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A university student has been condemned to a 20-months imprisonment sentence because of his remarks about the pro-Kurdish guerilla group PKK, during a television programme. The court ruled that he made propaganda of the "terrorist organization".
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Day after day Turkey proves its poor political culture and the immaturity of its leaders. Turkish court decided wednesday to block Youtube after proves that it contain material insulting Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey and it would bring "Turkishness in danger".
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Köln, 1. März 2007
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Mehmet Esiyok schloss sich 1989 im Alter von 23 Jahren, kurz vor Abschluss seines Studiums, der PKK an. 1994 wurde er ins Zentralkomitee der PKK gewählt. Die Tätigkeiten von Esiyok umfassten die Verwaltung und Schulung im Grenzgebiet zum Iran. Zusätzlich war er als Journalist tätig.
Bianet-General Staff's "secret" criminal complaint results in a trial for Ismail Besikci on accounts of "propulsion to violence and hatred". Known for his dissident opinions on the Kurdish issue Besikci's article appeared on Esmer magazine, December 2005 issue.
DTP’s Türk: Turkey’s Kurds don’t want a Kurdish state
Zaman-Turkey's fears that the creation of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq could stir up separatism among its own Kurds are unfounded, the leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish political party said on Friday.
ISTANBUL (AFP) - The Turkish security forces faces fresh embarrassment after it emerged that some of its members had posed for "souvenir pictures" with the alleged murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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The shots that cut down the writer and activist Hrant Dink in Istanbul on 19 January ignited a firestorm throughout the country. A few days later, on 23 January, over 100,000 people poured into Istanbul’s streets and accompanied Dink’s funeral procession to the city’s central Taksim Square. Thousands more took part in demonstrations and processions in cities throughout Europe and wherever immigrant workers and others from Turkey are found. Senior state officials, including the Deputy Prime Minister, the Interior Minister, the governor of Istanbul and even the head of the country’s security forces attended the funeral. But many, indeed most of those in the streets believed strongly that Dink’s blood was on the hands of men like these.