Male perpetrators killed 257 women in Turkey according to the data compiled by bianet in 2011. We could summarize the report to save up some time, but we won’t. You should read this article (signed Çiçek Tahaoğlu) together with all the previous reports in bianet that are labeled violence against women and then this report …
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Jan 27
A Guide to Understand the OdaTV Case – 4: Being a lawyer in an adjudicated trial
The soL news portal published a series of articles concerning the background and the ongoings of the infamous OdaTV case. Signed Yiğit Günay, the articles investigate the trial’s judicial peculiarities as well as its political context and historical implications. Assuming the responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible …
Jan 25
A Guide to Understand the OdaTV Case – 3: Barış Terkoğlu, and Journalism in Court
The soL news portal published a series of articles concerning the background and the ongoings of the infamous OdaTV case. Signed Yiğit Günay, the articles investigate the trial’s judicial peculiarities as well as its political context and historical implications. Assuming the responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible …
Jan 15
A Guide to Understand the OdaTV Trial – 2: Were the digital documents sent through virus activities?
The soL news portal published a series of articles concerning the background and the ongoings of the infamous OdaTV case. Signed Yiğit Günay, the articles investigate the trial’s judicial peculiarities as well as its political context and historical implications. Assuming the responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible …
Jan 13
Dinden özgürlük – Freedom from religion
Scroll down for English. Dinden özgürlük Bu yazı, halkın bir kesiminin benimsediği dini değerleri alenen aşağılama içermektedir ve dolayısıyla Türk Ceza Kanunu’nun 216. maddesi gereği altı aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezasına tabidir. Bu nedir? Bu budur. Greener Nautilus‘a, Ekşisözlük‘ün cesur yazarlarına ve tüm ateistlere yoldaşça selamlarımızla. Freedom from religion …
Jan 12
Absurd Opposition in Absurdlawland
Had tea with your ex or with your flat-mates? So you held “a reunion of an armed organization”. Published news criticizing the government? So you “incited enmity and hatred among the population”. Have lemons in your bags? So you are about to “participate in an illegal demonstration”. Wrote “No to drugs, Devlis1” on a wall? …
Jan 09
A Guide to Understand the OdaTV Trial – 1: What are the journalists accused of? What is the evidence?
The soL news portal published a series of articles concerning the background and the ongoings of the infamous OdaTV case. Signed Yiğit Günay, the articles investigate the trial’s judicial peculiarities as well as its political context and historical implications. Assuming the responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible …
Nov 28
Gülşah’s story on Pharyngula!
*Türkçesini metnin altında bulabilirsiniz. You might remember the atheist contest we had on September. We published the essays of the winners (and of two guest authors as well) in Turkish. We sent the story of Gülşah, one of the winners of the contest, to PZ Myers’ blog Pharyngula, where he started to publish testimonials with the subject …
Nov 23
How to live like an atheist – v.1
This short note is meant to be an (always) incomplete list of remarks and observations on how we atheists can deal with oppressive religious situations and how we atheists may apply our atheistic stance in different contexts. Atheist attitude The obvious initial remark is to come out and speak out. In a world …
Feb 20
Otosansür – Autocensorship
Scroll down for English. Otosansür Bilimsel şüphecilik ilkesi sebebiyle (ve yalnızca bu sebeple); İslamiyet’in Sünni mezhebinin Gülen cemaatince yorumlanmış versiyonunun, kabul gördüğü kadar muhteşem olmama ihtimalinin yok sayılması, bazı durumlarda, doğru bilgiye erişmekte sorunlara yol açabilir. Bu nedir? Bu budur. Muhalif görüşleri sebebiyle tutuklanan veya işten atılma korkusuyla görüşlerini açıklayamayan tüm gazetecilere yoldaşça …
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