Call for Speakers: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

‘World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development‘

Subject: Solidarity of Social Activities Performed by Legal Entities, Cultural Diversity and Contribution to Dialogue

Date: 21 May 2021               Venue: Virtual      Program language: English

Moderator: Burhan Kasap

 

Introduction

For all segments of society to benefit from sustainable development and to ensure solidarity, parts of the community must be in dialogue, and dialogue continuity is required. For this purpose; It has been brought to the agenda by the United Nations as the “World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development” to increase the value of cultural diversity, dialogue, and development all over the world.

Today, many forms of culture, diversity of cultural expressions; To reveal how these contribute to dialogue, mutual understanding, and the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainable development constitute an opportunity to articulate the activities undertaken.

 

Importance

In order to live together with our differences, it is essential to develop a dialogue arising from cultural unity, bringing solidarity to the forefront, and what is done to contribute to life in the social and historical harmony, which is the pool of tolerance of conflicts and dispute.

Cultural diversity, to contribute as the Broken Chalk Association on behalf of the programs that express cultural diversity, the peaceful coexistence of people from different cultures and values, and that will increase social activities and solidarity, such a program has been planned for the support of our association to emphasize what a vital function education and educators fulfill and the importance of sharing.

It is seen how societies that live together with the differences of cultural communities in their religion, daily practices, houses, jobs, places of worship, etc., exhibit tolerance and solidarity with their colorful structures.

A program emphasizing the work of the education volunteers of the Broken Chalk Association in this field was prepared in order to enable us to recognize different cultures and the opportunities of living together with our cultural differences, as well as to discover the truth, to build solidarity and tolerance, to contribute to intercultural dialogue and activities.

Opening of the Fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII15)
Theme ÒIndigenous peoples: Conflict, Peace and ResolutionÓ

Nature of the Program

The program is designed for participants to share their contribution to cultural diversity in the countries where they live. Participants are asked to explain their activities to the audience by using visuals and the events they experienced.

For example; They can explain the purpose of a charity, who participated, what kind of effect it created, where and when it was done, and what the feedback after the bazaar was shared with various visuals.

 

Invitation

We invite you to the program prepared by our association, Broken Chalk, where educators, students, and community volunteers from different countries will share their social activities in the name of “contributing to cultural diversity.” In addition, If there are local foundations and associations whose participation you consider essential, our program will be more colorful with their invitation.

Thank you for your contribution and help.

 

Contact details:

Contact person: Burhan Kasap

Mail: mailto:socialmedia.en@brokenchalk.org

Phone: +31 6 84712594

HDP lawmaker & Human Rights Activist Gergerlioglu Arrested

According to Turkey’s state-run news agency, Turkish police detained the prominent pro-Kurdish party HDP politician Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, weeks after he has stripped off his Parliament his conviction for social media posts which the courts considered “terrorist propaganda.”

For re-tweeting a 2016 article about a call for peace by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Gergerlioglu was sentenced to two and a half years in jail after the court deemed the social media post as “spreading terrorist propaganda.” The appeals court upheld the sentence, which led him to lose his parliamentary seat, although his appeal to the Constitutional Court is pending.

The final judicial decision against Gergerlioglu was read in the Turkish Parliament on March 17. With the reading of the decision, Gergerlioglu was stripped of his membership in Parliament. Gergerlioglu then started the “justice watch,” where he stayed in the Turkish Parliament and refused to leave. During his fifth day in the Parliament, around 100 police officers entered the HDP’s hall in the parliament building, where Gergerlioglu stayed. They forcefully took him away in his pajamas and slippers without even sparing him a moment to change his clothes and wear his shoes.

https://anfturkce.com/avrupa/polis-gergerlioglu-nun-evine-gitti-154609

On the evening of April 2, 2021, police raided Gergerlioglu’s home and arrested him forcibly after he failed to report to police within the 10-day legal notice. One of the police officers who arrived to arrest him was the same officer Gergerlioglu exposed as a torturer in a speech to the Parliament in 2019. This police officer and others aggressively pushed and kicked Gergerlioglu out of his house, once again dragging him barefoot, similar to the case in the Parliament raid. A police officer insulted him and threatened to punch him during his transfer. Gergerlioglu was sent to prison despite his chest pains and a physician’s health report. He was eventually taken to hospital from jail on April 3, hours after his arrest, where he underwent angiography for elevated blood pressure and was placed in intensive care. He then was transferred back to Sincan High-Security Prison to serve his sentence.

© Salih Gergerlioğlu / twıtter @salihro

Gergerlioglu became a target for the Turkish government after repeatedly speaking out against human rights violations and torture claims in the country and strip searches of female inmates in prisons.

Gergerlioglu’s arrest over a social media post is yet another blow for Turkey’s democracy and an epitome of police brutality and the decline of the rule of law in Turkey.

 

References:

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/03/21/Turkey-arrests-pro-Kurdish-MP-who-was-expelled-from-parliament-

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/03/17/Turkey-s-parliament-strips-pro-Kurdish-deputy-of-seat-in-blow-to-third-largest-party

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-opposition-lawmaker-arrested-in-ankara/2196627

https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkey-arrests-former-hdp-deputy-omer-faruk-gergerlioglu-news-56928

https://apnews.com/article/turkey-media-social-media-ankara-arrests-442c03d1e9004abf583a51f1bb34ef33

Education Under Attack 2020 Report Published by GCPEA

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has published their report “Education Under Attack 2020”.

GCPEA is an inter-agency coalition created in 2010 to resolve the issue of targeted attacks on education institutions, their students, and staff in countries affected by armed conflict and insecurity.

Palestinian girls attend a class at the Suhada Khouza school building, which was damaged during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 5, 2015. In a report on the impact of conflict on education in six countries and territories across the Middle East and North Africa region, the United Nations children fund UNICEF said more than 8,850 schools were no longer usable due to violence, with around 13 million children being denied an education. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB. (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

In this report, GCPEA monitors the attacks on schools, universities, students, and staff between 2015-2019.

According to the report, there were more than 11.000 reported attacks, with casualties of 22.000 students and educators in at least 93 countries. The report covers 37 countries where at least ten attacks took place between 2015-2019.

GCPEA describes attacks on education as any threatened or actual use of force against students, teachers, academics, education support and transport staff (e.g., janitors, bus drivers), education officials, education buildings, resources, or facilities (including school buses). According to GCPEA, attacks on education kill or injure students or educators, lead to student dropouts and closures of educational facilities. Moreover, these attacks reduce academic quality and have catastrophic long-term societal impacts.

TOPSHOT – A Yemeni boy school writes as he sits outside a school on March 16, 2017, that was damaged in an airstrike in the southern Yemeni city of Taez. The conflict in Yemen, which escalated with the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition two years ago, has more than doubled the number of children deprived of schooling to some 3.5 million, threatening the future of a whole generation in the impoverished country. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad AL-BASHA (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images)

The full report has several parts such as attacks on schools, attacks on students & staff, military use of schools, child recruitment, sexual violence, attacks on higher education, and targeted attacks on girls and women. Each topic is explained elaborately for all 37 countries covered.

The organization offers a solution to these attacks by coming up with a list of recommendations for national governments, international agencies, and local civil society, including school and university communities.

You can find the full report at the following link:  https://eua2020.protectingeducation.org/

Press Release: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual based on their skin color or racial or ethnic origin.[1] Systemic racism and discrimination are rooted in society’s structure, governments, the workplace, courts, police, and education institutions. Racism can be explicit but often exists in implicit, subtle, and insidious forms that can be hard to pin down.

As Broken Chalk[2], we would like to celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.[3] United Nations celebrated this year’s day with the theme of “Youth standing up against racism.”

Education plays an essential role in solving social problems and building a multicultural environment where there is no racism and discrimination. It plays a vital role in preparing the young generation for active participation in society and promoting solidarity and tolerance. Education should enable young people to acquire the sensitivities and skills needed to succeed in different communities. Unfortunately,  educational environments are at the forefront in meeting this need. Ethnic and religious minorities are still lagging in enjoying all their education rights. Racism and discrimination continue to show up in education systems in many ways today, such as; access to rights and education, bullying and harassment, discrimination in school, dropouts, educational attainment, emotional and symbolic violence, and monitoring and correction mechanisms.[4]

According to the YMCA’s Young and Black report[5], 95% of young none-white people in the U.K. have heard or witnessed racist language at school, with 51% of males saying they heard it “all the time”. Afro-American students are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their White peers.[6]

Structural inequalities and discrimination in our societies have increased more with the Covid-19 outbreak. There are new types of inequality and discrimination, particularly in healthcare, vaccines, and economics which the World is facing.  Access to education is a big challenge in many countries. Students and teachers are facing new types of discrimination due to pandemics.

All the E.U. member states are prohibited from direct and indirect racial discrimination in their national constitutions. But the overwhelming majority of the E.U. Member States do not restrict these types of unequal treatment in their education laws. Out of 28 E.U. member states, only nine states prohibited direct racial discrimination while only seven states prohibited indirect racial discrimination in their educational laws. Besides, there are only six states that refused harassment in education laws.[7]

Here we only mentioned the figure in the European Countries. European countries should immediately implement such laws in their constitutions to Eliminate Racial Discrimination.

An education provided equally, with inclusive teaching and learning materials, is a powerful preventive tool and antidote for conflict. Tackling structural racism requires a collaborative, society-wide effort. To Elimination Racial Discrimination, Broken Chalk asked all the governments and stakeholders to take this issue as the number one task in their educational plan. All the education ministers of the states should try their best to Eliminate Racial Discrimination in schools.

 

Broken Chalk announces it to the public with due respect.

Broken Chalk

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_discrimination

[2] Broken Chalk is a human rights organization and mainly concentrates on violations in the educational field.

[3] The UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)(link is external), adopted on 26 October 1966, proclaimed 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to be commemorated annually. from https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/2142%20(XXI)

[4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330324073_Fighting_racism_and_promoting_equal_rights_in_the_field_of_education

[5] https://www.ymca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ymca-young-and-black.pdf

[6] https://www.thoughtco.com/how-racism-affects-public-school-minorities-4025361

[7] https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/racial_discrimination_in_education_and_eu_equality_law_web.pdf

Press Release: Deputy Gergerlioğlu[1] was arrested and expelled from the Turkish Parliament.

Human rights violations in Tukey are increasing every individual day. Moreover, it is not easy for human rights defender to do their work.

Broken Chalk condemns the decision to strip human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu of his parliamentary seat and parliamentary immunity on and his detention.

Gergerlioglu’s conviction, expulsion from the Parliament, and detention undermine Turkey’s parliamentary democracy’s trust.  He was sentenced to 2 years and six months due to a social media post still available.[2]  His case is another example of the terrifying situation of freedom of speech in the country, the abuse of anti-terror measures to silence any critical voice, and the particular crackdown on the opposition in an attempt to limit pluralism.[3]

Turkish President presented a new Human Rights Action Plan[4] just three weeks before Gergerlioğlu’s expulsion from Parliament and his detention. That proves the Turkish Government is not ready to implement Human Rights Action Plan in the country.  Actions speak louder than words, and in this case, they talk notably louder than any promise of legal reforms and any speech towards the public.[5]

Gergerlioğlu firmly stands against all kinds of human rights violations in Turkey. He uses his political position to fight the Human Right Violations in the country. He has been the voice of victims of emergency decree laws, those who were subjected to torture and ill-treatment in prisons and police stations, those whose social and cultural rights were ignored in the Turkish Parliament. Nowadays, he was targeted by the parliament members of the ruling party (AKP).

There was a strip search on female university students in Usak[6]. Gergerlioglu increases his voice against this horrible act[7] and got support from many people within Turkey. People who face strip search publish their stories on social media.

In this respect, protecting human rights is becoming more complex every day in Turkey. Government increases its control on NGO’s and human rights defenders are doing their work under the pressure of the Turkish Government. At Broken Chalk, one of our primary duties is to protect and support all human rights defenders worldwide.

We call upon Turkish authorities to stop Human Rights violations that are done by Governmental bodies.  The Turkish Government should act according to its commitments to European standards and the international conventions that Turkey is a party to.

We express our support and solidarity with him and his family and continue to fight against human rights violations. We urge all human rights bodies, defenders, and stakeholders to stand for human rights, peace, and democracy in solidarity with him against injustice.

Broken Chalk announces it to the public with due respect.

Broken Chalk

[1] Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (born 2 November 1964, in Şarkikaraağaç, Turkey) is a medical doctor (pulmonologist), human rights activist and an MP (Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly – TBMM) for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). He has dedicated his political career to fighting

[2] https://bianet.org/english/politics/239629-court-of-cassation-upholds-hdp-deputy-gergerlioglu-s-prison-sentence

[3] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210317IPR00117/leading-meps-condemn-another-example-of-crackdown-on-opposition-in-turkey?xtor=AD-78-[Social_share_buttons]-[twitter]-[en]-[news]-[pressroom]-[leading-meps-condemn-another-example-of-crackdown-on-opposition-in-turkey]-

[4] https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/new-human-rights-plan-for-the-people-turkish-leader/2162111

[5] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210317IPR00117/leading-meps-condemn-another-example-of-crackdown-on-opposition-in-turkey?xtor=AD-78-[Social_share_buttons]-[twitter]-[en]-[news]-[pressroom]-[leading-meps-condemn-another-example-of-crackdown-on-opposition-in-turkey]-

[6] https://www.duvarenglish.com/strip-search-sexual-violence-claims-in-turkish-prisons-prompt-outrage-news-55501

[7] I will not give up following the incident in which the young female students got strip-searched on 31 August in Usak Police HQ. https://twitter.com/gergerlioglueng/status/1338956656151994369

Do you want to have Broken Chalk as a Platform in your homeland?

Broken Chalk started his journey as a platform in the Netherlands. Broken Chalk is now much more than a platform and we have reviewed and enlarged our vision and mission within this framework. Violations of rights would be the first on our agenda in the field of Education all over the World. At the point we reached today, Broken Chalk opened its door to all individuals from all across the globe, from all professions, and to all individuals who say or can say ‘I also want to stand against violations of human rights in Education for our future and whole humanity, where our generations grow up together.’

 

If you believe that your country needs such activities. You can start your own Broken Chalk community as a platform in your homeland. We are ready to cooperate with you and share all our experiences, documentations, and network with you.

 

If you are interested fill the following form and attached your CV and letter of motivation.

 

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    CEZAEVLERİNDE TUTUKLULAR BİR BİR ÖLÜYOR

    Türkiye’de hak ihlalleri bitmek bilmiyor. İnsan Hakları Derneği (İHD) Genel Merkezi’nin verilerine göre; Türkiye cezaevlerinde 604’i ağır olmak üzere 1605 hasta tutuklu bulunuyor. Salgından önce bile tedaviye ulaşmakta zorlanan tutukluların, pandemi ile birlikte tedavi imkânları neredeyse imkânsız hale geldi. Hasta tutuklu ve hükümlü yakınları salgın döneminde cezaevi uygulamalarının artık yaşam hakkını tehdit ettiğini öne sürüyor. İnsan hakları savunucuları ve hukukçular ise “Hasta mahkûmlar serbest bırakılmalı” diyor.

    Euronews haber sitesine konuşan İHD Merkez Yürütme Kurulu (MYK) üyesi Nuray Çevirmen yapmış olduğu açıklamada; İnsan Hakları Derneği’ne cezaevinden gelen bir mektupta “Mahpuslara yavaşlatılmış ölüm dayatıyorlar” ifadesinin yer aldığını anlatan Çevirmen, ifadenin üzücü ama gerçeğe uygun olduğu yorumunu yapıyor.

    Türkiye’de yaşanan hak ihlalleri ile ilgili güçlü bir çağrı da ABD Kongresindeki 54 Senatörden geldi.54 Senatör ABD başkanı Joe Biden’a yazmış oldukları mektupla Türkiye’de ki insan hakkı ihlallerine karşı harekete geçilmesi çağrısında bulundu.

    Hasta mahkûmların sağlığa erişimi ile alakalı uluslararası ve ulusal düzenlemeleri ele alan Av. Nilay Nayman, cezaevlerindeki tutukluların sağlığa erişim hakkı ile ilgili olarak konunun bir başka boyutuna dikkat çekiyor.

    Nayman, “İnsan Hakları Beyannamesi, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Bildirgesi, Birleşmiş Milletler Kişisel ve Siyasal Haklar Sözleşmesi gibi pek çok sözleşmede sağlığa erişim hakkı, işkence ve kötü muameleye, yaşama hakkına, tutuklu ve hükümlülerin tedavileri veya tahliyelere ilişkin pek çok düzenleme mevcut. Ulusal Mevzuatta ise anayasada; herkes yaşama, maddi ve manevi varlığını geliştirme hakkına sahiptir. Kimse işkence, eziyet ve kötü muameleye tabii tutulamaz diye belirtilmiştir.” diyor. Sağlık hakkına ilişkin ihlalin pek çok hak gaspını da beraberinde getirdiğini vurgulayan Nayman, “Bu durum sadece sağlığa erişim hakkını değil, kötü muamele yasağının ihlalini de doğuruyor. Anayasanın 56. Maddesinde, “Herkes sağlıklı ve dengeli bir çevrede yaşama hakkına sahiptir.’’ denilerek işkence ve kötü muamelenin bir istisnasının olmadığını hüküm altına almış durumdadır.” diyor ve yaşanan hak ihlallerinin kabulünün mümkün olmadığını vurguluyor.

    Cumhuriyet gazetesinde yer alan bir haberde, İnsan Hakları Derneği verilerine göre; Covid-19 salgını sürerken cezaevlerinde 604’ü ağır olmak üzere Toplam 1605 hasta tutuklu ve hükümlü bulunduğunu dile getiren haberde Cezaevinde kalamaz raporuna rağmen cezaevinde hasta ve risk grubundaki tutuklu ve hükümlü olduğunu belirten insan hakları örgütleri, virüsle birlikte bu tutuklu ve hükümlülerin yaşamlarının ciddi risk altına girdiğini vurguladı.

    CHP Meclis İnsan Hakları İnceleme Komisyonu Başkanvekili Sezgin Tanrıkulu Cezaevlerinde her an bir kırım olabilir diyerek cezaevleri şartlarının iyileştirilmesi ve hasta haklarının korunarak, hak ihlallerinin önüne geçilmesi gerektiğine dikkat çekti.

               Evrensel internet haber sitesinin hasta tutuklularla ilgili yapmış olduğu haberde; Tutukluların tümünün hasta olma yolunda olduğunu manşetine taşıdı. Evrensel internet haber sitesine konuşan Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı (TİHV) Genel Sekreteri Coşkun Üsterci; pandemi ile birlikte cezaevlerinde yaşanan hak ihlallerini ve hasta tutukluların karşı karşıya bırakıldığı riskleri değerlendirdi. Hasta tutukların durumunun yıllardır kamuoyunun gündeminde olduğunu belirten Üsterci, salgınla birlikte bu kaygıların daha da arttığını ifade etti. Üsterci, cezaevleri gibi kalabalık ortamların salgın koşullarında yaşlı ve hastalığı olan tutuklular için ciddi risk taşıdığını vurguladı.

    İleri haber internet sitesinin hasta tutuklularla ilgili yapmış olduğu haberde HDP Muş milletvekili Şevin Coşkun’un görüşlerine yer verdi. Haberde Şevin Coşkun’un, hasta tutuklu ve hükümlülerin durumunu Meclis gündemine taşıdığını ifade ederek “Tahliye başvuruları reddedilen hasta tutuklu ve hükümlüler en temel yaşamsal haklarından mahrum bırakılmaktadırlar” dedi. Adalet Bakanı Gül’ün yanıtlaması istemiyle soru önergesi veren Coşkun; Türkiye’de uzun süredir cezaevlerindeki hak ihlalleri kamuoyu tarafından bilinirken, hasta hükümlü ve tutukluların durumu yeni tip koronavirüs (Covid-19) salgınıyla birlikte kritik bir hal aldı. AKP-MHP koalisyonu tarafından Meclis’ten geçirilen “infaz düzenlemesi” ile çeteciler serbest bırakılırken, hasta hükümlü ve tutukluların durumu göz ardı edildi’ ’dedi.

    HDP Milletvekili ve Meclis insan hakları komisyonu üyesi Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu da cezaevlerinde yaşanan hak ihlallerini anlatan açıklamasında; Cezaevlerinde büyük bir insanlık suçu işlendiğini, büyük hak ihlalleri yaşandığını, özellikle 15 Temmuz 2016 da ki darbe tiyatrosundan sonra toplumda kutuplaşmanın artırıldığını, zulmün zirve yaptığını ifade etti. Cezaevlerinde hasta tutukluların büyük dram ve travma yaşadığını söyledi. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’nun Gümüşhane Ceza İnfaz Kurumunda, tek kişilik hücrede plastik bir sandalye üzerinde Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu’nun hayatını kaybetmesine dair fotoğrafları twitter üzerinden paylaşması ile cezaevlerinde yaşanan ihmal iddialarını yeniden gündeme taşıdı. Hasta mahpusların sağlık durumlarının Adalet Bakanlığı tarafından çözümsüz bırakıldığını söyledi. Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu’nun ölümünü, “kötülüğün sıradanlığı” olarak tanımlayan Gergerlioğlu, “Oldukça kötü bir sağlık hizmeti alınması, bu hak ihlalleri sonrasında hayatını kaybetme ve görevliler tarafından bu işin üstünün kapatılması hadisesi” diyerek olayın alışılagelmiş bir durum olduğunu ifade ediyor.

    İnsan Hakları İzleme Örgütü Türkiye Direktörü Emma Sinclair Webb: ‘’Türkiye hükümeti suç isnatlarını siyasi amaçlarla kötüye kullanıyor. Terörle mücadele kapsamındaki suçlar, kulağa en ağır suçlar gibi gelebilir; ancak Türkiye hükümeti bu kapsamdaki suç isnatlarını siyasi amaçlarla, kötüye kullanıyor. Çok sayıda insan ya çok uzun süreler tutuklu olarak hapiste tutuluyor ya da şiddet eylemlerine karıştıklarına, şiddet eylemlerini kışkırttıklarına veya yasadışı silahlı gruplara lojistik destek sunduklarına ilişkin hiçbir kanıt olmamasına rağmen, bu tür suçlardan hüküm giyebiliyorlar. Bunların arasında Ahmet Altan gibi gazeteciler, Selahattin Demirtaş ve Figen Yüksekdağ gibi siyasetçiler, Osman Kavala gibi insan hakları savunucuları ve Fethullah Gülen Hareketi ile bağlantılı oldukları gerekçesiyle cezalandırılan, kamu görevinden çıkartılmış binlerce devlet memuru, öğretmen ve diğer meslek mensupları da bulunuyor dedi.

    Tr724’ün haber sitesinde yer alan bir haberde, Uluslararası hak örgütleri yapmış oldukları ortak açıklamada ‘’Türkiye’de düzmece davalarla insanlar mağdur ediliyor’ ’dedi. Haberin devamında Uluslararası hak örgütleri, AKP iktidarına ‘‘Cezaevlerini acil olarak boşaltma’’ çağrısında bulunarak, Türkiye’de terörle mücadele yasaları son derece muğlak ve yaygın bir şekilde gazetecilere, muhalif siyasi aktivistlere, avukatlara, insan hakları savunucularına ve muhalif görüşlerini ifade eden diğer kişilere karşı açılan düzmece davalarla istismar edilmekte. Gözlemlediğimiz çok sayıda davada belgelendirdiğimiz üzere, pek çok kişi sadece muhalif görüş açıkladığı için ve hakkında şiddete başvurduğuna, şiddete tahrik ettiğine ya da yasadışı örgütlere yardım ettiğine dair hiçbir kanıt olmaksızın uzun süre tutuklu kalıyor ya da terör suçlamalarıyla mahkum ediliyor’’ dedi

    Hollanda Devlet Televizyonu NOS, başta Silivri olmak üzere Türkiye’deki hapishanelerde koronavirüs tehlikesinin her geçen gün arttığını duyurdu. NOS TV Türkiye Muhabiri Mitra Nazar imzalı haberde, Silivri cezaevinin Avrupa’nın en büyük ceza infaz kurumu olduğuna dikkat çekilerek, 11 bin kişilik  kapasitede olan cezaevinde bu sayının iki katından fazla mahkûmun kaldığı belirtildi. Muhabir Mitra Nazar, haberinde 2016’daki darbe girişimi sonrasında yüzbinlerce insanın gözaltına alınıp tutuklandığını söyledi. Nazar, ’’Özellikle Kürt ve Gülen hareketine mensup yüzbinlerce insanlar demir parmaklıklar arkasına atıldı. Yüz binlerce mahkûm hala 2016 yılından bu güne değin tutuklu. O zamandan beri hapishanelerde ki mahkûm sayısı önemli ölçüde arttı. Türkiye’de toplam 300 bin kişi gözaltına alındı’’ dedi.

    Türkiye’de 15 Temmuz 2016 dan sonra tamamen siyasi gerekçelerle işlerine son verilen eğitimciler, akademisyenler, hukukçular, sağlıkçılar, Silahlı kuvvetler personelleri, Emniyet teşkilatı çalışanları, iş adamaları, bürokratlar ve toplumun daha birçok kesiminden masum insanların mağdur edilmesine ve görevinden ihraç edilen bir öğretmen dostunun kanserden vefat etmesi üzerine İYİ parti İstanbul Milletvekili ve TBMM Grup Başkan Vekili Yavuz AĞIRALİOĞLU mecliste yapmış olduğu açıklama ve çağrıda AKP İktidarının hukuksuzluklarına şu ifadelerle tepki gösterdi; ’Aklınızı başınıza alın. Allah’ın huzuruna insanlara attığınız iftiralarla çıkmayın. Devlet dediğiniz cihaz gadre uğramış insanların görevlerine tevdi edilmeleri sürecini organize etmek zorundadır. Bu süreç içerisinde devleti bu kadar merhametsiz görmekten bıktık, artık yeter. Devlet dediğiniz cihaz adaleti çalıştıracak şakır şakır. Hakkı yenenin hakkını kendisine iade edecek, yeter artık. Kanserden vefat eden KHK’lı İlhami Keleş gibi binlerce mazlumu ahirette kendimize azap sebebi edeceğiz. AKP hükümetinin bu mağduriyetleri giderme konusunda atacağı her türlü adımı sonuna kadar destekleyeceğiz’’ diyerek yaşanan mazlumiyet, mağduriyet ve mahkûmiyetlere dikkat çekti.

    Zafer Kurt

    Turkish gov’t targets Gergerlioglu[1] a prominent human rights defender

    There are several human rights violations are going on in Turkey. And also, it is not easy for human rights defender to do their work. Amnesty International Turkey’s former Chair, Taner Kılıç, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison for membership of the Gülen movement.[2]

    He is an activist, human rights defender, and a Turkish Parliament member (People’s Democracy Party-HDP) named Omer Faruk Gergelioglu. Gergerlioğlu had been dismissed from the medical profession by a decree (KHK) issued under the state of emergency on January 7, 2017. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was sentenced to two years and six months in prison on February 21 for social media posts about the Kurdish issue and the breakdown of the peace process in 2015.


    He firmly stands against all kinds of human rights violations in Turkey. Nowadays, he was targeted by the parliament members of the ruling party (AKP). There was a strip search on female university students in Usak[3]. Gergerlioglu increases his voice against this horrible act[4] and got support from many people within Turkey. People who face strip search publish their stories on social media.


    Gergerlioğlu said. “They attack me because I oppose sexual harassment of women, men, and children, and because all of the public is with me, the nation is behind me,”

    The Following sentence has belonged to Ozlem Zengin, deputy head of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) bloc in parliament.

    “No parliamentarian terrorizes parliament as much as Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu. I categorically do not believe that strip searches exist in Turkey. Such a thing does not exist,” [5]

    Furthermore, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has branded HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu a “terrorist” after the latter exposed the practice of strip searches by police.[6] Soylu also called the judiciary to open a case against Gergerlioglu, and he said, “I here call on the judiciary. This man is a terrorist. We have filed several lawsuits against him; do what is necessary,” [7]

    After the above calls, a few days ago, a summary was prepared against Gergerlioğlu for his tweet about the arrests of mothers with babies, accusing of ‘provoking the public to hatred and hostility’ by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.[8]

    Most media outlets are under the Government’s control; they are writing against the Gergerlioglu.[9] [10] Their main aim is to stop Gergerlioglu’s activities as a human rights defender. He is among the few figures in Turkey who firmly stands against the human rights violation. Turkey needs human rights defender like him these days more than ever.

    In this respect, Protecting human rights is becoming more difficult every day in Turkey. Government increases its control on NGO’s[11] and human rights defenders are doing their work under the pressure of the Turkish Government. At Broken Chalk, one of our primary duties is to protect and support all human rights defenders worldwide.

    If the human rights defenders and organizations present their support to him openly, the Turkish Government will reduce her pressure on Gergerlioglu. Moreover, Gergerlioglu increases his voice and fights against the violations of human rights in Turkey.

    Broken Chalk

    [1] Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (born 2 November 1964, in Şarkikaraağaç, Turkey) is a medical doctor (pulmonologist), human rights activist and an MP (Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly – TBMM) for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). He has dedicated his political career to fighting against human rights violations in Turkey.

    [2] https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/turkey-amnesty-chair-convicted-travesty-justice

    [3] https://www.duvarenglish.com/strip-search-sexual-violence-claims-in-turkish-prisons-prompt-outrage-news-55501

    [4] I will not give up following the incident in which the young female students got strip-searched on 31 August in Usak Police HQ. https://twitter.com/gergerlioglueng/status/1338956656151994369

    [5] https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/22122020

    [6] https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-interior-minister-suleyman-soylu-brands-hdp-mp-omer-faruk-gergerlioglu-terrorist-for-exposing-practice-of-strip-searches-in-police-custody-news-55621

    [7] https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-interior-minister-suleyman-soylu-brands-hdp-mp-omer-faruk-gergerlioglu-terrorist-for-exposing-practice-of-strip-searches-in-police-custody-news-55621

    [8] http://mezopotamyaajansi25.com/en/ALL-NEWS/content/view/121659

    [9] https://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2020/12/24/son-dakika-icisleri-bakani-soyludan-hdpli-gergerliogluna-bu-adam-muptezeldir-teroristtir

    [10] https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/bakan-soylu-gergerlioglu-fetocu-bir-teroristtir-540659.html

    [11] https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-tightens-control-over-ngos-to-combat-terrorism/a-56088205

    Biz Kimiz?

    Broken Chalk Mart 2019 da, Türkiye den gördükleri ve görmeleri muhtemel insan hakları ihlallerinden dolayı yurt dışına çıkıp, gittikleri ülkelerde sığınma talebinde bulunmak zorunda kalan bir grup eğitimci tarafından bir platform olarak kurulmuştur.

    Kendileri de çok sıkıntı çeken bu eğitim gönüllüleri, yeni ülkelerinde yeni hayatlarına başlamış ve artık onlar insan hakları ihlalleri olmayan, hukukun üstünlüğüne inanılan ve insana insan olduğu için saygı duyulan ülkelerde yaşamaya başlamışlardır. Fakat hep bir tarafları eksik kalmıştı, geride bıraktıkları için aynı şeyleri söylemek çok mümkün değildi. Akılları, gönülleri hep geride bıraktıklarında idi. Şimdi artık üzerlerine yeni bir vazife almış ve geride bıraktıkları insanların yaşadıkları ve yaşamaya devam ettikleri insan hakları ihlallerini tüm dünyaya duyurulmalı idiler. Bu amaçla bir araya gelen bir grup eğitim gönüllüsü Broken Chalk platformu altında faaliyetlerine başlamış ama bu platform yapmak istedikleri için yetersiz kalmaya başlamıştı. Bu faaliyetleri daha güçlü ve etkili yapabilme adına Ekim 2020 de bir insan hakları derneği olarak resmi kuruluşlarını tamamladılar.

    Aslında bizim neden bu yola çıktığımızın kısa özeti şu cümleler ile ifade edilebilir.

    Türkiye’de yaşanan hak ihlallerini etkili bir şekilde duyurabilmek. Ve tüm insanlığı günümüz Türkiye’sinde olanlardan haberdar edebilmek. Türkiye’deki mevcut hükümetin Türk anayasasını hiçe sayarak kendi yazılı kanunlarını ihlal ettiğini. Günümüz Türkiye’sinde herkesin kanunlar önünde eşit olmadığını, masumiyet karinesinin ve suçun şahsiliğinin hiçe sayıldığını, suçları ispatlanana kadar insanların masum kabul edilmediğini, yapıldığı zaman suç kabul edilmeyen bir hareketin daha sonradan suç kabul edildiğini elimizden geldiği kadar tüm dünyaya duyurmaya istemek.  Olabilecek en kısa zamanda bunların son bulmasını ve güzel ülkemiz Türkiye’nin yeniden bir hukuk devleti olabilmesi adına çalışmak arzusu. Broken Chalk olarak bebekli annelerin hapse atılmadı, insanların hücrelerinde ölü bulunmadığı, yasal bir derneğe üye olmanın yada siyasi bir partiyi desteklemenin, ihtiyaç halindeki insanlara yardım etmenin suç sayılmadı bir Türkiye hayal etmek.

    Broken Chalk artık bir platformdan çok daha fazlası idi, bizlerde bu çerçevede vizyonumuzu ve misyonumuzu yeniledik. Tüm dünyada eğitim alanında yaşanan hak ihlalleri artık bizim birinci gündem maddemiz olacaktı. Bugün gelinen noktada Broken Chalk tüm dünyadan ve her meslek grubundan ve eğitim alanındaki hak ihlallerine karşı ben de varım diyen/diyebilen tüm bireylere kapısını açtı. Gelin birlikte nesillerimizin yetiştiği, geleceğimizin ve insanlığımızın şekillendiği eğitim alanındaki insan hakları ihlallerini sonlandıralım. Covid-19 şu günlerde tüm dünyanın gündemini meşgul etmekte ama

    Dünyada her yıl ortalama 297,000 çocuk temiz suya ulaşamadığı için ölmekte.[1]  Pandemi döneminde eğitimin devam edebilmesi için en temel ihtiyaç internet, fakat bu hususta tüm dünya milletleri sınıfta kalmış durumda. Tüm dünya 3-17 yaş okul çağı çocuklarının üç te ikisi yâda diğer bir ifade ile 1.3 milyarının evinde internet yok.[2]

    Eğitimi bu denli önemli kılan özellik, toplumdaki kötülükleri ortadan kaldırmamıza ve iyi düşünceler ortaya koymamıza yardımcı olmasıdır. Dünyanın farklı yerlerinde eğitim risk altında ve bizler tüm paydaşların ve kamuoyunun dikkatini bu yöne çekmek istiyoruz. Bu riskler okullara saldırılar yapılmasından, okulların bombalanmasından, öğrenci ve öğretmenlerin öldürülmesine kadar uzanıyor. Silahlı grupların kışkırttığı tecavüz ve cinsel şiddet, keyfi tutuklamalar ve zorla askere alma da meydana geliyor. Eğitime yönelik saldırılar öğrencilere ve öğretmenlere zarar verir, ancak aynı zamanda hem kısa hem de uzun vadede toplulukları etkiler.

    Bunlardan Sadece birkaç örnek verecek olursak;

    • Nijerya: Kuzeydoğu ‘da dokuz yılda 611 öğretmen öldürüldü, 910 okul yıkıldı.[3]
    • Son beş yılda eğitime yönelik saldırılarda 22.000’den fazla öğrenci ve öğretmen yaralandı veya öldürüldü.[4]
    • Amerika: 2009’dan bu yana, ABD’deki okulların en az 177’si silahlı saldırıya uğradı.[5] Saldırganlar 110 öğrenci ve öğretmeni öldürdü, 246 kişi ise yaralandı.[6]
    • Mevcut verilere göre 2015 ve 2019 yılları arasında 93 ülkede eğitime yönelik en az bir saldırı yaşandı, bu sayı 2013-2017 raporlama dönemine göre 19 ülke daha fazla.[7]
    • Yine bir diğer örnek; Yemen ve Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti. Her ülkedeki okullara 1.500 saldırı düzenlendi ve bu ülkelerde eğitim özellikle ağır etkilendi. Afganistan, Filistin ve Suriye’nin tümü eğitime yönelik 500 saldırıya uğradı.[8]
    • Ukrayna: 2014’ün başlarında çatışmanın başlamasından bu yana, çatışmaların bir sonucu olarak temas hattının her iki tarafındaki 750’den fazla eğitim tesisi hasar gördü veya yok edildi.[9]
    • Türkiye’de: Eğitim Sendikası’nın (Eğitim-Sen) verilerine göre hükümet 41.005 eğitimciyi işten attı.[10] Ayrıca 56.000’den fazla öğrencinin yükseköğretime kayıtlı olduğu 16 özel üniversite kapatıldı. Öğrencilerin eğitim hakkı ihlal edildi. Bu kurumlarda çalışan 2.465’i akademisyen olmak üzere 5.342 kişi işini kaybetti.[11]

    Çocuklar ve gençler, yaratıcı istatistikleri ve kaçamak sözcük dağarcığı ile verilen sözleri gerçeğe dönüştürmedeki başarısızlıklarını gizleyen küresel bürokrasilerin sessiz kurbanlarıdır.

    24 Ocak Dünya Eğitim Günüdeki seminerimz Learning Planet ortaklı ile gerçekleştirildi. Bu çerçevede gelecek yıl bu günü bir Eğitim Festivali olarak daha çok program, aktivite ve etkinlikler ile zenginleştirmek yeni amaçlarımızdan birisi.

    Egitim alanındaki insan hakları ihlallerini dur demek isteyen tüm bireyleri Broken Chalk gönüllüsü olamya davet ediyoruz.

     

    Saygılarımla

    Ramazan İnce

    Eş-Kurucu Başkan

    Broken Chalk

     

     

    [1] https://www.who.int/news/item/18-06-2019-1-in-3-people-globally-do-not-have-access-to-safe-drinking-water-unicef-who

    [2] https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/two-thirds-worlds-school-age-children-have-no-internet-access-home-new-unicef-itu

    [3] https://allafrica.com/stories/202009090067.html

    [4] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [5] https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3dbf6b680fc84036a3503159a96d50f2

    [6] https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/

    [7] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [8] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [9] https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/attacks-schools-quadruple-conflict-hit-eastern-ukraine-unicef

    [10] https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-teacher-not-assigned-over-his-alleged-links-to-gulen-movement-killed-in-workplace-accident/

    [11] https://stockholmcf.org/turkey-celebrates-teachers-day-as-tens-of-thousands-of-dismissed-teachers-jobless-or-in-prisons/

    Who We Are?

    Broken Chalk Platform, in March 2019, was founded by a group of educators abroad who experienced and have been experiencing severe human rights violations in Turkey who had to ask for asylum currently in several countries.

    These education volunteers, who also suffered greatly, started their new lives in their new countries where there are no human rights violations in which they gain respect just because they are considered as human beings in those countries. However, they left one part of their minds and hearts in their homeland. They assigned themselves a new duty and the human rights violations they left behind had to be announced to the whole World. A group of education volunteers who came together for this purpose started their activities under the Broken Chalk platform’s umbrella. However, the Broken Chalk platform was not enough to serve for their aims. Therefore, they completed their official establishment as a Human Rights Foundation in October 2020.

    Actually, we can express the reasons for our journey with the following sentences.

    Firstly,  it is to make effectively known the increase of awareness of the human rights violations in Turkey by the World.

    The current Government in Turkey had violated and spurned its own legally accepted written laws of the constitution.

    As best as we can, we wish to announce to the world that in today’s Turkey,

    • no one is equal in the eye of legislation,
    • that presumption of innocence and crime privity were disregarded,
    • that the people are not considered innocent until their crimes have been proved,
    • that a usual act before is now counted as a definite crime, and so on.

    We do wish to work hard to help make our beautiful land, Turkey, again a state of law and to give an end to all those unfair activities.

    As for Broken Chalk, we imagine and look for a Turkey where mothers and their babies were not imprisoned, where people are not found in their prison-cell dead, and in where to help people in need is not considered as a crime and where being a member or a supporter of a legal party is not committed as an offend, etc.

    Broken Chalk is now much more than a platform and we have reviewed and enlarged our vision and mission within this framework. Violations of rights would be the first in our agenda in the field of Education all over the World. At the point we reached today, Broken Chalk opened its door to all individuals from all across the globe, from all professions, and to all individuals who say or can say ‘I also want to stand against violations of human rights in Education for our future and whole humanity, where our generations grow up together.’

    Covid-19 is the agenda of the whole World nowadays, but each year, an average of 297,000 children around the world die because of not having access to clean water.[1] The internet is the most essential need of our children to continue their Education during the pandemic period; however, all World states failed in this task. Worldwide, two-thirds of the school-age children aged 3-17, or 1.3 billion, do not have internet access in their homes.[2]

    What makes Education so important is that it can help us eliminate the evils from society, introduce, and increase the good. We want to draw the attention of the public and stakeholders that Education is in danger in several different parts of the World. The attacks are wide-reaching from the bombing of schools to the murdering of students and teachers. Raping and sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, and forced recruitment also occurred, instigated by armed groups. Attacks on Education harm the students and teachers, but they also affect the communities both in the short and long term.

    To mention a few of these from many,

    • Nigeria: 611 Teachers were killed, 910 Schools Destroyed in Nine Years in Northeast[3]
    • More than 22,000 students and teachers were harmed or killed in attacks on Education in the last five years.[4]
    • America: Since 2009, at least 177 of America’s schools experienced shootings.[5] Attackers killed 110 students and teachers, 246 injured.[6]
    • Between 2015 and 2019, 93 countries experienced at least one attack on Education, 19 more countries than in the previous reporting period of 2013-2017.[7]
    • Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo were particularly badly hit, with 1,500 attacks on schools in each country, and Afghanistan, Palestine, and Syria all saw 500.[8]
    • Ukraine: Since the conflict began in early 2014, more than 750 educational facilities on both sides of the contact line have been damaged or destroyed due to hostilities.[9]
    • In Turkey: According to the data compiled by the Union of Education (Egitim-Sen), the Government dismissed 41,005 educators.[10] In addition to that, sixteen private universities, where more than 56,000 students were receiving High Education, were also closed down, and thus 5,342 people, including 2,465 academicians, lost their jobs.[11]

    Children and young people are silent victims of global bureaucracies, whose creative statistics and evasive vocabulary disguise their failure to translate any of the promises made into reality.

    Our seminar on January 24, International Day of Education, was realized in partnership with Learning Planet. In this context, one of our new goals is to enrich this day with more programs, activities, and events next year as an Education Festival.

    We invite all individuals who want to stop human rights violations in Education to become Volunteers of Broken Chalk.

     

    Ramazan İnce

    Co-Founder President

    Broken Chalk

     

     

    [1] https://www.who.int/news/item/18-06-2019-1-in-3-people-globally-do-not-have-access-to-safe-drinking-water-unicef-who

    [2] https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/two-thirds-worlds-school-age-children-have-no-internet-access-home-new-unicef-itu

    [3] https://allafrica.com/stories/202009090067.html

    [4] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [5] https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3dbf6b680fc84036a3503159a96d50f2

    [6] https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/

    [7] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [8] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

    [9] https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/attacks-schools-quadruple-conflict-hit-eastern-ukraine-unicef

    [10] https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-teacher-not-assigned-over-his-alleged-links-to-gulen-movement-killed-in-workplace-accident/

    [11] https://stockholmcf.org/turkey-celebrates-teachers-day-as-tens-of-thousands-of-dismissed-teachers-jobless-or-in-prisons/