” So, computers were switched on in Berlin and Istanbul; and we talked about the two years that have passed since the police shot Lobna with a gas cannister during the Gezi resistance, the election results and her roots.
12 June 2015 Gözde Kazaz
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
Demirtaş: “We will not be part of a coalition that includes AKP”
Demirtaş: “We will not be part of a coalition that includes AKP”
HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has stated that they were well aware of their responsibility and that they would not allow for chaos, tension, insecurity and instability in Turkey.
9 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Brazil recognizes Armenian Genocide, Turkey Foreign Ministry summons Brazilian Ambassador
Brazil recognizes Armenian Genocide, Turkey Foreign Ministry summons Brazilian Ambassador
The Foreign Ministry of Turkey published a letter of condemnation after the Federal Senate of Brazil passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Turkey has also recalled its Ambassador to Brazil for talks.
9 June 2015
Garo Paylan: It’s not having 3 Armenian MPs in Parliament that matters, but what they will say and do
Garo Paylan: It’s not having 3 Armenian MPs in Parliament that matters, but what they will say and do
HDP Istanbul Member of Parliament spoke to AGOS after the election results were announced.
8 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
A more colourful parliament
A more colourful parliament
The June 7 general election has brought Armenian, Assyrian, Mhallami and Ezidi members into parliament. Meet the minority representatives in this colourful parliament.
8 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Doing the maths of the new parliament
Doing the maths of the new parliament
46 million voters went to the polls for the June 7 Elections, producing a series of striking outcomes. As the 13-year AKP rule came to an end, the HDP passed the election threshold; and possible coalition scenarios are now being discussed.
8 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
“HDP is now truly a party of the whole of Turkey”
“HDP is now truly a party of the whole of Turkey”
HDP Co-Chairpersons Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ held a press-conference following the HDP’s election victory. The leaders thanked those who supported the collective effort, and declared, “no coalition with the AKP”.
7 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Turkey goes to polls for historical election
Turkey goes to polls for historical election
Turkey votes for the 25th term members of parliament in one of the most important elections in the history of the Republic.
7 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: We Will Win, Peace Will Win
Demirtaş: We Will Win, Peace Will Win
2 people are reported dead following a double explosion at the HDP’s Diyarbakır rally. HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş repeated his call for calm and peace as in previous attacks targeting the party: “We will win, peace will win. I congratulate your resolve.”
5 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Syrian refugees wait for support
Syrian refugees wait for support
Armenian civilian society organizations have rolled up their sleeves to find a solution for the shelter problem of the 15 thousand Syrian refugees in the country. The #RootsForRefugees campaign that will begin in the 2nd week of June will provide rent support for refugees trying to rebuild their lives in cities. Campaign organizers have called on Diaspora Armenians to contribute to the campaign.
2 June 2015 Gözde Kazaz
How is it none of our business?
How is it none of our business?
Prime Minister Davutoğlu’s words, “It is nobody’s business what the trucks were carrying” constitute a scandalous disclosure of the current character of the State. Yet it is our business. What the trucks were carrying is the business of each and every citizen living in this country. The present and future outcome of this move by the State concerns first and foremost us, the citizens of this country.
2 June 2015 Yetvart Danzikyan
General Election results by province
General Election results by province
General Election results by province according to Anadolu Agency data.
2 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Cumhuriyet defies Erdoğan in statement: We are all responsible
Cumhuriyet defies Erdoğan in statement: We are all responsible
Cumhuriyet newspaper staff and writers have published a declaration in reaction to President Tayyip Erdoğan’s words, “This newspaper too is now part of the spying scheme. The person who wrote this report will pay dearly for it, he won’t get away with it so easily,” targeting their Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar after their newspaper published a report on a delivery of Syria-bound arms in MİT [National Intelligence Service] trucks.
2 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
An AK Party fetish disguised as the Conquest of Istanbul
An AK Party fetish disguised as the Conquest of Istanbul
I should have guessed we had to walk a kilometer once I heard an attendant repeat every five seconds, “The rally venue is 100 metres ahead, on the left”. You would think we were re-conquering the city, as we walked on and on but felt like we were in the same place. In the meantime, I observed the middle-aged men, whose commercial acumen I greatly admired, selling scarves, caps, sandwiches, bottled water, flags and plaques.
31 May 2015 Vartan Estukyan
Akbank approves SOCAR loan for ‘prime’ project
Akbank approves SOCAR loan for ‘prime’ project
The 212 million dollar Akbank loan for SOCAR, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijani Republic, for the container port project in Aliağa, İzmir, was approved on May 25. The project land was transferred to SOCAR with a ‘preferential’ clause added to the omnibus bill.
28 May 2015 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Yetvart Danzikyan: Davutoğlu’s Diaspora journey
Yetvart Danzikyan: Davutoğlu’s Diaspora journey
100 years later, we would have loved to think that certain things have changed in these lands; however, we can’t. It is not easy to tolerate seeing what people will do for power, and how the smile on a face can, in a flash, change into an evil grin; but we will.
28 May 2015 Yetvart Danzikyan
Davutoğlu’s transformation: From ‘The Diaspora is our Diaspora’ to ‘Those who claim a right over our lands’
Davutoğlu’s transformation: From ‘The Diaspora is our Diaspora’ to ‘Those who claim a right over our lands’
Prime Minister Davutoğlu, in a television interview, implying HDP co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, said, “I wonder what bargains he has made that led him to sabotage the Solution Process upon his return to Turkey, I wonder what bargains he has made that he is acting in tandem with the Armenian Diaspora that claims a right over the lands on which the Solution Process focuses”. Yet it was only three months ago that the same Prime Minister had said, “The Diaspora is our Diaspora”.
25 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Interior Ministry strikes further blow to academic freedom
Interior Ministry strikes further blow to academic freedom
Interior Ministry permission has been imposed on any academic research on Syrian refugees to be carried out at universities. The Higher Education Council (YÖK) decision was taken upon the request of the Migration Administration Department of the Interior Ministry.
21 May 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Athens Mosque construction passes in Greece Parliament, as eyes turn to Halki seminary
Athens Mosque construction passes in Greece Parliament, as eyes turn to Halki seminary
The Greek Parliament has passed a law that will pave the way for the construction of a mosque in Athens. This was among the conditions required by Ankara for the opening of the Theological School of Halki in the framework of reciprocity. Ankara is now expected to take a step regarding the seminary.
21 May 2015
Demirtaş: Our one and only answer to provocations is peace
Demirtaş: Our one and only answer to provocations is peace
HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş spoke at a rally in Mersin that went ahead in defiance of the synchronized bomb attacks on his party’s bureaus in Mersin and Adana: ‘We will approach other political parties with feelings of fraternity in order to render this provocation void’
18 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
HDP: The President and the government are responsible of the attack
HDP: The President and the government are responsible of the attack
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) had condemned the bomb attacks on its party bureaus in Adana and Mersin with a written statement: “Dark forces supported by the government want to prevent the progress and election work of our party”
18 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Future of Turkey and Armenia in economic relations
Future of Turkey and Armenia in economic relations
The findings of the CRRC-Armenia/TESEV joint survey on public perception in Armenia on the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations have been published. According to the survey, issues of trust regarding normalization persist, however, especeially the opening of the border and economic relations may constitute an important step in normalization.
14 May 2015 Gözde Kazaz
Sis Case: Cilicia Catholicosate to hold press conference in Istanbul
Sis Case: Cilicia Catholicosate to hold press conference in Istanbul
Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, met with the lawsuit committee regarding the Catholicosate’s appeal to the Constitutional Court for the return of the Catholicosate’s properties in Sis (Kozan).
12 May 2015
4 million TL budget ‘against corruption of morality’
4 million TL budget ‘against corruption of morality’
The Presidency of Religious Affairs has published its “2015 Performance Program”. The program plans to spend a total sum of 4 million TL within the scope of activities to prevent “corruption of morality”.
5 May 2015
20 arrests following May 1
20 arrests following May 1
20 people detained during the May 1 demonstrations were arrested this morning following the completion of investigations.
5 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
“Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre, commemorated at Seka Sure mass grave
“Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre, commemorated at Seka Sure mass grave
A series of commemoration events and actions have been held in Dersim, Ankara, Antep and Adana on the 78th anniversary of “Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre. The centre of the commemoration in Dersim was the Seka Sure area, the site of mass graves in Hozat.
4 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Grave May 1 outcome after new Internal Security Package
Grave May 1 outcome after new Internal Security Package
The Lawyers for Justice group has prepared a preliminary report on the rights violations that took place on May 1, Workers’ Day. The report states that 452 people were detained, that the duration of arbitrary detention had been extended, and that lawyers were prevented from receiving information regarding detentions. Rights’ violations continued in May 4 as the lawyers that gathered at the Çağlayan Court House to make a statement on May 1 along with unions, associations and mass organizations were met with brutal police intervention.
4 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
‘A centennial day’ in Yerevan –from the Genocide Museum to Etchmiadzin
‘A centennial day’ in Yerevan –from the Genocide Museum to Etchmiadzin
2 May 2015 Nayat Karaköse
Regional May 1 rally held in Batman
Regional May 1 rally held in Batman
Workers’ Day was celebrated in Batman at a regional rally.
1 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Police once again turns Istanbul into Emergency Zone on May 1, 2015
Police once again turns Istanbul into Emergency Zone on May 1, 2015
Workers’ Day celebrations in Istanbul were once again met with extreme security measures and brutal police intervention targeting organizations, groups and the public wanting to exercise their right to demonstrate. Taksim Square, Beşiktaş and main roads leading to the area were sealed off as 20 thousand police officers were placed on duty.
1 May 2015 Haber Merkezi