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3,388 citizens express support for journalist Gültekin
Releasing a statement about the physical attack on journalist Levent Gültekin, 3,388 people have underlined that “it is high time to say stop to the ones who instigated and perpetrated this recent attack as well as similar others.”
11 March 2021
Erdoğan says critics of Albayrak 'ungrateful'
The opposition holds Albayrak responsible for causing the Central Bank to run out of foreign exchange reserves in a bid to keep the US dollar's exchange rate low.
11 March 2021
Ill prisoner Kemal Gömi attacked in prison
Imprisoned for 28 years and diagnosed with “chronic schizophrenia”, Kemal Gömi was attacked in prison. Making a statement about the issue, attorney Turgut has announced that she was not allowed to see her client.
11 March 2021
State-run news agency censors condolence letter for actor’s passing
Actor Ferhan Şensoy has penned a letter to be read out by his daughter at the funeral of actor Rasim Öztekin. In reporting the news, Anadolu Agency (AA) has censored the expression “in a joyous tavern.”
11 March 2021
‘Launch infringement proceedings against Turkey’
Amnesty International’s Europe Regional Director Nils Muižnieks has written an article addressing the European governments regarding the violations of rights in Turkey and the country’s failure to enforce ECtHR judgements.
11 March 2021
Women detained over İstanbul Feminist Night March
Charged with "insulting the President" due to their slogans, 12 women have been taken into custody in İstanbul over the Feminist Night March held in the city on March 8 International Women’s Day. They have been referred to the prosecutor's office.
11 March 2021
COVID-19: Turkey reports highest daily cases since late December
Turkey’s Health Ministry has reported 14,556 coronavirus cases in a day. Making a statement after the Science Board meeting, Health Minister Koca has announced that 41,552 variant virus cases have been diagnosed in Turkey.
11 March 2021
'Shops are being built on Armenian and Catholic cemetery in Ankara'
The Chamber of Architects has applied to the authorities for the halt of the construction.
10 March 2021
Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused
Attorney Şahin says that before the child was battered with sticks and iron bars, one of the suspects said to him, “Pull down your trousers, we will make the payment like that.”
10 March 2021
Ayşegül Özbek
Report: Turkey has lowest fixed internet speed in Europe
The country ranked 103th among 175 countries in fixed internet speed and 57th among 140 countries in mobile internet speed.
10 March 2021
Women’s Emergency Support App has 6 language options, but not Kurdish
HDP MP Kılıç Koçyiğit has asked why the Interior Ministry’s Women’s Emergency Support (KADES) application does not have the Kurdish option while it is now offering services in Turkish, Persian, Arabic, English, Russian and French.
10 March 2021
Constitutional Court: Festus Okey’s right to life violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has concluded that the right to life of Festus Okey, who was killed by the police in detention, was violated on material and procedural grounds. The family of Okey will be paid 80,000 lira in damages.
10 March 2021
Municipality bans use of razor wire fences to protect animals
With a decision taken by the Fethiye District Municipality in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, citizens can no longer use razor wires around or on top of their garden walls and the already existing ones will be taken down so that animals will not get hurt.
10 March 2021
Journalist sued by pro-government military contractor to pay damages
Two journalists were acquitted of insulting the president, one was sentenced to pay damages to a military consultation company close to the government and one was sentenced to prison on "terrorism" charges.
10 March 2021
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
Number of unemployed dropped by 1,000 people, says TurkStat
According to the “Labor Force Statistics” announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of unemployed people was 3 million 861 thousand in Turkey in January.
10 March 2021
Canan Güllü receives International Women of Courage Award
Canan Güllü, a women's rights activist and the head of Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF), has been granted the award in an online ceremony attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blanken as well.
10 March 2021
Assassination of Russia’s Ambassador: 5 defendants given life sentence
At the final hearing of the lawsuit filed into the killing of Andrei Karlov in 2016, the files of nine fugitive defendants, including those of Gülen and Uslu, were separated.
10 March 2021
Turkey’s Parliament to inquire reasons behind male violence
A Parliamentary Commission will be established to “investigate the reasons behind violence against women and to specify the necessary measures to be taken.”
10 March 2021
Turkey extends work permits of some academics from France
The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has extended the work permits of 14 academics from Galatasaray University for 3-6 months; no work permit has been granted to some academics yet.
10 March 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey: Surge in cases amid ‘controlled normalization’
Turkey’s Health Ministry has reported 13,755 daily coronavirus cases, which marks the second day in a row when the country reported over 13 thousand cases. While 66 people have died of the virus in a day, 1,289 patients are critically ill.
10 March 2021
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Attacks on journalists: Gültekin is neither the first nor the last
Seven journalists have been assaulted in Turkey in the first three months of 2021. While 18 journalists were assaulted in 2020, 139 journalists have been assaulted in the country in the last five years.
10 March 2021
Rector Bulu doesn't meet requirements for professorship at Boğaziçi University
The rector appointed by President Erdoğan said it was his "dream" to become the rector of Boğaziçi, but are his qualifications sufficient for that?
9 March 2021
Dilek Şen
Press Advertising Agency’s embargo taken to court
Not given public ads by the BİK for 407 days, Yeni Asya newspaper’s headline reads, “We have started a legal struggle against the ads embargo.”
9 March 2021
Independent MP Cihangir İslam joins main opposition CHP
Having resigned from the Felicity Party (SP) in March 2020, independent MP Cihangir İslam has become a member of the CHP, bringing the number of the main opposition party’s seats at the Parliament to 136.
9 March 2021
Women+s: Male violence will go away, we will stay
"We know that as we empower one another, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, male violence will go away, we will stay!" says the organizers of the night march.
9 March 2021
ECtHR: Lawyer Eminağaoğlu’s freedom of expression violated
The ECtHR has concluded that the disciplinary sanction imposed on Eminağaoğlu by the then Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors based on the intelligence gleaned through the tapping of his phone was due to his critical opinions.
9 March 2021
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Kavala says it's impossible to counter allegations against him as they are so far from 'reality'
While rights have always been restricted through the judiciary, it has now a "key duty of eliminating political dissidents," according to the imprisoned right defender.
9 March 2021
Pandemic might increase child marriages, warns UNICEF
Noting that 25 million child marriages have been averted in the world in the last decade, UNICEF has warned that 10 million additional girls are at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19.
9 March 2021
Ankara Feminist Night March: That patriarchy will fall!
Feminists in the capital city of Ankara met in Sakarya Avenue for March 8 International Women’s Day, chanting the slogans, “Jin, jiyan, azadi”, “Don’t hush, but shout: Trans people exist” and “The world will be shaken if women are free.”
9 March 2021
President Erdoğan replaces general manager of Turkey Wealth Fund
New general manager Ermut is also a board member of Turkish Airlines.
9 March 2021
Turkey extends layoff ban for another two months
With a Presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, the layoff ban on employers has been extended for 2 months.
9 March 2021
Actor Rasim Öztekin loses his life
Hospitalized after a heart attack, actor Rasim Öztekin has lost his life at the age of 62. In 2016, Öztekin was handed over a symbolic award for traditional theater, titled Hasan Efendi Turban, named after a pioneering comedian.
9 March 2021
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