Bianet-Around a thousand people gathered in Kadiköy, Istanbul, at the weekend to call on Turkey to sign the Kyoto Protocol and to protest against the planned nuclear power plants.
TDN-Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannons yesterday to break up protests in Istanbul by supporters of the Kurdish separatist group whose leader is serving a life term for treason. Some 200 backers of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) took to the streets of Istanbul's working-class Okmeydani quarters, shouting slogans in support of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned since his conviction in 1999.
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Disturbing connections between the murder suspects in the Malatya murders and the military and the state have emerged after the first hearing of the case.
bianet-After reporting on the claim that village guards were using state bombs to hunt fish, a villager, a reporter and a human rights activist are on trial for "denigrading the state".
Earth-An Assyrian Christian priest was taken hostage in south-eastern Turkey Wednesday, with the kidnappers demanding 300,000 euros for his release, CNN Turk television reported. Father Daniel Savci, 55, was taken hostage by unidentified people at around 3 p.m. They stopped his car as he was travelling to the Mor Yakup Monastery in a village near the town of Midyat.
European Rts Court: Turkey Police Custody Length "Abusive"
STRASBOURG (AFP)--The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday condemned Turkey in two rulings for its "abusive" length of police custody for Turks suspected of supporting a Kurdish separatist party.
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Bianet-A trade union representative in Kilis, southeastern Turkey, is on trial for using the letter "w" in two newspaper articles.
Bianet-Around a thousand people gathered in Kadiköy, Istanbul, at the weekend to call on Turkey to sign the Kyoto Protocol and to protest against the planned nuclear power plants.
TDN-Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannons yesterday to break up protests in Istanbul by supporters of the Kurdish separatist group whose leader is serving a life term for treason. Some 200 backers of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) took to the streets of Istanbul's working-class Okmeydani quarters, shouting slogans in support of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned since his conviction in 1999.
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Disturbing connections between the murder suspects in the Malatya murders and the military and the state have emerged after the first hearing of the case.
bianet-After reporting on the claim that village guards were using state bombs to hunt fish, a villager, a reporter and a human rights activist are on trial for "denigrading the state".
Earth-An Assyrian Christian priest was taken hostage in south-eastern Turkey Wednesday, with the kidnappers demanding 300,000 euros for his release, CNN Turk television reported. Father Daniel Savci, 55, was taken hostage by unidentified people at around 3 p.m. They stopped his car as he was travelling to the Mor Yakup Monastery in a village near the town of Midyat.
STRASBOURG (AFP)--The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday condemned Turkey in two rulings for its "abusive" length of police custody for Turks suspected of supporting a Kurdish separatist party.
Bianet-The Diyarbakir Gün TV channel has been broadcasting in Kurdish, but has faced many difficulties due to RTÜK stipulations.