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Akdeniz District Municipality Co-Chairs Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan detained

Akdeniz District Municipality Co-Chairs Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan detained

DEM Party Mersin Member of Parliament Ali Bozan said, “Police told us, ‘Government trustees have been appointed to Akdeniz Municipality, the decree will be published on the Mersin Governorate website. The appointment of trustees to elected positions constitutes usurpation, it is the theft of the people’s will”.

10 January 2025

Christmas services in churches across Turkey

Christmas services in churches across Turkey

Christmas has been celebrated at services held in churches across Turkey, with calls made for peace and unity. From Istanbul to Mersin and from Hatay to Ankara, the Bible was recited, prayers were said and hymns were sung.

25 December 2024

Erdoğan, Putin speak over phone ahead of nuclear plant opening

Erdoğan, Putin speak over phone ahead of nuclear plant opening

President Erdoğan will attending today's "fuel loading ceremony" via videoconference due to his recent illness.

Rosatom announces installation of key safety feature at Turkey nuclear plant

Rosatom announces installation of key safety feature at Turkey nuclear plant

A fuel loading ceremony will be held on April 27 for the plant that is still under construction.

Earthquake, environmental concerns surround Turkey's first nuke plant ahead of inauguration

Earthquake, environmental concerns surround Turkey's first nuke plant ahead of inauguration

Still under construction, the Akkuyu plant will be inaugurated with a fuel loading ceremony in what critics deemed an attempt by President Erdoğan to boost his party's prospects ahead of the May 14 elections.

Court blocks access to reports about selling of clothes donated to earthquake survivors

Court blocks access to reports about selling of clothes donated to earthquake survivors

A journalist revealed that some clothes intended for earthquake survivors and clothes put in old cloth containers were handed over to a textile recycling company.

'Earthquakes are warning us; Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant construction should be stopped'

'Earthquakes are warning us; Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant construction should be stopped'

The Anti-Nuclear Platform of Mersin, which was one city that felt the February 6 earthquakes although not faced any destruction, warned the government and the opposition against the building of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in the city.

21 February 2023

Rents leap after the earthquake

FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES

Rents leap after the earthquake

Monthly rent of a two-room flat in the parts of Diyarbakır which was not affected by the earthquake rose from 3 thousand lira to around 7 thousand 500. Rents that were 800 lira increased to 4,000 lira in Elazığ.

16 February 2023 Nur Kaya

Interior minister engages in Twitter feud with Demirtaş over deadly Mersin attack

Interior minister engages in Twitter feud with Demirtaş over deadly Mersin attack

The imprisoned Kurdish politician denounced the attack that left three killed. Minister Soylu accused him of "whitewashing" the PKK.

28 September 2022

One police officer killed in suicide bomb attack in southern Türkiye

One police officer killed in suicide bomb attack in southern Türkiye

Two suspected PKK members initially attacked the police with rifles, and were killed after detonating the explosives in their backpacks. Politicians and rights groups denounced the attack.

27 September 2022

Mersin wildfires contained after two days

Mersin wildfires contained after two days

Some 1,500 hectares of forests were damaged in the fires, according to the authorities.

9 September 2022

After Adana, Mersin also bans Kurdish adaptation of Moliere play

After Adana, Mersin also bans Kurdish adaptation of Moliere play

Despite previously permitting the play, the Mersin Governor's Office canceled the event 20 hours before the scheduled time.

Armed attack on HDP office in southern Turkey

Armed attack on HDP office in southern Turkey

The attack in Erdemli, Mersin was carried out at night when the office was closed.

Unions sign collective labor agreement, metal workers halt work in protest

MERSİN

Unions sign collective labor agreement, metal workers halt work in protest

835 workers of Çimsataş metal factory in Mersin have halted work in protest after the unions of workers and employers signed a collective labor agreement.

13 January 2022

‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda

‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda

HDP Mersin MP Turan has indicated that the Yolgın family were subjected to violence though they objected to the police, saying that “they came to the wrong house” for the raid. Turan has also applied to the Human Rights Commission.

Trial of anti-nuclear protestors ends in acquittal

Trial of anti-nuclear protestors ends in acquittal

17 people appeared before the judge on the grounds that they had attended a press statement attempted to be held in front of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin upon the call of the Anti-Nuclear Platform (NKP) and intervened by the police.

17 November 2021

‘No hot water offered in some wards, cold water cut’

REPORT ON TARSUS PRISON

‘No hot water offered in some wards, cold water cut’

The Human Rights Association Mersin Branch has released its report on Tarsus Type T Closed Prison: “Inhuman and degrading treatment, including strip search, is still in place.”

15 November 2021

Volunteers in Mersin keep watch near power lines to keep migrating birds from being electrocuted

Volunteers in Mersin keep watch near power lines to keep migrating birds from being electrocuted

Some electrocuted storks were found as birds have started migrating back to Africa.

Forest fires in Mersin, Hatay provinces

Forest fires in Mersin, Hatay provinces

Speaking about the fires in Turkey's southern provinces, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Pakdemirli has announced that the efforts to put out the forest fires razing Aydıncık district in Mersin and Hassa district in Hatay are still underway.

Child drowns in irrigation canal in Adana

Child drowns in irrigation canal in Adana

At least nine children have been drowned in canals and ponds across Turkey since late April.

2 people arrested over the attack on Kurdish family in Mersin

2 people arrested over the attack on Kurdish family in Mersin

While the Governor’s Office stated that the incident was “caused by a traffic accident”, the eye witness said that the attack targeting the Kurdish family was ‘racist’.

‘No emergency drill conducted at Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant this year’

CHP VICE CHAIR AKIN

‘No emergency drill conducted at Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant this year’

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Ahmet Akın says that when the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin province starts operating, “Turkey will give a purchasing guarantee to Russia for 15 years for three times the market price.”

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

HDP MPs met agricultural workers in Mersin. “We go to work at 4 in the morning; there are times when we cannot go back home at 9 in the evening. We cannot rest even for half an hour to eat something,” says the Precarious Workers Association Chair.

Houses damaged in controlled explosion in nuclear power plant site

Houses damaged in controlled explosion in nuclear power plant site

The Governor’s Office of Mersin has released a written statement and announced that the explosion at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant construction site was “planned”, adding that the damage to houses will be compensated.

20 January 2021

Physicians from Mersin: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp

Physicians from Mersin: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp

Mersin Medical Chamber has noted that Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp has been arrested in an unfair and unjust manner without any concrete evidence.

11 January 2021

COVID-19 in Mersin: ‘Worrying increase in deaths’

COVID-19 in Mersin: ‘Worrying increase in deaths’

Mersin Medical Chamber Chair Antmen has noted that there are over 700 daily COVID-19 cases in Turkey’s Mediterranean city: “The increase in the number of patients and critically ill patients since the third week of October is worrying.”

20 November 2020

Allegation of violence against child in a private day-care center

Allegation of violence against child in a private day-care center

Healthcare worker Ayşegül E. has filed a criminal complaint on the grounds that her 4-year-old son was subjected to violence in the nursery of Oyun Private School in Mersin. The school administration has not accepted the allegations.

9 November 2020 Evrim Kepenek

17 people die of counterfeit alcohol in İzmir, Mersin

17 people die of counterfeit alcohol in İzmir, Mersin

Having applied to hospitals for suspected alcohol poisoning from fake liquor, five of 13 people have lost their lives in Mersin while the death toll in İzmir has increased to 12 in İzmir. Three suspects have been arrested in Mersin.

12 October 2020

Employer signed labor contract when workers’ representative was in detention

Employer signed labor contract when workers’ representative was in detention

Taken into custody after calling on agricultural workers to halt work in protest, Kutlu has been charged with “membership of an organization.” While he was in detention, the employer signed the labor contract foreseeing low wages for the workers.

17 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Association executives detained by anti-terror police over declaration on workers’ wages

Association executives detained by anti-terror police over declaration on workers’ wages

Having distributed leaflets calling on agricultural workers to halt work in protest of their daily wages, the executives of the Precarious Workers’ Association have been detained by the Anti-Terror Branch. A confidentiality order has been issued for their file.

16 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘State postal service in Tarsus has turned into a COVID-19 distribution center’

‘State postal service in Tarsus has turned into a COVID-19 distribution center’

CHP MP Antmen has raised concerns that while four officials of the Tarsus Postal Distribution Center have tested positive for COVID-19, the other personnel who were in contact with them are still made to work: “Does human life have no worth at all?”

Four soldiers and two drivers die in bus accident

Four soldiers and two drivers die in bus accident

A bus carrying soldiers flipped over in southern Turkey.

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