Tag Archives: Discrimination

Bianet: Media’s Hate Speech Turned to Gezi, Report Says

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Hrant Dink Foundation released its report on “Hate Speech in Media and Discriminative Discourse”, stating that Gezi protestors were targeted in the media. Hrant Dink Foundation released its May-August 2013 period report on “Hate Speech in Media and Discriminative Discourse”, stating that Gezi protestors were targeted in the media. While the first section of the report included “hate speech in [...] → Read the full article…

LGBTI News Turkey: “We Know Faggotry Very Well!” – Levent Pişkin

As someone who has participated in fag politics and has been a self-identified fag for years, I am filing a formal criminal complaint against the Prime Minister, we will not leave faggotry to them! We claim both faggotry and its honor and shame. During his July 17th, 2013 speech at the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) provincial managers’ meeting, Prime [...] → Read the full article…

Joint Declaration by Alevi organizations

Joint Declaration by Alevi organizations in Turkey, Europe, North America and Australia to the world and Turkish public  The Turkish media are reporting the presence of proposals relating to the Alevi community in the so-called “democratization package” that is currently being prepared by the AKP government. As much as we can gather from the media, these proposals – presented as [...] → Read the full article…