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Top appeals court overturns 'terror' conviction over yellow-red-green necklace

Top appeals court overturns 'terror' conviction over yellow-red-green necklace

A necklace he was wearing while participating in Saturday Mothers demonstration five years ago was grounds for allegations of terrorist propaganda against Yavuz Baki. The local court had associated the colors of the necklace with the PKK.

9 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Journalist faces online harassment after revealing alleged child marriage in Islamic group

Journalist faces online harassment after revealing alleged child marriage in Islamic group

Timur Soykan reported on a court case into the alleged marriage in the İsmailağa sect, a politically influential religious community.

9 December 2022

Fire breaks out in İstanbul's Çırağan Palace

Fire breaks out in İstanbul's Çırağan Palace

One person was hospitalized after the fire broke out in the hotel on the European shores of the Bosphorus strait. The fire was contained a few hours later.

9 December 2022

HDP deputy throws headscarf in protest of cross-border military operations

HDP deputy throws headscarf in protest of cross-border military operations

"I am throwing my muslin here where all decisions of war are taken so that the fighting will stop, so that isolation system is abolished and so that an honorable peace is reached in this geography," Remziye Tosun said at the parliament.

9 December 2022

Defense ministers of Türkiye, Finland discuss NATO membership

Defense ministers of Türkiye, Finland discuss NATO membership

Akar said Ankara expects more "concrete steps" in terms of preventing the PKK's activities in Finland while Kaikkonen said they were considering lifting restrictions on arms sales to Türkiye.

9 December 2022

Türkiye's Culture Ministry demands money back from applauded film Burning Days

Türkiye's Culture Ministry demands money back from applauded film Burning Days

The ministry requested its financial support back awarded to the critically acclaimed film with interest, reportedly after a change to the script.

8 December 2022

'Our children were healthy when arrested'

'Our children were healthy when arrested'

Families called out to courts again on 387th day of Justice Watch in Diyarbakır and in İzmir.

8 December 2022

'Our children were healthy when arrested'

'Our children were healthy when arrested'

Families gathered and spoke in Diyarbakır and in İzmir on Justice Watch for the 387th day.

8 December 2022

Accusing police of torture, Gülten Matur files complaint

Accusing police of torture, Gülten Matur files complaint

Matur, 51, alleges that she had been informally detained and tortured for eight days in İstanbul last month.

8 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

bianet's ex-chief editor on trial: 'This is a case aimed at intimidating journalists'

bianet's ex-chief editor on trial: 'This is a case aimed at intimidating journalists'

Nazan Özcan is facing "insult" and "libel" charges over a report covering journalists sued for reporting allegations of bribery about Erdoğan's lawyers.

8 December 2022 Hikmet Adal

Blamed by ruling alliance over high food prices, Türkiye's grocery chains face attacks, threats

Blamed by ruling alliance over high food prices, Türkiye's grocery chains face attacks, threats

Amid record-high inflation and increasing price hikes, supermarket chains are linked to a designated "terrorist" organization and blamed by Türkiye's ruling coalition. A store was vandalized in southern Türkiye.

8 December 2022 Wouter Massink

Ministry will intervene in child marriage case sparking strong reaction

Ministry will intervene in child marriage case sparking strong reaction

Allegations of daughter of founder of a foundation linked to a religious sect at court after her divorce that she was married at child age and sexually abused since the age of six sparked strong reaction in Türkiye.

8 December 2022

Demirtaş explains his application to visit PKK leader

Demirtaş explains his application to visit PKK leader

"Saying delegations should be sent to İmralı is much more moral and legitimate than saying soldiers should be send across the border," Demirtaş wrote.

8 December 2022

Khashoggi murder case dismissed in US

Khashoggi murder case dismissed in US

Dismissal of the case means that bin Salman will be able to travel to the US freely.

7 December 2022

No surprises: How voters in Diyarbakır view the HDP closure case

No surprises: How voters in Diyarbakır view the HDP closure case

The HDP, the third-largest party in Türkiye's parliament, is facing closure due to its alleged links to the PKK. Also, some 451 members of the party could be banned from politics.

7 December 2022 Rabia Çetin

Opposition MP spends night in intensive care after injured in brawl in parliament

Opposition MP spends night in intensive care after injured in brawl in parliament

Having cardiac dysrhythmia, Hüseyin Örs was taken to intensive care for electric cardioversion.

7 December 2022

'Conditions of US sale of F-16s to Türkiye removed from defense budget bill'

'Conditions of US sale of F-16s to Türkiye removed from defense budget bill'

Anadolu Agency reported that conditions on F-16 sales from the US to Türkiye were released which was welcomed by Ankara.

7 December 2022

Men killed 28 women in November

Men killed 28 women in November

Men inflicted violence on at least 25 women, abused at least four girls and boys, and harassed at least nine women.

7 December 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Over 240 mine workers in Balıkesir dismissed after being unionized

Over 240 mine workers in Balıkesir dismissed after being unionized

The company has dismissed the workers because the job has ended, which is not the case, according to a union representative.

7 December 2022 Ayça Onuralmış

Victim of transphobic assault: 'Streets belong to all of us, we are not leaving!'

Victim of transphobic assault: 'Streets belong to all of us, we are not leaving!'

Melis Yağmur Hanzade, a street musician who got attacked in a transphobic hate assault in İzmir, made a public statement at the place where the attack took place.

6 December 2022

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Türkiye expects Sweden to take 'more concrete steps' for NATO membership, says FM

Türkiye expects Sweden to take 'more concrete steps' for NATO membership, says FM

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu repeated expectations of Ankara in the NATO accession process of Sweden and Finland at joint press conference with his counterpart Bogdan Aurescu of Romania.

6 December 2022

Report: Fewer journalists in prison but more face trials, fines in Türkiye

Report: Fewer journalists in prison but more face trials, fines in Türkiye

While the number of incarcerated journalists are significantly lower compared to the period after the 2016 coup attempt, the government is still using court cases to intimidate journalists, according to a monitoring group.

6 December 2022 Hikmet Adal

CHP leader slams government over draft budget for 2023

CHP leader slams government over draft budget for 2023

Kılıçdaroğlu said it should be the elected president to speak on the budget of the country in the parliament, not his appointed secretary.

6 December 2022

Haydarpaşa Train Station will reportedly reopen after 10 years

Haydarpaşa Train Station will reportedly reopen after 10 years

The iconic train station was closed in 2013. Since then, there have been rumors that it would be turned into a hotel.

6 December 2022 Hikmet Adal

Villagers in Amasya resist industrial site building plan on their meadows and arable fields

Villagers in Amasya resist industrial site building plan on their meadows and arable fields

Gendarme set up barricades in front of villagers trying to prevent heavy equipment from entering their village in Çambükü, Amasya.

5 December 2022

Push factors: Why young people in southeastern Türkiye want to move to Europe

Push factors: Why young people in southeastern Türkiye want to move to Europe

Turkey recap spoke with young citizens in the country's southeast to find out what's fueling their desire to leave.

5 December 2022 İnanç Yıldız

Türkiye's official inflation rate at 84.39 percent in November

Türkiye's official inflation rate at 84.39 percent in November

The inflation rate dropped about 1 percentage point in a month. According to the ENAG, the rate is over 170 percent.

5 December 2022

Armenians in İstanbul electing leaders after nine years

Armenians in İstanbul electing leaders after nine years

A vote has started to elect the board of Armenian minoriry foundations.

5 December 2022

88th anniversary of women's suffrage in Türkiye: Over 80 percent of MPs are men

88th anniversary of women's suffrage in Türkiye: Over 80 percent of MPs are men

Although women in Türkiye can be elected in parliament since 1934, today, only 17.2 percent of the MPs are women.

5 December 2022

Türkiye arrests 'terror' convict deported from Sweden

Türkiye arrests 'terror' convict deported from Sweden

Mahmut Tat received a prison sentence for being a PKK member in 2015.

5 December 2022

Türkiye will not target US, Russia or Iran's forces in Syria offensive, says presidential spokesperson

Türkiye will not target US, Russia or Iran's forces in Syria offensive, says presidential spokesperson

"To say that 'keeping of ISIS prisoners cannot be guaranteed in case Türkiye starts a ground offensive to the north of Syria' means that PYD/YPG are holding the ISIS prisoners as hostage" said Kalın.

5 December 2022

Interior Ministry investigates district municipality over 'LGBTI+ solidarity center'

Interior Ministry investigates district municipality over 'LGBTI+ solidarity center'

The investigation comes after pro-government outlets targeting the municipality.

2 December 2022