From Bianet, Erol Önderoglu reports from Diyarbakir: Two Kurdish politicians have been convicted for a call for peace in which they used the word “guerilla†for PKK members. The Diyarbakır 4th Heavy Penal Court yesterday (21 April) sentenced two Kurdish …
Posted in Democratic Society Party, Free speech, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on “Punishment for Peace Call Violates ECHR Case Lawâ€A large public rally took place in the town of Amara in Turkey on Sunday. People in the town were holding a rally commemorating the imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence in Turkey for …
Posted in Democratic Society Party, Discrimination, Free speech, Suppression, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Turkish security forces kill two people and police reportedly attack elected Kurdish MPProtests broke out in the city of Agri in the mostly Kurdish region of Turkey when it was announced that 3000 votes had been voided during the elections last weekend. Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party protested the discarding …
Posted in Democratic Society Party, Free speech, Suppression, Turkey, Videos, Violence | Comments Off on Elections in Turkey spawn Kurdish protests as 3000 votes are voided in key cityDespite the Turkish State’s opening of a government-operated Kurdish-language TV station, Kurds are still unable to use their language freely in the political arena. Mr. Ahmet Turk, leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, used Kurdish in Turkey’s Parliament this …
Posted in Censorship, Democratic Society Party, Discrimination, Free speech, Turkey | Comments Off on MP sparks controversy for using Kurdish in Turkish ParliamentThomas Seibert reports on the pending trial against the main Kurdish political party in Turkey, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The DTP is the just the latest Kurdish party of several that have had to face the threat of closure …
Posted in Censorship, Democratic Society Party, Discrimination, European Union, Free speech, Leyla Zana, Reports, Suppression, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Kurdish party in Turkey faces risk of closure: Political trial moves into key chapterFrom The National by Thomas Seibert, (Foreign Correspondent): Turkish Kurdish party threatened ISTANBUL // As Turkey awaits the outcome of a court case aimed at banning the country’s ruling party, the main pro-Kurdish party has also been fighting for survival …
Posted in Censorship, Democratic Society Party, European Union, Free speech, Reports, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Pro-Kurdish Party in Turkey threatened