Civil disobedience

What does the comfort of women to walk on the streets depend on?

Sabri Çelebi went on the streets with a machete during the Gezi Park Protests in Istanbul in 2013 and attacked protesters. He injured a woman by kicking her and a policeman from his hand. He was caught but released immediately afterwards. He went abroad. The ruling for his release was rejected.

Protest Against Employer Misdemeanour Outside the National Assembly

Dozens of workers gathered outside the National Assembly for a protest against employer misdemeanour.

The rally was organized by the Autonomous Workers' Trade Union.

''We are not slaves, we have rights'', " Our labor is not free. " These were some of the posters that people were carrying before the National Assembly

Turkish police detain 33 demonstrators protesting hunger-striking educators' imprisonment

Police have detained a total of 33 people at a protest carried out in support of two jailed educators who have been on hunger strikes for nearly 150 days. 

A group of demonstrators gathered in front of the Süreyya Opera House in Istanbul's Kadıköy and demanded academic Nuriye Gülmen and primary school teacher Semih Özakça to be released from jail. 

Council of Europe Secretary General expresses concerns over recent arrests of activists in Turkey

CoE Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland spoke to PM Yıldırım over the phone late July 19 to express his concerns over the arrest of human rights activists as well as the situation of two educators who have been on hunger strike for 134 days in prison.

The surprise results of 'Justice March'

The aim of the opposition's "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul was to draw attention to shortcomings and errors in Turkey's justice system, to display the feelings of the people in the face of injustices.

But there were also other positive results of the march that were not calculated before it started. Let me mention a few of these unintended consequences.

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