Bianet-A Turkish court has denied compensation to the families of dead and injured children who, when herding sheep, played with explosives they found. The ECHR has convicted Turkey on this issue before.
Turkish Mayor Sacked for Providing Municipal Services in Four Languages
NTV-Turkey's Council of State ruled Thursday to dismiss a major of a district of the south eastern city of Diyarbakir because the municipality provided services in languages other than Turkish.
Bianet-Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to start hearing the appeals of several Turkish journalists who have been penalised with prison sentences or publishing bans for their news and articles.
Bianet-The 3rd Heavy Penal Court in Van has decided not to go along with the demand of the Supreme Court of Appeals that the Semdinli case be tried before a military court. However, it has accepted the demand to reopen the trial. The next hearing is 11 July.
Zaman-A group of enraged neo-nationalists in the northwestern city of Sakarya attempted to lynch two individuals sporting T-shirts depicting Ahmet Kaya, a late singer who angered nationalists in his later years for emphasizing his Kurdish background.
Bianet-The "Proposal to Change the Law on Police Duties and Authorities" has been passed by parliament. Presidential ratification is still needed. Parliament has adjourned until after the elections.
Turkish parliament approves measures to increase police powers
AP-Parliament on Saturday approved a bill that would increase some powers of the police despite fears that the move would reverse some human rights reforms enacted as part of Turkey's EU membership bid.
Kurdish singer on trial in Turkey for song praising Kurdish
TDN-A prosecutor on Tuesday demanded that a Kurdish singer be sentenced to five years in prison for performing a song that praises imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, the government-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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Bianet-A Turkish court has denied compensation to the families of dead and injured children who, when herding sheep, played with explosives they found. The ECHR has convicted Turkey on this issue before.
NTV-Turkey's Council of State ruled Thursday to dismiss a major of a district of the south eastern city of Diyarbakir because the municipality provided services in languages other than Turkish.
Bianet-Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to start hearing the appeals of several Turkish journalists who have been penalised with prison sentences or publishing bans for their news and articles.
Bianet-The 3rd Heavy Penal Court in Van has decided not to go along with the demand of the Supreme Court of Appeals that the Semdinli case be tried before a military court. However, it has accepted the demand to reopen the trial. The next hearing is 11 July.
Zaman-A group of enraged neo-nationalists in the northwestern city of Sakarya attempted to lynch two individuals sporting T-shirts depicting Ahmet Kaya, a late singer who angered nationalists in his later years for emphasizing his Kurdish background.
Bianet-The "Proposal to Change the Law on Police Duties and Authorities" has been passed by parliament. Presidential ratification is still needed. Parliament has adjourned until after the elections.
AP-Parliament on Saturday approved a bill that would increase some powers of the police despite fears that the move would reverse some human rights reforms enacted as part of Turkey's EU membership bid.
TDN-A prosecutor on Tuesday demanded that a Kurdish singer be sentenced to five years in prison for performing a song that praises imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, the government-run Anatolia news agency reported.