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Tuğçe Yılmaz
interview
Imprisoned Kurdish politician Semra Güzel: ‘My right to love is being judged in this trial’
The former HDP deputy was arrested in September 2022, after a targeted campaign by the pro-government media led to a 'terror' investigation.
8 July 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Maraş coal-fired plant expansion could lead to ‘1,900 premature deaths'
Environmental groups in the southeastern city have warned that Afşin, already suffering from severe pollution due to existing power plants, cannot sustain the significant expansion equivalent to building a new power plant.
8 July 2024
Floods sweep through Turkey’s north, east, leaving 2 dead
Two people have been killed in separate provinces, while the floods caused material damage to homes, shops, businesses, and cultivated areas.
8 July 2024
Public human rights agency documents overcrowding in prisons
Some prisoners sleep on the floor, the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey found during visits to two prisons.
8 July 2024
Justice Ministry rejects Kavala’s retrial request
Kavala’s lawyers had argued that shift to an executive presidential system in Turkey had rendered previous charges against him obsolete, as the office of the prime minister, the supposed victim of the crime, was abolished in the 2017 referendum.
5 July 2024
UEFA suspends Merih Demiral over 'grey wolf' sign, Erdoğan to attend Turkey’s match
Demiral’s controversial goal celebration led to a two-match ban by UEFA, a decision slammed by the president, who has canceled his scheduled program to attend the quarter finals game against the Netherlands.
5 July 2024
More than 1,000 individuals detained across Turkey over anti-refugee violence
Violent attacks on refugees in Kayseri following an alleged child abuse incident spread to other regions.
5 July 2024
DEM members marching from İstanbul to Hakkari to protest removal of mayor
The government replaced the Hakkari co-mayor two months after the elections, citing a ‘terrorism’ investigation against him, in continuation of the ‘trustee policies.’
5 July 2024
Talha Keskin
reports
Boğaziçi University students hold alternative graduation after rector’s ban
"History will not go backward as they wish, and Boğaziçi University will definitely return to its former state,” said faculty member Prof. Ünal Zenginobuz.
4 July 2024
Talha Keskin
15-year-old Syrian child fatally stabbed in Antalya amid anti-refugee violence
Three suspects, all minors themselves, have been arrested following the incident.
4 July 2024
Turkey summons German ambassador over Euro 2024 goal celebration row
UEFA has opened an invesyigation into Merih Demiral, who flashed the ultranationalist 'Grey Wolves' sign after scoring a goal against Austria during Tuesday's game.
3 July 2024
Hikmet Adal
reports
Former bianet journalists acquitted in ‘insulting Turkish nation’ case
Haluk Kalafat, bianet’s former chief editor, and Elif Akgül, a former reporter, stood trials over articles from 2015, 2018, and 2019.
3 July 2024
Hikmet Adal
Eight Kurdish journalists sentenced in ‘terror’ case
The journalists’ lawyers have argued that the case relied heavily on anonymous witness testimonies and lacked substantial evidence.
3 July 2024
Hikmet Adal
reports
Turkey's media watchdog revokes radio station’s license over genocide remembrance broadcast
Açık Radyo was penalized over a guest’s remarks that "109th anniversary of the massacres and deportations, referred to as genocide, that took place on Ottoman lands."
3 July 2024
Hikmet Adal
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Men killed 34 women in June
Men perpetrated violence against at least 60 women, abused seven boys and girls, and killed three children.
3 July 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Detentions in Kayseri rise to 484 following anti-refugee violence
The interior minister has once again urged for prudence against xenophobia.
2 July 2024
Erdoğan appoints new ministers for environment, health in cabinet reshuffle
The AKP’s candidate for İstanbul mayor has returned to the environment ministry and Fahrettin Koca, who oversaw Turkey’s response to the Covid pandemic, has been replaced as the health minister.
2 July 2024
Verdict reached in 2015 Ankara Massacre case: No convictions for crimes against humanity
Plaintiff lawyers have criticized the decision: "At the end of the trial process, during which not a single public official was prosecuted, the court, for the first time in Turkish legal history, acquitted defendant Erman Ekici of crimes against humanity, despite an indictment having been prepared against him for this charge."
1 July 2024
Pro-Erdoğan professor gets over 2,900 articles about him censored
Among the censored content is bianet's Media Monitoring Report, which documents all detected violations of press freedom in Turkey.
1 July 2024
Violent protests target refugee community in Turkey’s Kayseri after alleged sexual assault on minor
Dozens of individuals have been taken into custody following the incidents. The events triggered counter-protests in the Turkish-controlled parts of northern Syria.
1 July 2024
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
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Tuğçe Yılmaz
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İstanbul's LGBTI+ activists hold Pride March in unexpected location to circumvent bans
The activists gathered on Bağdat Avenue to quickly hold a march and then disperse. Taken by surprise, police later searched the side streets looking for LGBTI+s.
1 July 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
President Erdoğan open to renewing talks with Assad
The president recalled his family meetings with his Syrian counterpart.
28 June 2024
FATF removes Turkey from grey list
Turkey has been a member of the FATF since 1991 but was placed on the grey list in 2021 due to concerns over the effectiveness of its AML and CFT measures.
28 June 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Ahmet Yıldız homophobic murder case: Verdict still pending after 40th hearing
Despite several changes in judges and prosecutors, Ahmet Yıldız's murderer has not been found. Yahya Yıldız, the fugitive father, was reportedly seen in Zakho, Iraq, during the investigation phase.
27 June 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Journalist Elif Akgül acquitted of terror propaganda charges
Akgül stood trial due to two X posts. The court has concluded that she exercised freedom of expression.
27 June 2024
Hikmet Adal
reports
No mid-year minimum wage increase on Turkey's agenda
The government has ruled out a rise. Economists oppose the assumption that an increase would have excerbated the inflation problem.
27 June 2024
Hikmet Adal
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Reports: Turkey increases military buildup in Iraqi Kurdistan
A pro-government newspaper reports that Sulaymaniyah International Airport has turned into a “logistics center” for the PKK and Turkey will strike the airport if such activities continue.
25 June 2024
Turkey releases German citizen after 6.5 years in prison for alleged ties to Syrian Kurds
Patrick Kraicker was arrested in March 2018 while attempting to cross into Syria.
24 June 2024
Electricity distribution company under scrutiny after deadly Diyarbakır, Mardin fire
Over 14,000 decares of land was razed in the fire, with 15 people and nearly 1,000 animals killed. The fire apparenrtly started due to an electrical fault and not by stubble fire as suggested by the state media, a newly revealed video shows.
24 June 2024
Turkey faces fivefold increase in wildfires in June compared to last year
The situation in Turkey mirrors broader trends across southern Europe, where countries like Greece and Italy are also grappling with similar challenges due to extreme heat and increasing wildfire activity.
24 June 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
İstanbul Trans Pride March marked with decentralized protests amid heavy police presence
A parade could not be held due to the bans but trans flags hung by activists appeared at several locations in the city.
24 June 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
İstanbul's municipal enterprise hikes prices for ‘affordable bread'
After CHP’s İmamoğlu secured re-election in the March polls, Halk Ekmek implemented two significant price hikes.
21 June 2024
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