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Income inequality during pandemic: What does data say about Turkey?

Income inequality during pandemic: What does data say about Turkey?

Releasing an information note ahead of the Davos summit, Oxfam said 263 million more people will crash into extreme poverty this year, at a rate of a million people every 33 hours.

Freedom of belief in Turkey: Women repressed by both secular and pious segments of society

Freedom of belief in Turkey: Women repressed by both secular and pious segments of society

Problems regarding the freedom of religion or belief in Turkey are still awaiting solutions. Atheists, deists and agnostics face violations in every aspect of life.

21 April 2022 Hikmet Adal

‘Turkey's Kurdish-majority provinces disadvantaged in every sphere of healthcare’

INEQUALITY BULLETIN

‘Turkey's Kurdish-majority provinces disadvantaged in every sphere of healthcare’

One of the most striking indicators of regional inequality is the high infant mortality rates in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority provinces, according to the latest “Inequality Bulletin”.

21 February 2022

University students protest ‘pyjama ban’ on women at a public dorm in İzmir

'KNOW YOUR PLACE'

University students protest ‘pyjama ban’ on women at a public dorm in İzmir

University student women have protested the administration of İzmir Cihannüma Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution (KYK) dormitory for banning women students from wearing pyjamas outside their rooms.

18 October 2021

‘A child cannot be deprived of education because she doesn't wear a uniform’

DİYARBAKIR BAR ASSOCIATION

‘A child cannot be deprived of education because she doesn't wear a uniform’

A 14-year-old high school student said that the school principal did not allow her to get in her school because she was not wearing the school uniform. The father said that they could not afford to buy a uniform.

Report reveals regional inequalities in coronavirus vaccination

PANDEMIC IN TURKEY

Report reveals regional inequalities in coronavirus vaccination

According to a recent report released by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), the best vaccination rate is seen in the capital city of Ankara with 90.30 percent while Şırnak, with 33.91 percent, is the province in the worst condition in that regard.

‘Refugee Workers Work More, Get Paid Less’

‘Refugee Workers Work More, Get Paid Less’

The Leather, Textile, Shoe Workers’ Association has released its Refugee Workers Report. Based on face-to-face meetings with 100 workers in İzmir, the report documents the hardships experienced by refugee workers in their work lives.

Applauding the Garbage Collector from the Windows of Paris

PENNED BY SELAMİ ŞAKİROĞLU

Applauding the Garbage Collector from the Windows of Paris

No one can ignore the imbalance in the hierarchy of wages between social prestige and social merit any longer. How to restore this balance is yet another problem.

2 April 2020 Mehmet Selami Şakiroğlu

Journalists Record: 147 Men, 27 Women

WOMEN QUOTA

Journalists Record: 147 Men, 27 Women

The ratio of women working in the print media ranges at around 15 percent; only one publications director is female. Nurcan Akat, Turkey's first female general publications director, told bianet, "the situation of newspaper staff is deplorable" and explained the reasons.

29 February 2012 Işıl Cinmen