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COVID-19: Turkey reports increasing daily cases, death toll

COVID-19: Turkey reports increasing daily cases, death toll

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 84 people died of coronavirus and 5,955 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 886 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Turkey vaccinates over a million people in a day

Turkey vaccinates over a million people in a day

According to the Health Ministry, the number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered in a day topped 1 million in a first, bringing the total number to over 35 million doses, nearly one third of which were administered in İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

Pictures show gravity of ‘sea snot’ problem in Marmara

Pictures show gravity of ‘sea snot’ problem in Marmara

Amid efforts to clear the Sea of Marmara, the pictures taken from the air have revealed the mucilage density on the Caddebostan Coast in İstanbul.

Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

A recent survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute has shown that Turkey’s severe material deprivation rate was 27.4 percent in 2020, when the deterioration in the income distribution also continued.

Constitutional Court to examine HDP indictment on June 21

Constitutional Court to examine HDP indictment on June 21

Constitutional Court will make the first examination in the HDP closure case on June 21 and decide whether the indictment will be accepted or not. HDP Co-Chair Sancar says, “Accepting this indictment means sacrificing the judiciary to political operations.”

Kobanî trial: Court releases four defendants

Kobanî trial: Court releases four defendants

The court has ruled that arrested defendants Ayhan Bilgen, Berfin Özgü Köse, Can Memiş and Cihan Erdal shall be released with an international travel ban.

Administrative court: Ban on Kurdish theater play complies with the law

Administrative court: Ban on Kurdish theater play complies with the law

The court has rejected the lawsuit demanding the stay of execution of the ban imposed on the performance of Kurdish theater play Bêrû, arguing that "the theater group is affiliated with the MKM and the MKM is affiliated with the PKK.”

News on ‘hidden file in October 10 Ankara Massacre case’ acquitted

News on ‘hidden file in October 10 Ankara Massacre case’ acquitted

The court has ruled for the acquittal of daily Cumhuriyet's Managing Editor Büyüktaş Akça and former Ankara correspondent Uludağ, who reported that the assaulters who committed the 2015 Ankara Massacre had tried to buy explosives in Nizip.

HDP’s Dundar: 18 of 20 women’s deaths in Mardin were suspicious

HDP’s Dundar: 18 of 20 women’s deaths in Mardin were suspicious

HDP Mardin MP Pero Dundar has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the suspicious deaths of women in the province. Asking four questions to Family Minister Yanık, Dundar has raised concerns about gender inequality.

Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'

Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'

Attorney Eren Keskin has made an application to the court, stating that the incident was not actual bodily harm but torture.

15 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

New lawsuit against journalist Deniz Yücel for ‘insulting Erdoğan’

New lawsuit against journalist Deniz Yücel for ‘insulting Erdoğan’

The court case filed against Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel for “insulting the President” has been merged with the file of the case where he is standing trial on charge of “publicly degrading the state.”

Why does Interpol reject Turkey's requests for red notice?

Why does Interpol reject Turkey's requests for red notice?

Interpol has been rejecting red notice requests by Turkey that it considers "political."

15 June 2021 Hikmet Adal

Erdoğan’s counsellor slams Financial Times over Erdoğan-Biden picture

Erdoğan’s counsellor slams Financial Times over Erdoğan-Biden picture

İsmail Cesur, a counsellor to President Erdoğan, has slammed the UK-based Financial Times newspaper over the picture on its front page. In fact, the international press mostly stressed yesterday that Erdoğan did not wear a mask while Biden did so.

Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Put on trial “because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk” and released to house arrest last week, Ayten Öztürk has been taken into custody again upon the prosecutor’s objection to her release.

Pride March at Boğaziçi University: 'Get used to it, we are not going anywhere'

Pride March at Boğaziçi University: 'Get used to it, we are not going anywhere'

At the Pride March held in Boğaziçi University, students carried the photographs from the “Pride” exhibition, which was banned by vice rector Fazıl Önder Sönmez. They marched by carrying the photos of Ateş Alpar.

Isolation of PKK leader Öcalan, hunger strikes in prisons on Parliamentary agenda

Isolation of PKK leader Öcalan, hunger strikes in prisons on Parliamentary agenda

HDP MPs Tosun, Özgüneş and Öcalan have submitted separate Parliamentary questions regarding the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison and prisoners’ hunger strikes for an end to the isolation for 200 days.

COVID-19 | Turkey sees an increase in daily cases, death toll

COVID-19 | Turkey sees an increase in daily cases, death toll

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 74 people died of coronavirus and 5,626 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 929 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Vaccination efforts gaining pace in Turkey

Vaccination efforts gaining pace in Turkey

Health Minister Koca has announced that the total number of coronavirus administered in Turkey on June 14 was 842 thousand 494 in total. He has also said that the vaccination of all employees affiliated with the Social Security Institution will begin.

Notes on Turkey from the NATO Brussels Summit Communiqué

Notes on Turkey from the NATO Brussels Summit Communiqué

The Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels on June 14, 2021 have issued a joint declaration. Turkey has been mentioned five times in the declaration.

Biden-Erdoğan: Delay, question marks, statements

Biden-Erdoğan: Delay, question marks, statements

Following the NATO Summit, the meeting of US President Biden and Erdoğan started with delay. White House correspondents say when his words “It was a very good meeting” were asked again to Biden, he said, “I didn’t say anything.”

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NATO Summit | Erdoğan meets Macron, Johnson and Merkel

NATO Summit | Erdoğan meets Macron, Johnson and Merkel

The NATO Leaders' Summit has begun in Brussels, Belgium. US President Joe Biden and President of Turkey Erdoğan will have their first face-to-face meeting since Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021.

First International Fair Trial Day to be held in the memory of Ebru Timtik

First International Fair Trial Day to be held in the memory of Ebru Timtik

Lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life last year after a 238-day death fast demanding a fair trial.

Economists refute Erdoğan's statement on Central Bank reserves

Economists refute Erdoğan's statement on Central Bank reserves

The president said yesterday that the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves had reached 100 billion dollars as the opposition have been pressing the government on "drained reserves."

Women on duty in İstanbul as station masters

Women on duty in İstanbul as station masters

Following a training program, 13 women have started working as “Station Unit Masters”, in a first in the history of Metro İstanbul, the public rail transport operator of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM).

120 organizations to hold a rally: ‘We don’t give up on İstanbul Convention’

120 organizations to hold a rally: ‘We don’t give up on İstanbul Convention’

In protest against Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential decision, women’s organizations have made a call for the rally to be held in İstanbul’s Maltepe in İstanbul on June 19.

Opposition deputy questions government's silence on PKK claims

Opposition deputy questions government's silence on PKK claims

KCK leader Karayılan claimed last week that Turkey wanted to make the PKK and the Peshmarga fight each other.

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Defendants' attorney Maçoğlu: "The prosecutor forgot a document in the file. This document interfering in the investigation says the following: 'Work on this file and lay the ground for the indictment of closure against the HDP'."

Health Ministry ‘embargoes’ İstanbul Municipality’s affiliate company

Health Ministry ‘embargoes’ İstanbul Municipality’s affiliate company

The Ministry of Health has not renewed the rental contracts of 48 of 55 hospital canteens managed by the İstanbul Tourism and Health Investments Management Co. (BELTUR), an affiliate of the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

After 24-hour silence, Sedat Peker reveals he was with 'UAE authorities'

After 24-hour silence, Sedat Peker reveals he was with 'UAE authorities'

Peker's silence led to rumors that he might have been caught by Turkey's intelligence officers or killed.

University cancels final exam questions on HDP closure case

University cancels final exam questions on HDP closure case

In a final exam at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Pamukkale University, the first-year students were asked the name of “the pro-Kurdish opposition party that the Turkish prosecutor’s office wanted to be banned by the top court.”

Details revealed of the first bridge of Canal İstanbul project

Details revealed of the first bridge of Canal İstanbul project

The cable-stayed bridge, the first to be constructed along the route of Canal İstanbul, will reportedly be built to provide a crossing around Sazlıdere in Edirne province as part of the Northern Marmara Highway.

Boğaziçi constituencies, HDP’s Gergerlioğlu granted freedom of expression award

Boğaziçi constituencies, HDP’s Gergerlioğlu granted freedom of expression award

This year’s Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to the constituencies of Boğaziçi University and to arrested and dismissed HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu.