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Dersim Mayor Maçoğlu Visits İmamoğlu: We Couldn’t Come Here for 25 Years

Dersim Mayor Maçoğlu Visits İmamoğlu: We Couldn’t Come Here for 25 Years

Dersim Mayor Mehmet Fatih Maçoğlu and 50 people from the Federation of Dersim Associations (DEDEF) have paid a visit to İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu to congratulate him on his election win.

Turkey Begins Drone Flights Over Northern Syria 'Safe Zone'

Turkey Begins Drone Flights Over Northern Syria 'Safe Zone'

The Defense Ministry has announced that drone flights have begun as part of the "safe zone" agreement with the US.

Demirtaş: CHP Shouldn't Ignore Kurds in 'Syria Conference'

Demirtaş: CHP Shouldn't Ignore Kurds in 'Syria Conference'

The HDP's former co-chair has expressed his opinion on Turkey's possible intervention in Syria and the "Syria conference" the main opposition will hold.

National Defense Ministry: Preparations for Joint Operations Center with US Began

National Defense Ministry: Preparations for Joint Operations Center with US Began

A six-member team from the US arrived in Turkey yesterday to work for the operations center to establish a "safe zone" in northern Syria.

Presidential Aide: 'Babacan, Davutoğlu Aim to Prevent Erdoğan's Reelection'

Presidential Aide: 'Babacan, Davutoğlu Aim to Prevent Erdoğan's Reelection'

Mehmet Ali Şahin has accused the two former AKP figures of "supporting a project of Turkey without Erdoğan."

Government and TÜRK-İŞ Confederation Agree on Collective Labor Agreement

Government and TÜRK-İŞ Confederation Agree on Collective Labor Agreement

According to the 2019 Public Sector Collective Labor Agreement, the workers earning less than 3,500 TRY a month will receive 150 TRY as bonification and a wage increase of 8+4 percent will be applied to all workers in first and second halves of 2019.

US Soldiers in Turkey

US Soldiers in Turkey

A 6-member US team has arrived in Urfa to start preliminary preparations for the “Joint Operations Center” that will be set up in the east of Euphrates by Turkey and the US.

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: We Plan to Hold a Competition for Taksim Square

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: We Plan to Hold a Competition for Taksim Square

İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu has announced that they are planning to organize a competition for the urban planning and design of Taksim Square. “I don’t think these huge, stark naked squares add an identity to this city”, he has said.

Albayrak: Agricultural Credit Cooperatives are not Agricultural Producers or Farmers

Albayrak: Agricultural Credit Cooperatives are not Agricultural Producers or Farmers

Minister of Treasury and Finance Albayrak has answered the Parliamentary question of CHP MP Gürer, who asked why the loan rates of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives are around 23-24 percent despite the decree stipulating an 8-percent loan rate.

HDP on Turkey-US Agreement on Northern Syria: Those Concerned Should be on the Table

HDP on Turkey-US Agreement on Northern Syria: Those Concerned Should be on the Table

"Because those concerned regarding the problem did not take place in the agreement, it is deficient," HDP Spokesperson Kubilay has said.

Radio and TV Supreme Council Regulation on Internet Media Taken to Council of State

Radio and TV Supreme Council Regulation on Internet Media Taken to Council of State

“Having to ask for permission and pay a fee for reporting news is a violation of the Constitution of Turkey”, the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has emphasized in its petition to the Council of State against the recent RTÜK regulation.

9 August 2019 Hikmet Adal

Minister Albayrak on Current Surplus: We Come out of Turbulence

Minister Albayrak on Current Surplus: We Come out of Turbulence

Minister of Treasury and Finance Albayrak has commented on the current account balance figures: “Decreasing the economic bubble in import and increasing export, we have posted 12-month current surplus for the first time in 17-year AKP rule.”

Twenty-Nine Inmates Hospitalized Over Food Poisoning at Zonguldak Prison

Twenty-Nine Inmates Hospitalized Over Food Poisoning at Zonguldak Prison

Medical teams were dispatched to the prison after more than a hundred inmates complained about nausea and diarrhea.

PKK Leader Öcalan: Let's Resolve the Kurdish Question

PKK Leader Öcalan: Let's Resolve the Kurdish Question

The Asrın Law Bureau has published Öcalan's remarks in his meeting with his attorneys on August 7.

Earthquakes in Denizli, Aegean Sea

Earthquakes in Denizli, Aegean Sea

Earthquakes of 5.7 magnitude in Denizli and 4.8 in Aegean Sea have hit western Turkey. Five people have been hospitalized.

Ali Babacan: We Started Working

Ali Babacan: We Started Working

The former Deputy PM and Foreign Minister from the AKP has long been rumored to found a new party.

Support Rises for #freedemirtas Campaign

Support Rises for #freedemirtas Campaign

A social media campaign has been launched for Selahattin Demirtaş, the former HDP Co-Chair who has been behind bars for almost three years. Thousands of messages of support and solidarity are posted under the hashtag #freedemirtas.

Erdoğan: The Step in East of Euphrates Taken with the US

Erdoğan: The Step in East of Euphrates Taken with the US

President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that Turkey and the US have agreed to establish a joint operation center in Syria.

Erdoğan: Turkey's Operations in Northern Syria will 'Move to a New Phase'

Erdoğan: Turkey's Operations in Northern Syria will 'Move to a New Phase'

The President's remarks came after US Defense Secretary said that they will prevent a "unilateral incursion" by Turkey.

Erdoğan: We will Enter East of Euphrates

Erdoğan: We will Enter East of Euphrates

President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, “We entered Afrin, Jarablus and Al-Bab and now we are going to enter east of the Euphrates. We shared it with the US and Russia.”

Having Treated the Wounded in Cizre, Four Medical Personnel Detained

Having Treated the Wounded in Cizre, Four Medical Personnel Detained

One physician and three medical personnel have been taken into custody for having treated the wounded in Cizre, Şırnak during the period of curfews in 2015-2016.

Fire on Passenger Bus in Balıkesir: 5 People Lose Their Lives

Fire on Passenger Bus in Balıkesir: 5 People Lose Their Lives

According to the initial reports, five people have lost their lives in a fire that broke out on a passenger bus by Kamil Koç company in Balıkesir.

Kılıçdaroğlu: A President Doesn’t Step on the Soil of His Country With Shoe Covers

Kılıçdaroğlu: A President Doesn’t Step on the Soil of His Country With Shoe Covers

Main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has commented on President Erdoğan’s pictures, showing him wearing shoe covers in a field: “To top it all, he had his photo taken with shoe covers. May Allah protect people from hubris.”

Bahçeli Calls Offshoot İYİ Party for Reunification, It Replies ‘There is Election in November’

Bahçeli Calls Offshoot İYİ Party for Reunification, It Replies ‘There is Election in November’

MHP Chair Bahçeli, an ally of Erdoğan, has called the İYİ Party to reunite with them. In response, the party shared a video that shows its leader bursting into laughter.

‘Arrested Journalist Ziya Ataman’s Right to Healthcare Restricted’

‘Arrested Journalist Ziya Ataman’s Right to Healthcare Restricted’

HDP İstanbul MP Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary question on journalist Ziya Ataman who has been behind bars for over three years: “On what grounds is Ataman’s right to access healthcare restricted?”

‘Only the Judiciary can Stop the Miners in Ida Mountains’

‘Only the Judiciary can Stop the Miners in Ida Mountains’

Speaking to bianet, Çanakkale Mayor Ülgür Gökhan has said, “In addition to Kirazlı, there are 26 other mining licenses granted in the region so far. When these licences are converted to operating licences one day, they will also destruct the forests.”

2 August 2019 Hikmet Adal

‘179 Planes Had to Make a Missed Approach at New İstanbul Airport’

‘179 Planes Had to Make a Missed Approach at New İstanbul Airport’

Responding to a Parliamentary question regarding a Turkish Airlines plane that had a bird strike at the new İstanbul Airport, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Turhan has stated that it was caused by bad weather conditions.

Driver Given 60 Thousand TRY Fine for Damaging Caretta Caretta Nests

Driver Given 60 Thousand TRY Fine for Damaging Caretta Caretta Nests

The driver who damaged the nest of caretta carettas in Antalya has been given a fine of 60,163 TRY for violating the article on “protection of biological diversity and the ecosystem harboring this diversity” and a fine of 400 TRY for damaging four nests.

Prosecutor’s Office Says SETA Report on Journalists within Freedom of Expression

Prosecutor’s Office Says SETA Report on Journalists within Freedom of Expression

Appealed by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has given a ruling of non-prosecution for the SETA Foundation’s blacklisting report on journalists working in international media outlets.

19-Day Refugee Toll by Governorship of İstanbul

19-Day Refugee Toll by Governorship of İstanbul

Releasing a statement entitled “Irregular Migration, Informal Employment and Unregistered Syrians”, the Governorship of İstanbul has announced that the one sent to removal centers will be deported from Turkey.

Pilots from Turkey Training on F-35 Return to Turkey

Pilots from Turkey Training on F-35 Return to Turkey

Pilots from Turkey receiving training on F-35 in Luke and Eglin Air Force Bases in Arizona will come back to Turkey as of today.

Emphasis on ‘Peace Corridor’ in National Security Council Declaration

Emphasis on ‘Peace Corridor’ in National Security Council Declaration

In a declaration released after the National Security Council (MGK) meeting, the works on establishing a “peace corridor” on Turkey-Syria border have been emphasized while no mention has been made of a “safe zone”.