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3,000 People in LGBTT Pride March
On Sunday, a crowd of 3,000 marched from Taksim to Galatasaray Square as part of the 17th LGBTT Pride Week.
The 17th LGBTT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transsexual) Pride Week ended with a Pride March in Taksim, central Istanbul, on Sunday (28 June).
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Update Date :02.07.2009
Job openings: Civil Society Facility project
SIPU International and partners seek to contract experts to implement the EU project Capacity Building of Civil Society in the IPA Countries & Territories under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) - Civil Society Facility - Technical Assistance. Current openings include Resident Advisors, Project Officers, Administrative and Financial Assistants, Webmaster and PR and Communications Officer in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
Applications should be made as soon as possible at SIPU International’s website (www.sipuinternational.se) under the heading ‘Jobs’.
Update Date :02.07.2009
5th Annual "Hormoned Tomatoes" Awards
LGBT groups in Turkey have announced the yearly "awards" ceremony for LGBT-phobic comments.
The tradition of awarding the "Hormoned Tomatoes" awards started in 2005 with a sentence uttered by Erman Toroğlu on a TV show. He said, "Those who eat hormoned chickens will turn gay," by colloquially referring to genetic mutations of artificially grown edible goods as "hormoned." This comical statement is unfortunately an example of attitudes that reinforce prejudices against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) persons that sometimes end in hate crimes and murder.
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Update Date :19.06.2009
Turkey does not deal with male violence
According to rights activist Gülbahar, Turkey's laws are progressive, but they are not applied. Without gender equality, legislation will not be effective.
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Update Date :19.06.2009
Report: 53 People killed by police in two years
The Turkey Human Rights Foundation has published a report on police violence, which it claims has risen since amendments were made to a law on duties and rights of the police.
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Update Date :19.06.2009
Life knows no obstacles
In the festival, Dreams Academy students showcased their talents developed by the dance, rhythm and instrument workshops
Implementing workshops to support the participation and integration of the disabled and socially disadvantaged to social life, the Dreams Academy with its students and educators, attended the festival organised by the Beşiktaş Municipality in the scope of Disability Week. At the festival in Ortaköy, students showcased their talents developed by the dance, rhythm and instrument workshops at the Academy. Seven hundred mentally disabled athletes from The Turkish Special Athletes Sports Federation were also present and received acclaim from a wide range of audiences.
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Update Date :02.06.2009
Esmeray hopes transgender people will follow example
Transgender Esmeray has taken two police officers to court for beating her. On 28 May was the second hearing of the court case that transgender Esmeray had brought against two police officers, Mustafa Muhammet Çırakoğlu and Ceyhun Güvem.
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Update Date :02.06.2009
Amnesty International Report: No improvments in Turkey
In its annual report, Amnesty International cites many cases of human rights violations. The rights of human rights activists, refugees, homosexuals and transgender people, children and others were not respected.
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Update Date :02.06.2009
"Children being punished like armed militants"
At the sixth Gathering in Istanbul, Human Rights Watch rapporteur Sinclair Webb expressed worry about the treatment of children in court.
Emma Sinclair Webb, rapporteur for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Turkey, has said that unclear definitions of what terrorism entails have led to severe sentences for children and young people.
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Update Date :28.05.2009
"Clearing mines does not cost more than a human life"
Destroying a mine takes 100 hours and costs 1,000 dollars, so Öğreten from the Initiative for a Turkey without Mines.
As the government is discussing the clearing of land mines on the Turkish border with Syria, Muteber Öğreten from the Initiative for a Turkey without Mines has evaluated this as a "positive development". However, she argues that the plan has to be extended to include landmines all over Turkey.
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Update Date :28.05.2009
Armenian activist says Turkish, Armenian women can contribute to peace
As the Turkish and Armenian leaders work to normalize relations between their countries, there are other contacts taking place at the civil society level, and one of them relates to the problems of women.
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Update Date :28.05.2009
Come on, let us find you a match!
The STGM is engaged in matchmaking in order to carry NGO dialogue beyond national boundaries, bringing local NGOs in Turkey together with international NGOs including those in member and candidate countries of the EU to strengthen their cooperation. By being a member of the “matchmaking network” that is expected to make significant contribution to the development of civil dialogue among nations, you can find partners to your initiatives and have different organizations reach you. All you need to do is to register with the NGO matchmaking link in our website.
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Update Date :13.02.2009
Broaden your horizons -- Volunteer in Turkey!
Have you always wanted to do some volunteer work in Turkey? Do you not have a clue when or where to go about doing it? Don't worry!
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Update Date :11.07.2008
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