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'Fine imposed for 'No' vote call in 2017 referendum unlawful'

'Fine imposed for 'No' vote call in 2017 referendum unlawful'

Constitutional Court of Türkiye found the fine imposed on the chairperson of union of dentists calling for "No" vote in 2017 referendum unlawful and "violation of freedom of expression."

30 December 2022

Babacan promises return to İstanbul Convention

Babacan promises return to İstanbul Convention

The former economy chief of the AKP has unveiled his DEVA Party's new action plan for women's rights.

29 December 2022 Ceren İskit

Defense ministers of Türkiye, Syria, Russia meet in Moscow

Defense ministers of Türkiye, Syria, Russia meet in Moscow

The highest-level meeting between Türkiye and Syria in over a decade comes amid Ankara's efforts to normalize relations with Damascus and launch a new ground offensive into the Kurdish-controlled regions in northern Syria.

29 December 2022

Erdoğan announces lift of age requirement for retirement

Erdoğan announces lift of age requirement for retirement

A new law will allow over 2.2 million people to retire immediately. The move comes months ahead of the elections.

29 December 2022

Police officer receives 25-year prison sentence for killing film worker

Police officer receives 25-year prison sentence for killing film worker

An officer had shot a man dead in 2020 in İstanbul after he allegedly disobeyed his warning to stop.

29 December 2022

Appeals court upholds sentences in Gezi Park case

Appeals court upholds sentences in Gezi Park case

The Court of Cassation will now examine the appeals.

29 December 2022

Roboski Massacre commemorated on 11th anniversary

Roboski Massacre commemorated on 11th anniversary

"President Erdoğan had told that they would not allow the massacre to be lost in the dark corridors of Ankara. Today the Roboski massacre is paved over in Ankara," said Ferhat Encü who lost family members and beloved in the Roboski massacre 11 years ago.

28 December 2022

TurkStat: Over 400,000 people moved from İstanbul to other cities in a year

TurkStat: Over 400,000 people moved from İstanbul to other cities in a year

The statistical authority has released detailed figures about migration within Türkiye in 2021.

28 December 2022

Refugee from Uganda kept at removal center for nearly two months

Refugee from Uganda kept at removal center for nearly two months

While waiting on his deportation case, Wahab Kenyatta is held in administrative detention at a removal center in Ankara.

28 December 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Locals in Maraş concerned over second hydroelectric power plant on Göksu Creek

Locals in Maraş concerned over second hydroelectric power plant on Göksu Creek

The southeastern city of Nurhak is in danger of drought due to hydroelectric power plants being constructed in the area.

28 December 2022

İstanbul raises public transport fares

İstanbul raises public transport fares

The 29-percent hike will be effective from January 1.

28 December 2022

Record number of small businesses went bankrupt in Türkiye in 2022

Record number of small businesses went bankrupt in Türkiye in 2022

Amid Türkiye's economic woes, small businesses are slowly disappearing from the country's streetscape.

28 December 2022 Wouter Massink

Yalova factory to introduce four-day workweek

Yalova factory to introduce four-day workweek

About 200 people will work four days a week in the first three months of 2023.

28 December 2022

2022 in Türkiye: Oppression and defiance

2022 in Türkiye: Oppression and defiance

While the government sought to tighten its grip on citizens and the opposition ahead of the elections, workers, villagers, journalists, women and LGBTI+s showed defiance all across the country.

28 December 2022

Deniz Poyraz murder case: Assailant sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment

Deniz Poyraz murder case: Assailant sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment

An ultranationalist assailant stormed the HDP office in İzmir last year, killing party worker Deniz Poyraz.

27 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

'Terror' investigation into Turkish Medical Association executives

'Terror' investigation into Turkish Medical Association executives

The association's head was arrested for "terror propaganda." The new investigation targets all the top executives of the TTB.

27 December 2022

Aggressor of Paris attack appears before judge

Aggressor of Paris attack appears before judge

The killer is being charged with "murder based on race, ethnic origin, nation or religion." Protests called by Kurdish associations spreading and tension rising in France, Ankara government summoned French ambassador to FM to warn against "black propaganda against Türkiye."

27 December 2022

Lawyer: 'They will close Deniz Poyraz case without solving the murder'

Lawyer: 'They will close Deniz Poyraz case without solving the murder'

The court may render a judgment in the 6th hearing of the case to be held in Şakran tomorrow, said lawyer Arslan-Ağaç, despite so many shortcomings.

26 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Minister warns grocery chains not to increase prices too much after minimum wage hike

Minister warns grocery chains not to increase prices too much after minimum wage hike

The government has blamed the country's largest grocery chains over high food prices.

26 December 2022

Great Alevi Convention: 'New Constitution should be made including equal citizenship'

Great Alevi Convention: 'New Constitution should be made including equal citizenship'

Meeting in İstanbul on Sunday, the Great Alevi Convention announced a final declaration with eleven demands.

26 December 2022

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Remzi Kartal on Paris attack: 'This is an organized attack, the Kurdish woman is targeted'

Remzi Kartal on Paris attack: 'This is an organized attack, the Kurdish woman is targeted'

"This is absolutely a planned attack and an organized one. We also have some different information and we will be announcing them in the following days" Kongra Gel Co-Chairperson told bianet.

26 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Türkiye records highest number of deportations in 2022

Türkiye records highest number of deportations in 2022

Nearly 120,000 refugees have been deported from the country this year, up by 159 percent compared to 2021.

26 December 2022

İstanbul's Chamber of Commerce hikes bread prices

İstanbul's Chamber of Commerce hikes bread prices

Türkiye's largest city saw bread's price rise by 71,4 percent in one year.

26 December 2022

Aggressor of Paris attack out of psychiatry clinic, detained again

Aggressor of Paris attack out of psychiatry clinic, detained again

Also having attacked a migrant camp in Paris in 2021 with a sword and being charged with attempted murder, it is not known why he was released a year after this murder attempt; only 11 days before last attack killing three.

25 December 2022

Attack near Kurdish cultural center in Paris kills two

Attack near Kurdish cultural center in Paris kills two

The 69-year-old assailant was nabbed after the attack.

23 December 2022

Minister: Deepening poverty leads to increasing drug addiction

Minister: Deepening poverty leads to increasing drug addiction

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca responded to a written question on drug addiction and treatment facilities in İzmir addressed by an opposition MP.

23 December 2022

Rights groups demand examination of resurfaced bones in Van

Rights groups demand examination of resurfaced bones in Van

After water levels in a dam reservoir on the Zilan river dropped, human bones resurfaced early this month. Thousands of people were killed in the region in 1930.

23 December 2022

Co-chair, executives of Democratic Regions Party detained during raids across several cities

Co-chair, executives of Democratic Regions Party detained during raids across several cities

Police raided the pro-Kurdish party's offices and its members' homes. No information has been disclosed about the investigation into the party.

23 December 2022

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

The first hearing of the case where the Turkish Medical Association head is facing "terror propaganda" charges was held in İstanbul. Korur-Fincancı has been remanded in custody since late October.

23 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Türkiye expects more 'concrete steps' from Sweden, FM Çavuşoğlu tells counterpart

Türkiye expects more 'concrete steps' from Sweden, FM Çavuşoğlu tells counterpart

The minister criticized Sweden for not extraditing "terror" suspects to Türkiye whereas Billström said they take the NATO memorandum seriously.

23 December 2022

Minister: Türkiye's drug use rate at 3.1 percent

Minister: Türkiye's drug use rate at 3.1 percent

Direct deaths related to drug use are declining, while detentions are increasing, according to Minister Soylu.

23 December 2022

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Güzel was remanded in custody on September 4 in a trial she is standing. She was stripped of her MP status with 330 votes in the parliament for "absenteeism."

22 December 2022