Writers, publishers pay tribute to Kurdish author Mehmet Uzun
TDN-Mehmet Uzun has drawn attention time and time again to how important it is for a writer to be free and detached from ideologies, governments and official points of view
Bianet-Monitoring media freedoms and rights in Turkey, BIA² discloses its 2006 Report. Cases against journalists, publishers and activists rose to 293 last year where the infamous article 301 of the new Penal Code reached international scene as intransigent tool
Zaman-Prosecutors have launched an investigation into a controversial oath taking ceremony by an ultranationalist group after recent footage was broadcast showing its members swearing over a gun to protect the "homeland."
Bianet-Radio and Television Supreme Council ruled for a complete ban on the Voice of Anatolia radio station on grounds that it continiously broadcasted programmes that would cause discrimination and hatred among people of different ethnicity in the country.
Preliminary tests detect bird flu in one more Turkish village
AFP-Preliminary tests have detected bird flu among poultry in another village in southeastern Turkey after the presence of the potentially H5N1 virus was confirmed last week in the region, the agriculture ministry said.
Bianet-General Staff's "secret" criminal complaint results in a trial for Ismail Besikci on accounts of "propulsion to violence and hatred". Known for his dissident opinions on the Kurdish issue Besikci's article appeared on Esmer magazine, December 2005 issue.
Bird flu resurfaces among poultry in southeast Turkey
AFP- Bird flu has been detected among poultry in a village in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, with experts still examining whether it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, the agriculture ministry said.
Bianet-Journalist Sinan Kara had been taken under custody and sent to prison, while visiting Batman, for a pending sentence. He'll stay 146 days in prison, told Becerikli of IHD. Sinan Kara had faced numerous trials for his articles in his now-closed newspaper .
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TDN-Mehmet Uzun has drawn attention time and time again to how important it is for a writer to be free and detached from ideologies, governments and official points of view
Bianet-Monitoring media freedoms and rights in Turkey, BIA² discloses its 2006 Report. Cases against journalists, publishers and activists rose to 293 last year where the infamous article 301 of the new Penal Code reached international scene as intransigent tool
Zaman-Prosecutors have launched an investigation into a controversial oath taking ceremony by an ultranationalist group after recent footage was broadcast showing its members swearing over a gun to protect the "homeland."
Bianet-Radio and Television Supreme Council ruled for a complete ban on the Voice of Anatolia radio station on grounds that it continiously broadcasted programmes that would cause discrimination and hatred among people of different ethnicity in the country.
AFP-Preliminary tests have detected bird flu among poultry in another village in southeastern Turkey after the presence of the potentially H5N1 virus was confirmed last week in the region, the agriculture ministry said.
Bianet-General Staff's "secret" criminal complaint results in a trial for Ismail Besikci on accounts of "propulsion to violence and hatred". Known for his dissident opinions on the Kurdish issue Besikci's article appeared on Esmer magazine, December 2005 issue.
AFP- Bird flu has been detected among poultry in a village in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, with experts still examining whether it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, the agriculture ministry said.
Bianet-Journalist Sinan Kara had been taken under custody and sent to prison, while visiting Batman, for a pending sentence. He'll stay 146 days in prison, told Becerikli of IHD. Sinan Kara had faced numerous trials for his articles in his now-closed newspaper .