Special report by PEOPLE’S WORLD
ALL she did was pick up the phone to a TV call-in show.
But last month Ayse Celik was sent to jail to continue serving a 15-month sentence — which had been delayed because she was pregnant and then had a newborn baby.
Her child is currently staying with her mother while she serves her sentence. But the first time round, the schoolteacher was among 700 women in her country to serve their sentences accompanied by their children — in spite of this violating human rights legislation and the constitution.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
Mass strikes over cost-of-living protections have escalated into a broader confrontation over democracy, after the government moved to impose a pay freeze by decree, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people


