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ART FREEDOM OF SPEECH TURKEY

OSMAN KAVALA BOOK TALLK

Osman Kavala Trial examined at an International Book Talk via Zoom April 20, 2020, New York Research Institute on Turkey (RIT), Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) and Osman Kavala Solidarity Team organized an international panel focusing on a compilation, ...

By RiTurkey.Org
Posted on April 27, 2020

FREEDOM OF SPEECH TURKEY

Ahmet Şık’s Statement, December 24-25, 2017 Trial

On December 25, 2017, during the fifth hearing at the Cumhuriyet case, Ahmet Şık was interrupted and removed from the courtroom after 2 minutes into his statement. The removal was based on Article 209 of the Criminal Procedural Code ...

By RiTurkey.Org
Posted on December 26, 2017

ACADEMIC FREEDOM DOCUMENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH TURKEY

Solidarity Call for the Academics for Peace on Trial

Academics for Peace in North America call for solidarity: “Violations of academic freedom and freedom of speech in Turkey have reached a dire situation. The intimidations from Turkish government and its affiliates toward academics have escalated to legal action, whereby ...

By RiTurkey.Org
Posted on November 22, 2017

ACADEMIC FREEDOM DOCUMENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH TURKEY

FAQ on Solidarity with the Academics in Turkey

Below are the 10 FAQs about the ‘what’s, ‘why’s and ‘how’s of the most recent call that we extend to the international academic community to support the academics in Turkey who have been encountering a variety of increasingly repressive ...

By RiTurkey.Org
Posted on November 22, 2017

DOCUMENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH TURKEY

Ahmet Şık’s statement at the hearing of the July 27, 2017 Cumhuriyet Trial

I will begin with a quote from the prologue of my book “We walked together on these parallel roads” published three years ago in 2014. The introduction of this investigative research describes how the mafia-like power sharing between the ...

By RiTurkey.Org
Posted on November 6, 2017