Tag Archives: civil rights

New York City Bar: City bar urges government of Turkey to end attacks on lawyers

In a letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, the New York City Bar Association expresses “serious concerns regarding the maintenance of the rule of law and the targeting and detention of lawyers in Turkey following recent events there.” The letter, prepared by the City Bar’s Committee on International Human Rights and Committee on European Affairs and signed [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Turkish actor threatened over his Gezi Park support

Famous actor Memet Ali Alabora has said he is being threatened by unknown people over his support for the Gezi Park protests, after a Turkish daily showed him as one of the leading figures of “a plan to topple the Turkish Government.” Daily Yeni Şafak claimed on June 10 that a theatre play called “Mi Minor,” allegedly supported by an [...] → Read the full article…