Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Turkish pianist receives suspended prison sentence over tweets
An Istanbul court convicted Turkist pianist Fazil Say of blasphemy over his Tweets, ordering him to serve 10 months in prison; the sentence was later suspended.
Turkish government censors classic literary works
Associations representing Turkey’s educational, writing and film-making unions organized a panel on 7 March to discuss government censorship of literature, including Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and John Steinback’s Of Mice and Men.
Turkish sociologist gets life sentence in absentia
An Istanbul court has sentenced sociologist Pinar Selek to life in prison for her alleged involvement in the 1998 Spice Bazaar explosion, a case that has been reopened three times in 14 years.
Police use force to suppress university protests in Turkey
Police brutality during a protest against a visit by the Turkish prime minister to Middle Eastern Technical University has sparked a wave of demonstrations at other universities.
Turkish journalist receives jail term over headline
A court in Istanbul sentenced journalist Reyhan Capan, the editor-in-chief and publisher of the daily Ozgur Gundem, to one year and three months in prison for a single headline that appeared in the paper. He was sentenced on terrorism related charges.
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals ratifies life sentence against editor
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has ratified a life imprisonment sentence against Atilim newspaper editor-in-chief Hatice Duman.
Turkish ruling party denies dissident journalists access to party congress
The Turkish ruling party denied accreditation to the dailies Cumhuriyet, Sözcü, Birgün, Evrensel, Aydinlik, Özgür Gündem and Yeniçag to attend their congress.
Police detain, assault members of music group, journalists in Turkey
A member of a Turkish music group may go deaf due to blows to the head, while a fellow band member’s fingers were broken when they were detained by police.