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İngiltere’de şantaj suçlarında rekor artış
İngiltere ve Galler’de geçen yıl polise bildirilen şantaj suçlarında rekor bir artış olduğu açıklandı. Yardım kuruluşu Victim Support, polis ve hükümete sayıları iyice artan cinsel yolla para sızdırma vakaları da dahil şantaj suçlarını ciddiye alma çağrısında bulundu.
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US divided on torture, says poll
WASHINGTON - Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and are evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscored the challenges President Barack Obama faces in selling his terror-fighting policies.
A SEASIDE VIEW: Fishy business
Fethiye - With their bright tablecloths and charismatic waiters, the restaurants encircling Fethiye’s daily market vie for customers. The pervasive and addictive smell of garlic, spices and olive oil floats above the inevitable fishy odors of the seafood stalls, luring tourists and locals alike to this intrinsically Turkish spot.
An important step in the struggle against torture
The struggle to rein in torturers and bring conditions in Turkish interrogation rooms in line with international norms is a long and difficult one. And so we salute the Council of State for its order revealed yesterday to award a victim of torture 250,000 Turkish Liras and to collect that sum from the perpetrators.
Turkey’s killing fields
Have you been following the recent "excavations" in southeastern Turkey? They are horrifying. Things started about 10 days ago, when the police unearthed a curious a piece of skull, burned clothing, a glove and various pieces of bone near BOTAŞ, the state-owned Turkish Pipeline Company.
Covering violence or masking it as porn?
ISTANBUL - The government backed a series of workshops in Ankara last week for 75 communications students from all over Turkey to build a better understanding of how reporting violence against women can contribute -- and sometimes create -- a damaging undercurrent in society.
The Gaza bill is coming
Enough time has passed since the Gaza event. We are now able to make up a balance sheet for it even-tempered. The Gaza movement has not only in view of Israel brought some important developments but also influenced some balances in the region. Up until now we have seen even worse attacks conducted by Israel on Palestine but this time Gaza was different. Let’s take a look together at developments after Gaza:
From ban on Kurdish to Kurdish TV
In 1982, a very bizarre punishment was given to a Turkish politician Şerafettin Elçi by "Turkish justice." He was sentenced to serve four years and seven months in prison for a single sentence that he uttered. His crime was not to insult Turkishness, the Turkish military, or even Atatürk. His only crime was to say, "there are Kurds in Turkey and I am a Kurd."
Putting challenges in perspective
ISTANBUL - Facing difficulties in countries she visited for being a disabled person and female, she was determined to change the landscape. “The legal system should work in favor of disabled people in the world… Not everyone is as lucky as I am,” said Şafak Pavey, communications coordinator at the UN High Commission for Refugees
The ’Armenian apology’ issue
The "Apology to the Armenians" campaign that a group of well-known and influential Turkish intellectuals have initiated has seriously divided the nation. Judging by the angry reactions from various quarters opposing this campaign it is clear that if some kind of a referendum were held today, the majority would vote against such an apology.
