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Turkey’s housing agency TOKİ faces over 5 thousand court cases in 5 years

Turkey’s housing agency TOKİ faces over 5 thousand court cases in 5 years

Minister of Environment and Urbanization Kurum has answered the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Gürer: 5 thousand 45 lawsuits have been filed against the Ministry’s Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) in the last 5 years.

RTÜK defends penalty threat against TV outlets over coverage of wildfires

RTÜK defends penalty threat against TV outlets over coverage of wildfires

The Journalists ' Union of Turkey accused the media authority of attempting to censor the coverage of the massive wildfires.

Journalist Uğur Şahin released from detention

Journalist Uğur Şahin released from detention

Taken into custody while covering an incident of male violence against a woman in İstanbul’s Şişli, BirGün News Director Uğur Şahin has been released.

Lightning strike claims one child’s life in eastern province of Van

Lightning strike claims one child’s life in eastern province of Van

Hit by lightning in the Neighborhood of Yumruklu, 15-year-old shepherd Arda Omaç has lost his life in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, which has been struck by heavy rainfall and floods since July 28.

174 forest fires in 39 provinces in 8 days: 14 fires still raging

174 forest fires in 39 provinces in 8 days: 14 fires still raging

The General Directorate of Forestry has announced that 174 forest fires broke out across Turkey in the last eight days; 14 of them are still raging.

Men kill 24 women in July

Men kill 24 women in July

Men inflicted violence on at least 77 women, killed at least four children, abused at least 13 girls and boys, harassed at least 21 women, forced 36 women to sex work in July.

4 August 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Turkey’s daily coronavirus death toll tops 100

Turkey’s daily coronavirus death toll tops 100

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 250 thousand tests were conducted, 24,832 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 126 people died of the disease and 258,034 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

‘Freedom of association violated for 5,498 times in Turkey in 5 years’

‘Freedom of association violated for 5,498 times in Turkey in 5 years’

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV-HRFT) Academy has released a fact sheet covering the years of 2015-2019 based on the daily reports on violations of rights prepared by the TİHV-HRFT Documentation Center.

‘There is not a single firefighting plane in Milas’

‘There is not a single firefighting plane in Milas’

Speaking to bianet about the ongoing forest fires in Muğla’s Milas, journalist Coşkun Efendioğlu says, “We cannot talk about a fully extinguished fire here.”

4 August 2021 Mert Ürkmez

Boğaziçi Rectorate dismisses Coordinator of Sexual Harassment Prevention Commission

Boğaziçi Rectorate dismisses Coordinator of Sexual Harassment Prevention Commission

Put on unpaid leave by appointed rector Melih Bulu in April 2021, Cemre Baytok, the Office Coordinator of Boğaziçi University’s Commission on Prevention of Sexual Harassment (CİTÖK), has been dismissed.

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

Detained over the racist armed attack that claimed the lives of seven people from a Kurdish family in Konya, 10 of the 14 suspects have been arrested. Fugitive suspect Mehmet Altun has still not been caught.

RTÜK threatens TV broadcasters with penalties over coverage of massive wildfires

RTÜK threatens TV broadcasters with penalties over coverage of massive wildfires

TV outlets will face the "heaviest sanctions" if they continue to overlook the extinguished fires while focusing on ongoing fires, the media authority has stated.

Floods continue in eastern Turkey

Floods continue in eastern Turkey

Buildings in a housing estate built by TOKİ have been flooded in İpekyolu, Van in eastern Turkey.

‘Turkey saw the highest July inflation of the last 18 years’

‘Turkey saw the highest July inflation of the last 18 years’

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Veli Ağbaba has underlined that Turkey’s consumer inflation is higher than 172 countries of the world.

‘Everyone has been crying since yesterday morning, asking for firefighting aircraft’

‘Everyone has been crying since yesterday morning, asking for firefighting aircraft’

Following a brief intervention with helicopters in Turunç neighborhood in Marmaris, the forest fire has started again. The people of the neighbourhood are concerned that “the remaining places will burn as well if there are no helicopters or planes.”

3 August 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

'Maximum pandemic, minimum state support'

'Maximum pandemic, minimum state support'

A significant portion of the expenditures made by Turkey during the pandemic was made from outside the government resources, says DİSK-AR.

Criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry amid raging fires in Turkey

Criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry amid raging fires in Turkey

Amid ongoing fires across Turkey, lawyer Albuga Çalıkuşu has filed a criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry Pakdemirli and public officials, underlining their legal responsibility for the failure to put out the fires surrounding the country.

3 August 2021 Sakine Orman

Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya

Sixteen Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers had to leave the town they worked in after attacks and threats.

Forest fires still raging across Antalya, Muğla and Isparta

Forest fires still raging across Antalya, Muğla and Isparta

Of the 144 forest fires raging across the country since July 28, 136 have been taken under control. There are still ongoing firefighting efforts to put out two fires in Antalya, five fires in Muğla and one fire in Isparta.

Turkey's annual inflation rate at 18.95 percent in July

Turkey's annual inflation rate at 18.95 percent in July

The annual increase in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages was 24.92 percent, according to TurkStat.

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More evacuations in Antalya, entry to forests banned in Dersim

More evacuations in Antalya, entry to forests banned in Dersim

Wildfires continue in seven locations in three cities as the governor of Dersim has introduced extensive measures, including a camping ban.

‘Journalists faced more violence and obstacles in July’

‘Journalists faced more violence and obstacles in July’

CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has announced that at least 18 journalists were subjected to violence, battered and prevented from reporting during news follow-up in July and raised concerns about the government’s targeting of funded media outlets.

HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘execution lists’

HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘execution lists’

HDP MP Kemalbay has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry, demanding that the organization behind the “execution lists” targeting journalists, writers and politicians from Turkey living in Europe be revealed and the related people be provided with security.

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

The Democratic Alevi Associations Central Office has released a statement about the racist attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same Kurdish family in Konya. The organization has demanded justice for the deceased.

Unable to pay their credit debt, 1.5 million people on banks' blacklists

Unable to pay their credit debt, 1.5 million people on banks' blacklists

Answering the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Gürer, Minister of Treasury and Finance Lütfi Elvan has announced that 1,552,122 personal loan customers are on debt follow-up by banks in Turkey.

Turkey reports 91 deaths, nearly 23 thousand cases in a day

Turkey reports 91 deaths, nearly 23 thousand cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 270 thousand tests were conducted, 22,898 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 91 people died of the disease and 438,249 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

Criminal complaint against journalist who claimed opposition, PKK started forest fires together

Criminal complaint against journalist who claimed opposition, PKK started forest fires together

Journalist İbrahim Karagül claimed that the recent massive wildfires were started by the PKK and the CHP.

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Rights groups have paid a visit to Meram, Konya, where a Kurdish family was massacred at home on Friday.

Subjected to racist attack, seasonal agricultural workers leave the village

Subjected to racist attack, seasonal agricultural workers leave the village

Living in a village in Antalya’s Elmalı district, seasonal agricultural workers were subjected to a racist attack; they have left the village “without getting their stuff and under the supervision of the gendarmerie.”

‘Come on’: Social media users urge Parliament to have an emergency meeting on fires

‘Come on’: Social media users urge Parliament to have an emergency meeting on fires

Tweeting their messages under the hashtag #Hadi, which means “Come on” and is an abbreviation of the words “We want rights, justice and democracy” in Turkish, several social media users call for urgent action in the face of raging fires.

TurkStat: 451 thousand juveniles received into security units

TurkStat: 451 thousand juveniles received into security units

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released the annual “Juvenile Statistics Received into Security Unit” for 2020. The number of incidents involving juveniles received into a security unit saw a 11.8 percent decrease in a year.

Wildfires in Turkey: Latest updates

Wildfires in Turkey: Latest updates

While most of the wildfires that have erupted over the past few days have been contained, fires in Muğla and Antalya continue to spread.