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Zarokistan closed down
Zarokistan closed down
Creating an education model with its Kurdish curriculum, day care centers named Zarokistan were closed down, after a trustee was assigned to Kayapınar Municipality. Covenanted employees are dismissed.
15 February 2017 Uygar Gültekin
Muiznieks: Steps must be taken to restore freedoms immediately and state of emergency must be stopped
Muiznieks: Steps must be taken to restore freedoms immediately and state of emergency must be stopped
The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks released a memorandum about Turkey after 6 years. Muiznieks stated that the state of emergency must be stopped.
15 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Genocide and "déjà vu!"
Genocide and "déjà vu!"
Zoryan Institute issued a response to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu who suggested “a joint comission” after the decisions that have been made in France and Denmark concerning 1915.
13 February 2017 Alin Ozinian
Gravest crackdown after the 1980 coup
Gravest crackdown after the 1980 coup
Dismissed academics Prof. Dr. Yücel Taşkın and Prof. Dr. Ülkü Doğanay assessed this crackdown on academy.
9 February 2017 Gözde Kazaz
New emergency decree: 4,464 public servants sacked
New emergency decree: 4,464 public servants sacked
Last night, a new state of emergency decree was issued and 4,464 public servants have been sacked.
8 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
May bees without borders set an example to people
May bees without borders set an example to people
The documentary titled “Bees without Borders”, which was shot in the villages along Turkish-Armenian border, tells the story of beekeeping activities on the both sides of the border. The difficulties that these people on different sides of the border experience are almost the same and they all dream about opening of the border. Coşkun Aral, Müge Aral and Batuhan Tunçer tells about the document.
7 February 2017 Varduhi Balyan
Armenian-Turkish relations by a “historian of the present”
Armenian-Turkish relations by a “historian of the present”
Known for his researches on Caucasus and his book on Karabakh conflict titled “Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War”, author and journalist Thomas de Waal's recent book “Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide” has been published in Turkish by Iletişim Publishing. By way of his book, we talked to de Waal about the current developments in Caucasus.
3 February 2017 Varduhi Balyan
Garo Paylan wrote for Agos: Let's correct this historic mistake
Garo Paylan wrote for Agos: Let's correct this historic mistake
Recently, HDP MP Garo Paylan had been banned from the parliament for 3 sessions and subjected to verbal assault for he used the word “genocide” and his speech was removed from the parliamentary minutes. Paylan wrote for Agos, telling what happened before and after the speech and what was his intention in the first place.
2 February 2017 Garo Paylan
“Syrian refugees should be given status before citizenship”
“Syrian refugees should be given status before citizenship”
The report titled “Challenges and Opportunities of Refugee Integration in Turkey” is issued.
1 February 2017 Oğulcan Bakiler
Ayhan Bilgen arrested
Ayhan Bilgen arrested
HDP Kars MP Ayhan Bilgen is arrested. Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had issued an arrest warrant for Bilgen.
31 January 2017
Crackdown on HDP continues: Beştaş arrested
Crackdown on HDP continues: Beştaş arrested
HDP Adana MP Meral Danış Beştaş was detained and released provisionally before. Yesterday, the prosecutor objected the release. After the objection, Beştaş was detained again and then arrested.
31 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Don’t mistake the present for the future”
“Don’t mistake the present for the future”
American-Armenian scholar Ronald Grigor Suny was the speaker of human rights and freedom of expression conference, which is held once in a year in Boğaziçi University in memory of Hrant Dink. He made a presentation titled “The Crisis of Contemporary Democracy”. We talked to Suny about this crisis in terms of Turkey and world and its relation to populism.
27 January 2017 Kayıhan Kesbiç
Rakel Dink: Come, let us do away with the restlessness of doves in this country
Rakel Dink: Come, let us do away with the restlessness of doves in this country
Full text of the speech that Rakel Dink gave on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink.
19 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Commemorating Hrant Dink
On the 10th year of the murder, Hrant Dink is commemorated where he was shot.
19 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
HRW: the crackdown indicates government’s increasing authoritarianism
HRW: the crackdown indicates government’s increasing authoritarianism
Human Rights Watch reviews more than 90 country in World Report 2017. HRW, in Turkey chapter of that report, states: “The crackdown that followed the coup attempt was symptomatic of the government’s increasing authoritarianism."
13 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Academia is outside of the academy now”
“Academia is outside of the academy now”
Prof. Dr. Nilgün Toker Kılınç, who signed the “Academics for Peace” declaration and is dismissed with the recent emergency decree, thinks that dismissal is an “act of vengeance” rather than punishment.
12 January 2017 Gözde Kazaz
“Whatever cannot be done in constitutional amendment is done”
“Whatever cannot be done in constitutional amendment is done”
We talked to Assoc. Prof. Murat Sevinç, a faculty member of Ankara University School of Social Sciences, about the content of the proposed constitutional amendments and their outcomes.
12 January 2017 Yetvart Danzikyan
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink, the founder of our newspaper, will be commemorated in Istanbul and various cities in the world on the 10th anniversary of his passing away.
11 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Danger of jihadism is underestimated”
“Danger of jihadism is underestimated”
Assistant Prof. Erhan Keleşoğlu was a faculty member at Istanbul University International Relations Department and was dismissed on October 2016. He answered the questions of Agos about Reina attack.
5 January 2017 Uygar Gültekin
Yıldırım: extension of the state of emergency will be discussed in the parliament
Yıldırım: extension of the state of emergency will be discussed in the parliament
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım spoke at AKP group meeting. He stated that the parliament will discuss 3-month extension to the state of emergency this week. The state of emergency, which was declared after the coup attempt on July 15, had been extended for 3 months.
3 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
Fellows knowing and introducing Turkey by producing
Fellows knowing and introducing Turkey by producing
Hrant Dink Foundation's Turkey-Armenia fellowship program sponsored by the EU encourages the professionals from the neighboring country to form cross-border cooperation networks since 2014. Armen Ohanyan (Hayastantsi), Maria Yeghiazaryan and Artsrun Pivazyan, who came to neighboring Turkey for new experiences thanks to the fellowship program, shared their experiences.
3 January 2017 Varduhi Balyan
Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Zana Bilir Kaya released
Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Zana Bilir Kaya released
As part of the case against shut-down Özgür Gündem newspaper’s executives and writers, novelist Aslı Erdoğan, linguist Necmiye Alpay and editor-in-chief of Özgür Gündem Zana Bilir Kaya are released in the hearing held today.
29 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Prof. İştar Gözaydın arrested
Prof. İştar Gözaydın arrested
Prof. İştar Gözaydın had been detained as part of “Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization” investigation against Gediz University and she was arrested on the 8th day of her detention.
28 December 2016
“We try to be a drop of clean water for the refugees”
“We try to be a drop of clean water for the refugees”
For 4 years, clergymen from eastern churches have been helping to Christian refugees, especially to the ones outside of Istanbul. We talked to Father Orhan Çanlı from Syriac Catholic Church about problems of the Christian refugees in Turkey.
23 December 2016 Ռուբեն Վարժապետյան
165-years-old Armenian inscription found in Harput
165-years-old Armenian inscription found in Harput
In an excavation work in Harput province of Elazığ, a 165-years-old Armenian inscription is found. It is thought to be a tombstone and deciphering works continue.
16 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
HDP MPs Konca and Demirel arrested
HDP MPs Konca and Demirel arrested
HDP MP Besime Konca and group deputy chairperson Çağlar Demirel were arrested yesterday. HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca had been released, but she was detained again upon the objection by prosecution and then arrested.
13 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Ayhan Bilgen: 237 HDP officials are detained
Ayhan Bilgen: 237 HDP officials are detained
Ayhan Bilgen, spokesperson of HDP, stated that 237 HDP officials have been detained in simultaneous operations carried out this morning. He also said that HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş had heart spasm on Saturday and he is denied healthcare services in prison.
12 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Beşiktaş attack: death toll rises to 44
Beşiktaş attack: death toll rises to 44
Death toll has risen to 44 (36 police officers and 8 civilians) as result of the bombing attack in Beşiktaş, which has been claimed by TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Hawks).
12 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
“The emergency stairs were locked; there was no fire drill”
“The emergency stairs were locked; there was no fire drill”
The statements of the survivors revealed the negligence that led to fire in the students' dormitory in Adana.
5 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Türkan Elçi: after he left, first we lost our speech, then our sight
Türkan Elçi: after he left, first we lost our speech, then our sight
The eternal chair of Diyarbakir Bar Association, human rights defender and lawyer Tahir Elçi was commemorated in Istanbul on the first anniversary of his murder.
30 November 2016 Gözde Kazaz
European Parliament votes to suspend the negotiations with Turkey
European Parliament votes to suspend the negotiations with Turkey
European Parliament passed the resolution stipulating the suspension of EU membership talks with Turkey.
24 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
A year without Tahir Elçi
A year without Tahir Elçi
It has been almost a year since lawyer Tahir Elçi was murdered. He was the chair of Diyarbakir Bar Association and a human rights defender who devoted his life to solving the unidentified murders. The investigation file was issued months after the murder and the investigating prosecutor of the case had been changed for 3 times. Still, there is no progress in the investigation.
24 November 2016 Գյոզդե Քազազ