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Public backlash against religious community dorms in Turkey after Enes Kara’s passing
Public backlash against religious community dorms in Turkey after Enes Kara’s passing
The living conditions at religious communities' dorms have once again come to Turkey’s public agenda following a video where 20-year-old Kara talked about his anxiety about the future and the pressure he faced at a religious community dorm.
12 January 2022
Journalist threatened after reporting on alleged child abuse by security officers in Van
Journalist threatened after reporting on alleged child abuse by security officers in Van
"Children who are victims of abuse are seen as 'terrorists' while the perpetrators present themselves as 'patriots' and wear the armor of impunity," a lawyer has said.
11 January 2022
‘Turkey’s economy is in complete collapse,’ says CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu
‘Turkey’s economy is in complete collapse,’ says CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu
Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu has addressed journalists: “Don’t worry, it is so close… Regardless of who they are, they will see what press freedom is as long as they act morally and we will know how to learn from those criticisms.”
11 January 2022
Academics for Peace: We reject your rejection
Academics for Peace: We reject your rejection
On the 6th anniversary of their declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, Academics for Peace have addressed the State of Emergency Commission, which rejects their requests for reinstatement: “We reject your rejection.”
11 January 2022
Bahçeli once again says HDP, Turkish Medical Association should be closed
Bahçeli once again says HDP, Turkish Medical Association should be closed
The MHP leader has accused the HDP of "terrorism" and the TTB of lying about Turkey's domestic coronavirus vaccine.
11 January 2022
One more court in Turkey finds fines for violating pandemic curfews ‘unlawful’
One more court in Turkey finds fines for violating pandemic curfews ‘unlawful’
The Saruhanlı Criminal Judgeship of Peace in Manisa has cancelled the fine imposed by the police on a citizen for not abiding by a curfew; the judgeship has noted that Turkey’s Public Health Law does not foresee a measure in the form of a curfew.
11 January 2022
Prisoner's letter censored for ‘targeting’ the judge of a high criminal court
Prisoner's letter censored for ‘targeting’ the judge of a high criminal court
A prisoner wrote about the unlawfulness she faced during her trial. Her letter has been censored because “she pointed Judge Akın Gürlek as a target by making a misstatement”.
11 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez
Demolition of 'world's most ridiculous building' in southern Turkey begins
Demolition of 'world's most ridiculous building' in southern Turkey begins
The Special Provincial Administration Business Center long topped Google's results as the "world's most ridiculous building."
11 January 2022
President Erdoğan appoints envoy for normalization with Armenia
President Erdoğan appoints envoy for normalization with Armenia
Serdar Kılıç, a former ambassador to US, has been appointed as Turkey's envoy.
11 January 2022
Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet
Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet
With his drawings, Ahmet Bilge has been reaching out to his audience from behind bars via bianet, expressing criticisms of current issues concerning politics, the government, poverty and the gap between technology and our lives.
11 January 2022 Ahmet Bilge
‘You cannot usurp women's right to alimony behind closed doors'
‘You cannot usurp women's right to alimony behind closed doors'
The Women’s Platform for Equality of Turkey has released a statement about the amendment expected to be introduced to the law regarding the right to alimony.
11 January 2022
Summaries of proceedings for nine more MPs
Summaries of proceedings for nine more MPs
Seven HDP deputies are on the list. The files of the deputies have been sent to a parliamentary committee for a vote.
11 January 2022
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Cyprus
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Cyprus
Several social media users say that the earthquake was felt in Cyprus as well as in Turkey’s provinces of Antalya, Mersin, Hatay, Adana, Isparta, Burdur and Konya.
11 January 2022
Number of women calling for Aysel Tuğluk's freedom tops 5 thousand
Number of women calling for Aysel Tuğluk's freedom tops 5 thousand
Seeking the release of Kurdish politician and seriously ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, the petition of “A Call from 1000 Women for Freedom to Aysel Tuğluk” has received over 5 thousand signatures in four days.
11 January 2022
‘The reason behind poverty is not refugees,' says rights group
‘The reason behind poverty is not refugees,' says rights group
World is Our Home International Solidarity Association makes a statement about violations of rights faced by refugees: “They work for incomparably low wages, mostly unregistered, and in conditions devoid of occupational safety and human dignity.”
11 January 2022
Bengi Ünsal appointed as the new director of Institute of Contemporary Arts in UK
Bengi Ünsal appointed as the new director of Institute of Contemporary Arts in UK
The first director appointed under the chairpersonship of Wolfgang Tillmans, Ünsal joins the ICA as it prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary. In March 2022, she will become the first woman to serve as the organization’s director in 55 years.
11 January 2022
Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases top 60 thousand again, keep increasing
Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases top 60 thousand again, keep increasing
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 403 thousand tests were conducted, 65,236 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 141 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.
11 January 2022
Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'
Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'
After her pictures from 2014 with Volkan Bora, a PKK member killed by security forces in 2017, were leaked to the press, it has caused debates about HDP MP Semra Güzel. Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has also talked about the issue.
11 January 2022
Attack on refugees' shops in İstanbul's Esenyurt
Attack on refugees' shops in İstanbul's Esenyurt
Seven people were detained after the attack that occurred following an argument between refugees and locals.
10 January 2022
Turkey has a problem with the right to a fair trial, Constitutional Court president admits
Turkey has a problem with the right to a fair trial, Constitutional Court president admits
More than 73 percent of the individual applications to the top court concerned the right to a fair trial, Zühtü Arslan has said.
10 January 2022
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Assailant arrested over attack on HDP Bahçelievler office
Assailant arrested over attack on HDP Bahçelievler office
The prosecutor’s office reportedly appealed against assailant Sütçü’s release from detention to house arrest. Due to the confidentiality order on the file, the scope of the appeal or the reason for the arrest is unknown.
10 January 2022
Survey: More than 70 percent of journalists struggle to make ends meet
Survey: More than 70 percent of journalists struggle to make ends meet
More than 85 percent of journalists apply self-censorship and are concerned that they might get into legal trouble because of their reports.
10 January 2022
‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’
‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’
Tigris Euphrates Journalists Association Co-Chair Altan says that 2021 was a tough year for journalists working in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority provinces while journalists Gök and Ren talk about the hardships and violations of rights they face in the region.
10 January 2022 Gülistan Korban
19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report
19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report
The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform released its annual report on violations of rights faced by journalist women in Turkey on January 10 Working Journalists Day: “We will raise our organized struggle in the face of violence and pressure.”
10 January 2022
At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021
At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021
The Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) has released its annual report on occupational homicides in Turkey in 2021: 86 percent of the deceased workers were wage earners while 14 percent were self-employed.
10 January 2022
Turkey extends permission for five pesticides banned in EU countries
Turkey extends permission for five pesticides banned in EU countries
The permission will allow companies to destock harmful pesticides, the Wheat Association has noted.
10 January 2022
There are only 3.7 million unemployed people in Turkey, according to TurkStat
There are only 3.7 million unemployed people in Turkey, according to TurkStat
The Turkish Statistical Institute has shared the labor force statistics for November 2021: The number of unemployed increased by 39 thousand in a month. Over 2 million men, 1.5 million women and out of every four young people are unemployed.
10 January 2022
Film Critics Association names ‘The Father’ the best foreign film of 2021
Film Critics Association names ‘The Father’ the best foreign film of 2021
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, “The Father” has been named the best foreign film of 2021 by the Film Critics Association (SİYAD) in Turkey.
10 January 2022
Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges
Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges
By applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, discharged teacher Karataş has filed a complaint against the judges of the State of Emergency Commission, who alleged that “his personnel file had information on his links with an organization.”
10 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez
Do price hikes lead to lower cigarette consumption in Turkey?
Do price hikes lead to lower cigarette consumption in Turkey?
Three out of every four people say that the price increases in tobacco products do not lead to lower consumption of cigarettes in Turkey.
10 January 2022
Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!
Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!
In the last quarter of 2021, at least 214 journalists appeared before the judge in 81 court cases in Turkey, facing 23 different charges. At least 62 were charged with “organization membership” and 14 “terror propaganda.” Happy Working Journalists Day!
10 January 2022 Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı
Retired miners protest in Turkey: ‘I avoid my children because I don’t have money’
Retired miners protest in Turkey: ‘I avoid my children because I don’t have money’
Retired miners protested in Manisa’s Soma: “My pension was higher than the minimum wage by 304 liras. It is now lower than the minimum wage by 600 liras. Should I believe in the justice or injustice of this government?”
10 January 2022
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