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Tag Archives: Pinar Selek
Friday notes: Gulen Crackdown, Maras, and some good news regarding Pinar Selek
Some brief notes from Turkish human rights news: 1. Zaman’s Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı was released from custody due to lack of evidence, according to press accounts. Four others, including Samanyolu TV General Manager, Hidayet Karaca, will be held pending trial. … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Freedom of Expression, Impunity, Minorities, Press Freedom
Tagged Ahmet Sik, AKP, Bilgin Ayata, Dersim, Dumanli, Ekrem Dumanlı, Ergenekon, Hidayet Karaca, impunity, maras, massacre, Pinar Selek, pretrial detention, Serra Hakyemez, sivas, Zaman Newspaper
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The Pinar Selek Case: The “Ground Hog Day Prosecution”
One of the great romantic comedies of my youth was Groundhog Day, the story of a misanthrope news reporter doomed to repeat the same awful day over and over again until he got it right. The news today that a … Continue reading
Posted in Turkey
Tagged Bill Murray, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Groundhog Day, Murat Cekic, PEN International, Pinar Selek, Selek, Trial, Turkish Justice System
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Turkey applies for Pınar Selek’s extradition
According to press reports, Turkey has applied to France for the extradition of Pınar Selek, who was sentenced this past January to life imprisonment for a 1998 bombing at the Egyptian Bazaar in Istanbul. Selek’s kafkaesqe trial has been widely … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Freedom, Amnesty International, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Turkey
Tagged Amnesty International, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Extradition, France, Human Rights, human rights watch, Pinar Selek, Selek, Turkey
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Turkey Wants Interpol to Arrest Pinar Selek
Last January, we posted on Pinar Selek’s conviction and sentencing to aggravated life imprisonment (i.e., imprisonment with no possibility of parole) despite her having been acquitted of the same crime three times over a fifteen-year period. It was, we said, a … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Expression, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty International, Interpol, Justice, Pinar Selek, Turkey
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Kafka in Turkish: The Pınar Selek Trial
Pınar Selek is on trial again. For a decade and a half, Pınar Selek’s life has been at the mercy of the Turkish courts. Accused of involvement in a 1998 bombing at the Egyptian Bazaar, Selek has been acquitted three … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Freedom, Amnesty International, PKK, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty, GIT, Pen, Pinar Selek, Trial, Turkey, Twitter
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