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Erdoğan once again on RSF’s list of ‘Press Freedom Predators’

Erdoğan once again on RSF’s list of ‘Press Freedom Predators’

The Reporters Without Borders has once again ranked President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on its list of “Press Freedom Predators”, defining “critical journalists” as his "favorite targets”.

Police attack Justice Watch for Gergerlioğlu, detain several people

Police attack Justice Watch for Gergerlioğlu, detain several people

The HDP announced that a justice watch would be held in front of the Ankara Sincan Prison, where dismissed HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu is still held despite a Constitutional Court ruling of rights violation.

RTÜK penalized only critical TV outlets in 2021

RTÜK penalized only critical TV outlets in 2021

"RTÜK is now a primary problem of Turkey's broadcasting and the biggest obstacle to freedom of the press," council member İlhan Taşçı has said.

Highest rate in two years | Monthly inflation nears 2 percent in Turkey

Highest rate in two years | Monthly inflation nears 2 percent in Turkey

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 17.53 percent annually and 1.94 percent monthly in June.

Boğaziçi students battered, forced out of campus as rector restricts entrance

Boğaziçi students battered, forced out of campus as rector restricts entrance

Campus gates were locked and police surrounded the campus after the appointed rector restricted entrances.

5 July 2021 Melisa Elçin Özçelikel

HDP to keep a justice watch for jailed, dismissed MP Gergerlioğlu

HDP to keep a justice watch for jailed, dismissed MP Gergerlioğlu

The HDP has announced that it will keep a justice watch in front of the Sincan Prison in Ankara today in response to the failure to release dismissed HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu despite a Constitutional Court ruling of rights violation.

Prosecutor’s office demands ‘political ban’ for Muharrem İnce

Prosecutor’s office demands ‘political ban’ for Muharrem İnce

Pronouncing its opinion as to the accusations in the lawsuit filed in 2013, the prosecutor’s office has demanded that main opposition CHP’s former Presidential candidate and Homeland Party Chair İnce be deprived of his right to elect and to be elected.

Survey: 61.4 percent want a snap election in Turkey

Survey: 61.4 percent want a snap election in Turkey

According to a recent survey, 58.3 percent of the participants find the Presidential Government System “unsuccessful” while 59.2 percent of the participants think that the current government is “unsuccessful.”

5 July 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Constitutional Court: Daily Özgür Gündem’s closure was a violation of rights

Constitutional Court: Daily Özgür Gündem’s closure was a violation of rights

Pronouncing its ruling as to the “temporary closure” of the Özgür Gündem newspaper in 2016, the Constitutional Court has concluded that the daily’s freedoms of expression and press have been violated.

Vaccination efforts in Turkey: 335 thousand doses in a day

Vaccination efforts in Turkey: 335 thousand doses in a day

The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered in a day is announced as 335,183, bringing the total number to over 52 million. Turkey will not administer the second dose to the ones who had COVID-19 and whose first vaccine shot was BioNTech.

Turkey reports 50 coronavirus deaths, over 4,400 cases in a day

Turkey reports 50 coronavirus deaths, over 4,400 cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that 50 people lost their lives and 4,418 people tested positive for COVID-19 with over 216 thousand tests in a day. 4,161 people have reportedly recovered from the disease.

Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?

Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?

Opposition tries to dissuade potential financiers of Canal İstanbul • Turkey is officially out of İstanbul Convention • Erdoğan makes false claims on Covid vaccination • Covid reopening with "silence after midnight"

4 July 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Boğaziçi students, academics mark sixth month of protests against Erdoğan-appointed rector

Boğaziçi students, academics mark sixth month of protests against Erdoğan-appointed rector

Academics have demanded the resignation of Rector Bulu and other appointed officials.

Sivas Massacre remembered on 28th anniversary

Sivas Massacre remembered on 28th anniversary

Thirty-two intellectuals, artists and writers, and two hotel workers were killed when a mob set fire to Madımak Hotel in Sivas in 1993.

ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

Going on a death fast demanding a fair trial, lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life last year and Aytaç Ünsal ended his death fast shortly after.

2 July 2021 Ayça Söylemez

AKP submits long-awaited animal rights bill

AKP submits long-awaited animal rights bill

The sale of cats and dogs by pet shops, land and water circuses and dolphin parks will be banned with the new law.

US includes Turkey on list of countries using child soldiers

US includes Turkey on list of countries using child soldiers

Turkey was placed on the list of countries due to its "tangible" support to an armed group in Syria using child soldiers, according to the US Department of State.

Journalist sentenced over 'child abuse report' released on probation

Journalist sentenced over 'child abuse report' released on probation

A local journalist was given a prison sentence after revealing an incident of child abuse in eastern Turkey.

Deutsche Bank at the center of Canal İstanbul financing debate

Deutsche Bank at the center of Canal İstanbul financing debate

A Deutsche Bank official has reportedly denied the bank's involvement in the project after President Erdoğan's claims that it was threatened by opposition leaders.

Sub-governor bans Grup Yorum's online concert

Sub-governor bans Grup Yorum's online concert

"We don't accept these bans. Sooner or later, we'll do our concert," Grup Yorum has said.

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Turkey reports 5,288 new cases, 42 deaths

Turkey reports 5,288 new cases, 42 deaths

The country's official death toll has neared 50,000, according to the ministry figures.

YouTube removes video of Erdoğan's communication director due to 'hate speech'

YouTube removes video of Erdoğan's communication director due to 'hate speech'

Fahrettin Altun has accused YouTube of "hypocrisy," claiming that it ignores hate speech against Islam and Muslims.

Ministry: Turkey has administered over 50 million vaccine doses

Ministry: Turkey has administered over 50 million vaccine doses

Some 943,039 people were given vaccine jabs in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.

Police block women's march for İstanbul Convention, use tear gas, rubber bullets

Police block women's march for İstanbul Convention, use tear gas, rubber bullets

Women took to the streets as Turkey officially quit the İstanbul Convention on combating violence against women.

1 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek,Melisa Elçin Özçelikel

Erdoğan announces action plan on violence against women as Turkey quits İstanbul Convention

Erdoğan announces action plan on violence against women as Turkey quits İstanbul Convention

"Our struggle against violence against women did not start with the İstanbul Convention and will not end with it," the president has said.

Trial over Özgür Gündem raid: Prosecutor demands penalty

Trial over Özgür Gündem raid: Prosecutor demands penalty

In the trial over the raid on the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper’s office in İstanbul in 2016, the prosecutor’s office has pronounced its final opinion as to the accusations, demanding that 22 journalists and newspaper workers be penalized.

Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir

Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.

Constitutional Court: Gergerlioğlu’s rights violated

Constitutional Court: Gergerlioğlu’s rights violated

The Constitutional Court has concluded that dismissed and jailed HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s “right to be elected and to engage in political activities” and “right to personal liberty and security” have been violated.

İzmir Bar under investigation for criticizing religious affairs head's LGBTI+phobic remarks

İzmir Bar under investigation for criticizing religious affairs head's LGBTI+phobic remarks

"You will not be able to silence the voice of the İzmir Bar Association with investigations, trials and penalties," the bar association has said.

‘Turkey uses press cards to put pressure on journalists’

‘Turkey uses press cards to put pressure on journalists’

“We ask the government to reinstate an autonomous journalistic entity in order to put an end to biased practices that penalise critical journalists,” says RSF Representative to Turkey Erol Önderoğlu.

Summaries of proceedings against 20 MPs, including main opposition leader

Summaries of proceedings against 20 MPs, including main opposition leader

The summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 20 MPs, including 15 HDP MPs and CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, have been presented to the Parliamentary Speaker’s Office.

Turkey’s withdrawal from İstanbul Convention is final: What will happen now?

Turkey’s withdrawal from İstanbul Convention is final: What will happen now?

Lawyer Molu underlines that even though the Convention is no longer in force in Turkey, the country still has legal obligations in the face of male violence: “Men shouldn’t think, ‘I attack women and go unpunished.’ This is not the case.”

1 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek