content tagged with Kocaeli

Students not allowed to attend graduation ceremony for wearing “inappropriate dress”

Students not allowed to attend graduation ceremony for wearing “inappropriate dress”

At a graduation ceremony held in the school garden of a high school in Kocaeli's Gebze district, some students were not allowed into the area because they were allegedly “wearing clothes that did not comply with the dress code”. Kocaeli Governor's Office assigned an inspector to the incident and launched an investigation.

'They fear to go to work': Demonstration against Syrian refugees in Turkey's industrial hotbed

'They fear to go to work': Demonstration against Syrian refugees in Turkey's industrial hotbed

A dispute between a Syrian and a local family turned into a anti-refugee demonstration in Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey.

3 July 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Killing of journalist Güngör Arslan | Number of arrested suspects increases to 7

Killing of journalist Güngör Arslan | Number of arrested suspects increases to 7

With the arrest of five more people over the killing of local journalist Güngör Arslan in Kocaeli, the total number of arrested suspects has increased to seven.

25 February 2022

Two arrested in connection with killing of journalist Güngör Arslan

Two arrested in connection with killing of journalist Güngör Arslan

The journalist who owned a local newspaper in Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, was shot dead in his office last week.

24 February 2022

'Women resist not only for labor rights or wage increases, but for survival as well'

FEMINISTS VISIT FARPLAS WORKERS

'Women resist not only for labor rights or wage increases, but for survival as well'

Feminists have visited the workers protesting for their rights at Farplas factory in Turkey's western province of Kocaeli. They have stressed that women have been resisting not only for union rights or wage increases for their survival as well.

23 February 2022

Journalist Güngör Arslan killed in an armed attack in Kocaeli province

'TWO PEOPLE INSTIGATED ME'

Journalist Güngör Arslan killed in an armed attack in Kocaeli province

Released in September 2021 in the trial where he was facing “blackmail" charges, Kocaeli Ses newspaper’s owner Güngör Arslan has lost his life in an armed attack. A day before, he wrote about a tender at the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality.

21 February 2022

Workers detained at Farplas factory released

Workers detained at Farplas factory released

Giving their statements at the Gebze Security Directorate, 108 people, including 106 Farplas factory workers and union representatives and 2 DGD-SEN union executives who were there in support, have been released from detention.

31 January 2022

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş has announced that a disciplinary investigation has been launched against the prisoners who protested the suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in Kandıra Prison in Kocaeli.

13 December 2021

'White March': Turkish Medical Association arrives in Kocaeli

'White March': Turkish Medical Association arrives in Kocaeli

TTB Chair Prof. Korur-Fincancı spoke in Kocaeli on the second day of the “White March”, expressing physicians’ determination to struggle until they get their rights. The Diyarbakır and İzmir Medical Chambers have expressed support for the march.

25 November 2021

Stone quarry opens again in Kocaeli: ‘It threatens public health'

Stone quarry opens again in Kocaeli: ‘It threatens public health'

CHP MP Tarhan has expressed support for the locals in Kocaeli’s Gölcük in the face of a stone quarry which was closed three years ago, but has been opened again following a court ruling: “The recent floods and forest fires are products of this mentality.”

6 September 2021

Violence against Chechen woman at Removal Center

Violence against Chechen woman at Removal Center

It is alleged that an 11-month-old baby from Chechnya died in Gündoğdu Removal Center in Kocaeli province as s/he was not treated for COVID-19.

12 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Locals to file a suit against positive EIA report given for a stone quarry

Locals to file a suit against positive EIA report given for a stone quarry

A positive Environmental Impact Assessment report has been issued for a stone quarry in Kızderbent neighborhood in Kocaeli. While the Ministry says that “people's opinionswere taken into account,” the locals will take the decision to court.

6 April 2021 Sakine Orman

Hit by a concrete mixer, child loses her life

Hit by a concrete mixer, child loses her life

4-year-old Zeynep Meryem Özlek, on her way to a market with her mother and two siblings, was hit by a concrete mixer driven C.Ç. while she was crossing the street.

23 February 2021

Complaint about garbage is apparently more important than corruption

INVESTIGATION AGAINST İZMİT MAYOR

Complaint about garbage is apparently more important than corruption

İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet, the only mayor from the CHP in Kocaeli, applied twice to the Interior Ministry about the irregularities at the municipality. She now faces an investigation on the grounds that garbage is not regularly collected.

14 January 2021 Hikmet Adal

Metal workers on the way to Ankara for their right to unionize

Metal workers on the way to Ankara for their right to unionize

Dismissed without severance pay or put on unpaid leave due to their union activities and briefly detained yesterday as they wanted to march to Ankara, metal workers from three factories in Kocaeli have set off for the capital city.

25 November 2020

Metal workers released from detention

Metal workers released from detention

Taken into custody by the police when they attempted to march from Kocaeli province to Ankara to protest metal workers’ dismissal without severance pay and forced unpaid leave, 109 people have been released from detention.

25 November 2020

Workers’ march to Ankara prevented by police: 99 people detained

Workers’ march to Ankara prevented by police: 99 people detained

Police attacked metal workers’ march from Kocaeli to the capital city. Demanding their right to unionize, workers staged a sit-in protest in front of the office of United Metal Workers’ Union. Police took the detained to the security office in municipality busses.

24 November 2020

Main opposition CHP is ‘buried under rubble in İzmir earthquake,’ says Erdoğan

Main opposition CHP is ‘buried under rubble in İzmir earthquake,’ says Erdoğan

Speaking in Kocaeli province yesterday, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan held main opposition CHP accountable for the İzmir earthquake that claimed the lives of 115 people: “You are the responsible party, you are responsible for these disasters.”

9 November 2020

Arrested over sexual abuse news, two journalists released

Arrested over sexual abuse news, two journalists released

Remanded in custody for reporting on an incident of sexual abuse in Kocaeli province, local journalists Faruk Bostan and Bülent Karagöz have been released.

21 October 2020

‘We No Longer Chase After Coronavirus News After Being Detained’

‘We No Longer Chase After Coronavirus News After Being Detained’

Detained over a news report on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, İsmet Çiğit, the editor-in-chief of a local newspaper from Kocaeli, says, “I know that the news is true. The state wanted to intimidate. But we now only report on official statements.”

23 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

Workers Dismissed from Şok Markets: 'Shift Supervisor Drove his Car into us'

Workers Dismissed from Şok Markets: 'Shift Supervisor Drove his Car into us'

A shift supervisor has driven his car into the workers protesting in front of the warehouse of Şok Markets in Kocaeli since they were dismissed over their union activities.

21 January 2020 Hikmet Adal

‘We Were Dismissed Due to Downsizing, They Hired Others on the Same Day’

4 WORKERS DISMISSED OVER UNION ACTIVITIES

‘We Were Dismissed Due to Downsizing, They Hired Others on the Same Day’

Four workers working in the warehouse of Şok Markets in Kocaeli have been dismissed due to their union activities: “We were forced to resign. When we did not, we were dismissed and they hired new people on the same day.”

17 January 2020

13 Ships Polluting Gulf of İzmit Fined 13 Million Lira in 2019

13 Ships Polluting Gulf of İzmit Fined 13 Million Lira in 2019

The Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli has announced that in inspections conducted in 2019, 13 ships were fined a total of 13 million 3 thousand 566 Turkish Lira (TRY) for causing pollution in the Gulf of İzmit.

Kocaeli Governorship Bans Demonstrations Against Syria Operation

Kocaeli Governorship Bans Demonstrations Against Syria Operation

The Governorship of Kocaeli has announced that all types of demonstrations and events to be held in protest against Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring launched into northern Syria have been banned for 15 days as of October 10.

10 October 2019

Newroz Case Against Kocaeli University Students Ends in Acquittal

Newroz Case Against Kocaeli University Students Ends in Acquittal

15 students who were intervened by the police when they attempted to celebrate Newroz in Kocaeli University’s Umuttepe Campus in 2016 have been acquitted in the case filed against them afterwards.

28 June 2019 Diren Çelik

‘Social Media’ Operation Accompanied by Ottoman Military Band

‘Social Media’ Operation Accompanied by Ottoman Military Band

Charged due to social media posts, nine people have been referred to court in Kocaeli. Ottoman Military Band was playing in the vehicle that took them. Prosecutor has referred all of them to court without taking their statement.

29 March 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Police Attacks Three Journalists in Kocaeli

Police Attacks Three Journalists in Kocaeli

While three journalists have been attacked in the northwestern province of Kocaeli as they covered an environmental meeting, a local branch of journalists union condemned the attack and urged authorities to take action.

8 December 2014

800 Hyundai Workers Dismissed

After working without pay for three months, 800 workers have found themselves to be out of a job. The Hyundai management denies dismissals and emphasises that they only did not renew contracts.

5 February 2009 Bawer Çakır