TURKEY
“The emergency stairs were locked; there was no fire drill”
The statements of the survivors revealed the negligence that led to fire in the students' dormitory in Adana.
Türkan Elçi: after he left, first we lost our speech, then our sight
The eternal chair of Diyarbakir Bar Association, human rights defender and lawyer Tahir Elçi was commemorated in Istanbul on the first anniversary of his murder.
European Parliament votes to suspend the negotiations with Turkey
European Parliament passed the resolution stipulating the suspension of EU membership talks with Turkey.
A year without Tahir Elçi
It has been almost a year since lawyer Tahir Elçi was murdered. He was the chair of Diyarbakir Bar Association and a human rights defender who devoted his life to solving the unidentified murders. The investigation file was issued months after the murder and the investigating prosecutor of the case had been changed for 3 times. Still, there is no progress in the investigation.
Hate crimes against minority groups on parliamentary agenda
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan brought the impunity of the hate crimes against the minority groups to the parliamentary agenda.
The sexual abuse regulation removed from the bill
The regulation that would pardon men accused of sexually abusing underage girls is removed from the bill by the majority of the vote in the Justice Commission. The regulation has caused outcry in the society.
The fertility center that was shut down by a decree reopened by another decree
With the recent emergency decree that is published in the Official Journal today, Istanbul Fertility Center, which was shut down on July 25, is reopened.
Two new emergency decrees: 15,726 people sacked
Two new emergency decrees are published in the Official Journal of Turkey.
AKP withdraws bill on sexual abuse against children
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced that the bill that would give way to impunity when the victim and the perpetrator of child abuse get married.
Hamidian massacres and Van
Mehmet Polatel, PhD candidate in Boğaziçi University, gave a presentation titled as “Demographic and Socioeconomic Outcomes of Hamidian Massacres in Van” in “The Social, Cultural and Economic History of Van and the Region” conference organized by Hrant Dink Foundation. We talked to Polatel focusing on his presentation.