Workers formed a convoy and arrived at the company's İstanbul headquarters to demand higher wage increases and a range of other requests.

This tax increase follows substantial raises in the minimum wage and the salary adjustments for public servants. A union confederation has protested the government's moves in Ankara, asserting that it "gave with one hand and took with the other."

bianet talked to Prof. Aziz Konukman about the new VAT increases: What do the new VAT rates mean? Will it be a burden only on labor? Is it lawful to make such a VAT regulation?

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky is coming to İstanbul today to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Journalism groups have described the penalty as a "suspension of the freedom of expression."

People's Democratic Party Executive Committee member Doğan Erbaş was arrested on June 13 after the finalization of a verdict against him. He was not allowed to attend his mother's funeral yesterday, or the offering of condolences that followed, due to lack of a timely prosecutorial decision.

Kurdish women journalists face legal harassment the most in the country, according to the report.

Aftonbladet, a daily newspaper in Sweden, published a call made to Turkey to repatriate criminals living in luxury in Turkey, including a Swedish citizen who obtained citizenship here.

"European monopolies make agreements with countries like Turkey, Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco to detain migrants in those countries, offering them money they cannot refuse," says the joint statement by EMEP and NAR.

The first results of a new study by bianet show that, during the recent election campaign period in Turkey, what marked the discussions in news bulletins on TV channels or the social media were not proposals for solutions to social problems but polarization. The news during the elections centered mostly on three presidential candidates.

A local environmental group, which has been fighting against the marina project, has welcomed the decision. There is also an ongoing lawsuit against the project.

A deportation order was made for Elyas Torabibaeskendari from Iran, one of those detained following the 21st Pride March in İstanbul. Elyas's family says that Elyas may face anything, starting with torture, if sent back to Iran.