civil society

LGBTs with light penalties live in one-man cells in southern Turkey

LGBT inmates in a prison in the Mediterranean province of Antalya are living in one-person cells intended for those with life sentence despite light penalties of the former, with non-governmental organizations and civil rights groups calling the practice "a rights violation," daily Hürriyet has reported.

Turkey's education system discriminates against ethnic, religious minorities: Report

Turkey?s education system continues to discriminate against ethnic and religious minorities, reinforcing an exclusionist definition of ?Turkishness,? a joint report by the History Foundation and the Turkey branch of the Minority Rights Group has stated. 

Turkish Parliament to open in absence of main opposition leader

Turkey's parliament will open its putative fall session on Oct. 1 in the absence of Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu. 

K?l?çdaro?lu will be traveling to Lyon in France on Oct. 1 as part of his election campaign, meeting Turks living in France and civil society representatives.

Macedonia Opposition Seeks Media Reform Deal

Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats, SDMS, want a deal reached on media reforms by October 15, saying fast changes are needed to leave time for media coverage to improve by the April snap elections.

"This is a key issue if we want free and fair elections," Robert Popovski, the head of the SDSM working group on the media, said.

Turkish economy's problems 'still come from inside,' says leading economist

Leading economist Daron Acemo?lu said in an interview with Turkish daily Cumhuriyet that Turkey?s economic problems still come from inside, adding high liquidity in global markets helped Turkey overcome the 2001 and 2008 economic crises but the situation has now changed. 

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