The number of political prisoners in Turkey is increasing on a daily basis. Despite Turkey being criticised for its crackdowns on mostly Kurdish but also Turkish journalists, lawyers, politicians and activists, there hasn’t been sufficient pressure on Turkey to end …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Free speech, Hunger Strikes, Journalists, Media, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 1 Comment“[There is] no difference between the bullets fired in [Kurdish land] and the articles written in Ankara.” -Turkish Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin The headlines out of Turkey today are dramatic. In what Reuters has called the “Biggest Media Case” …
Posted in Censorship, Journalists, Media, Political Prisoners | 2 CommentsOn Sunday Kurdish residents of Cizre, Şırnak Province of Turkey gathered by the thousands to participate in a protest organized by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). The mayor of Cizre, Mustafa Gören, was also in attendance, and a general strike …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Culture, Protests, Turkey | Comments Off on Protests in the town of Cizre in spite of Turkish CensorshipIn my article “ROJ TV in the Land of the Snow Queen”, I questioned the verdict of the Kurdish tv-station ROJ TV that was ruled by the Danish court to be a mouthpiece for the Kurdish rebel group PKK, designated …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Media | 3 CommentsLeyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish politician and the first Kurdish woman to win a seat in Turkish parliament, has been sentenced by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court to 10 years in prison. The charges are in response to “nine …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Leyla Zana, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Women | 1 CommentPhoto by Bezav MahmodI once met Kurdistan. He said to me: I am denied my existence and my identity by heartless oppressors. I am treated as trash by indoctrinated adherents. I am mocked, molested and murdered by those who do …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Free speech, Youth | 6 CommentsOne of the essential pillar of democracy is freedom of press and if this pillar is missing in a democratic country, then that country can no longer be considered democratic. True, Turkey hold free elections and it has competing political …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Reports, Suppression, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Complete List of 104 Journalists in Turkish JailsFacebook allows criticism and mockery of God but when it comes to Atatürk different rules apply. In a bizarre policy leak, content related to Atatürk, and Kurdistan flag are not permitted to be posted. According to the Daily Mail, a …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Syria | 7 Comments