23.01.2012 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Does Dink Trial Verdict Indicate a Revival of Power Politics in Ankara?"

Yasin Hayal sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink; all 19 defendants in the case were acquitted on the charge of being part of a larger conspiracy in connection with the killing [ID 208901]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208818]

19.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Turkey must investigate this massacre to build Kurdish trust"

On 28 December 2011, 34 people, including 17 children, were killed in an air strike by the Turkish army; the government agreed to launch an investigation, but many Kurds remain sceptical that the government is able or willing to carry out a transparent and independent investigation [ID 208698]

19.01.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Outrageous verdicts in Hrant Dink murder trial, another one needed"

According to an Istanbul court, the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was not the work of a terrorist organisation and no part of the state apparatus was involved; Yasin Hayal, the alleged mastermind behind the killing, was sentenced to life imprisonment [ID 209128]

18.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Court Protects Journalist’s Killers"

According to a court's verdict on 17 January, there was no state involvement or organised plot behind the 2007 killing of the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink; defendant Yasin Hayal sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for planning and organising the crime [ID 208633]

17.01.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Provisional release of Messrs. Cemal Babaoglu, Halit Sahin, Yasin Öztürkoglu, Müslüm Kina, Hikmet Evin, Adil Arslan and Adile Sahin [TUR 001 / 0911 / OBS 114.1]"

On 9 January 2012, the Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court ordered the provisional release of 7 members of human rights organisations, who had been in detention since 27 September 2011; they remain prosecuted [ID 209106]

17.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Turkish Court Gives Man Life Sentence Over Dink Murder"

A court convicted Yasin Hayal for instigating the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, sentencing him to life imprisonment; the court also acquitted all 19 defendants of a charge of being part of a terrorist group [ID 209385]

16.01.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Police raid of NGOs offices in Diyarbakir [TUR 001 / 0112 / OBS 005]"

Diyarbakır: On 13 January 2012, anti-terrorism unit of the police raided the offices of several human rights defenders and organisations [ID 209105]

16.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey fails to deliver justice for murdered Armenian journalist as trial ends"

Turkish authorities have failed to address state officials' alleged involvement in the killing of journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink on 19 January 2007 [ID 209362]

11.01.2012 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Can Ankara Serve as Democratization Role Model?"

Article on the government's fight against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) [ID 208344]

09.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Trying to get at the truth of Turkey's jailed journalists"

According to the Turkish Journalists' Union and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the country currently has 72 journalists in jail [ID 208101]

06.01.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Judicial system presses on with absurd trial of Oda TV journalists"

Court decided not to release the 10 journalists, who are accused of involvement in an alleged anti-government conspiracy known as "Ergenekon"; they will remain in detention at least until the next hearing, set for 23 January [ID 208181]

06.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Turkey arrests former army chief over terror plot"

Former military chief General Ilker Basbug has been detained and accused of leading a terror organisation and conspiring to bring down the government, his lawyer says [ID 208085]

01.2012 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee of Social Rights 

"Conclusions 2011 (Turkey) Articles 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 27 and 31 of the Revised Charter"

Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights following 3rd state report on conformity of national law and practice with the European Social Charter [ID 209080]

30.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey Must Investigate Civilian Killings"

South-Eastern Turkey: At least 35 civilians killed in military air strike near Iraqi border; no military targets were reported to have been hit in the attack [ID 207899]

29.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Turkey kills 'smugglers' in air strike aimed at Kurdish guerillas"

Up to 35 civilians killed in Turkish air strike aimed at Kurdish militants, according to reports [ID 207885]

29.12.2011 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Has Gülen Movement Replaced Deep State?"

Article on the Gülen movement [ID 207995]

21.12.2011 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Police arrest 40 journalists on suspicion of Kurdish separatist links"

Police arrested up to 40 journalists in raids carried out under an investigation into the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK); most of the detained journalists work for pro-Kurdish media [ID 207569]

20.12.2011 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Iran/Turkey: Recent Attacks on Civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan"

Iraqi Kurdistan: Between July and November 2011, Iran and Turkey’s cross-border attacks killed more than a dozen civilians and displaced thousands [ID 207510]

19.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey: Further information: Health concerns remain for concientious objector [EUR 44/017/2011]"

Prisoner of conscience Inan S. was conditionally released from Balıkesir prison following the suspension of his prison sentence on 9 December 2011 [ID 207613]

16.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey still failing to respect the right to conscientious objections [EUR 44/019/2011]"

Turkey's government is still failing to respect the right to conscientious objections [ID 207290]

16.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey: Supreme Court of Appeals overturns historic verdict in death in custody case [EUR 44/018/2011]"

The Supreme Court of Appeals decided to overturn the convictions of 19 officials in relation to the death in custody of Engin Çeber; Engin Çeber was arrested after taking part in a protest against a police shooting of another activist and died in October 2008 after being beaten in police custody and in prison [ID 207292]

14.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey: Police officer convicted of causing 'negligent death' of asylum seeker in 2007 [EUR 44/016/2011]"

Istanbul: On 13 December 2011, a court handed down a prison term to a police officer convicted for the ‘negligent killing’ of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in August 2007 [ID 207089]

13.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Turkey cracks down on the 'parallel' Kurdish administration"

9,000 people, including officials, political militants, academics and NGO workers, arrested since the 2009 municipal elections for allegedly having links with the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK) [ID 207019]

02.12.2011 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"New Internet filtering system condemned as backdoor censorship"

Article on an Internet content filtering system that the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) introduced on 22 November [ID 206851]