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Hunger strike in prisons ends
Hunger strike in prisons ends
Hunger strike that had been going on for 64 days in prisons are ended upon the call of KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union).
19 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
Refugees in Izmir take shelter in temporary camp area
Refugees in Izmir take shelter in temporary camp area
In Torbalı district of Izmir, a fight erupted between locals and Syrian refugees. Locals burned the tents of the refugees, who are now settled in a temporary camp area. İmece Initiative Association supplied basic daily needs to 17 families who had to leave their living area.
10 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
HDP: 76 prisoners are on hunger strike
HDP: 76 prisoners are on hunger strike
HDP Prison Committee stated that 76 prisoners in six prisons are on hunger strike indefinitely and without taking turns.
3 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Cast your votes like you hit the giaour” debate
“Cast your votes like you hit the giaour” debate
AKP Bursa MP Hayrettin Çakmak deleted his social media entry because of pressure and reactions. Archpriest Tatul Anuşyan also criticized Çakmak
29 March 2017 Rupen Varjabedyan
Voting on constitutional amendment begins abroad
Voting on constitutional amendment begins abroad
Turkish citizens living in Europe have started casting ballots for the referendum that will be held in Turkey on April 16. Ballot boxes are set up in 57 countries and at border gates.
27 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
"If NATO were being established today, Turkey would not be eligible to join"
"If NATO were being established today, Turkey would not be eligible to join"
We talked to David L. Phillips, the Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, about the developments around the triangle of Turkey-US-Middle East by way of his recent book “An Uncertain Ally: Turkey under Erdogan's Dictatorship”.
17 March 2017 Alin Ozinian
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation offers Western Armenian camp
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation offers Western Armenian camp
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is launching an educational project titled “Zarmanazan” in La Bourboule, France as part of its Western Armenian revitalization program.
15 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Stay of execution for compulsory religion course
Stay of execution for compulsory religion course
In Antalya, an Alevi family filed a lawsuit for the exemption of their child from the compulsory religion course. Antalya 4th Administrative Court ruled for stay of execution.
15 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Human Rights Association Diyarbakir Branch Director Raci Bilici detained
Human Rights Association Diyarbakir Branch Director Raci Bilici detained
Human rights activist, deputy chair and Diyarbakir Branch director of Human Rights Association (İHD) Raci Bilici is detained this morning in a police raid to his house.
15 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
UN report: killings and destruction in the Southeast Turkey should be investigated
UN report: killings and destruction in the Southeast Turkey should be investigated
According to the report of UN Human Rights Office, about 2000 people had been killed in the operations between July 2015 and 31 December 2016 and about 500,000 had been displaced. Reminding that the government denied access for UN investigators, the office called for an urgent investigation.
13 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Women against “one-man” order on March 8
Women against “one-man” order on March 8
This year, March 8 may be one of the strongest reactions of the women's movement against “one-man” policies of governments. 30 countries responded to the general strike call that was initiated by anti-Trump women's movement in the US. In Turkey, a women's demonstration was held in Istanbul and the “Feminist Night March” will be held on March 8.
6 March 2017 Gözde Kazaz
First photos from Xerabê Bava and Talatê villages after curfew
First photos from Xerabê Bava and Talatê villages after curfew
Curfew is lifted in Xerabê Bava (Koruköy) and Talatê (Doğanlı) villages in Mardin. First photos from the villages show the destroyed houses.
3 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
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

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“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