35 news in the category "Youth" ordered by date
New Prosecutor Demands 15-Year Sentence for Students [09 March 2012]
The new prosecutor in the trial against students Tüzer, Yılmaz and Aykar demanded imprisonment of 15 years each on charges of "membership of an illegal organization". ...»
"Pozantı Prison Management should be Dismissed" [28 February 2012]
Istanbul Deputy Tuncel demanded to depose the management of the Pozantı Prison from office. İHD Branch Chair Tanrıverdi told bianet that the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission ...»
Alleged Sexual Abuse of Children in Pozantı Prison [27 February 2012]
Juveniles detained because they "threw stones" during demonstrations were put in cells together with convicts who allegedly abused and raped them dozens of times at the ...»
Impunity of Torture [17 February 2012]
In Mardin, the police hustled 19 juvenile demonstrators towards a mine field, beat them and took them in custody. The related administrative investigation was now completed. ...»
University Students Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail [02 February 2012]
University students in Malatya were sentenced to imprisonment of between eight and 13 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda". The judge ...»
6-Year Prison Sentence because of a Letter [25 January 2012]
Two people were sentenced to jail on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" due to letters sent by imprisoned friends found at their homes. A ...»
Students Stay in Prison due to Alleged "Organizational Membership" [18 January 2012]
The six students tried in the scope of an event on International Women's Day remain in prison. Hatice Harman is involved in the case because she ...»
Teachers Take the Street in Aftermath of Van Earthquakes [16 January 2012]
Teachers in Van took the street to protest the handling of the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that hit the region in October and November ...»
23 Students in Police Custody at Istanbul University [03 January 2012]
23 students were taken into police custody in the course of unrests on the Istanbul University Beyazıt Campus on 2 February. Hayat TV news centre editor ...»
Newspaper for Detained Students [30 November 2011]
"The future cannot be jailed" is the title of a newspaper issued on 26 November by students affiliated with the Turkish Communist Party. It aims at ...»
Students Take the Streets on 30th Anniversary of YÖK [31 October 2011]
The Higher Education Council was protested by students one week prior to the 30th anniversary of the institution. Students in Ankara called the council an outcome ...»
Genç-Sen Members Protest Closure of their Union [06 October 2011]
Members of the Genç-Sen Students Youth Union protested against the closure decision of their union in Istanbul on 5 October. The union announced to bring their ...»
89 Students Detained in 5 Prisons [06 October 2011]
According to a study by the Contemporary Lawyers Association conducted in five prisons in north-western Turkey, 89 high school and university students are currently being detained ...»
"Freedom for Ferhat Tüzer and Berna Yılmaz" was the message of the supporters of the two university students who have been detained for 14 months because ...»
MoI Backs Police Intervention That Left a Kurdish Protester Dead [21 April 2011]
18 year-old was killed and more than 90 wounded during protests in southeastern Turkey. Police used live ammunition against protesters who took to streets after a ...»
NGOs Raise their Voice against the Government [17 March 2011]
The four major non-governmental organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB will express their protest against the policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party in a ...»
Youth Unemployment in Turkey Twice as High as World Average [13 August 2010]
ILO report states that there are 81 million young unemployed people in the world. The rate of youth unemployment in Turkey is more than twice the ...»
Young On The Rock [31 July 2010]
Good weather, stability and warm- hearted people. All sell well with the tourists but how do young Maltese people live? What do they make out of ...»
Opportunities Are Elsewhere [31 July 2010]
Work and money seem to be the number one preoccupation of most of the Maltese between twenty to thirty years of age. Subsistence, precarious employment and ...»
A Generation Trapped – Gaza’s Youth In Figures [29 July 2010]
Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip make up the biggest segment of society trapped in a strip of land with the highest population density. Overview on ...»
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