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Turkey to appoint former ambassador to US as special envoy for 'normalization' with Armenia

Turkey to appoint former ambassador to US as special envoy for 'normalization' with Armenia

Flag carriers of Turkey and Armenia have applied to operate flights between İstanbul and Yerevan, Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has said.

16 December 2021

'More than 1,000 women kidnapped in Syria's Afrin since Turkey's capture'

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

'More than 1,000 women kidnapped in Syria's Afrin since Turkey's capture'

"Afrin has become a center of looting, robbery, rape and ethnic cleansing," MP Uca has said.

15 December 2021

Turkey's media authority fines Netflix, others for 'immorality'

Turkey's media authority fines Netflix, others for 'immorality'

The movie "More the Merrier" was "based on a fiction in which homosexuality, incest relationships and swinging are intensely experienced" and was against "general morality," according to RTÜK.

15 December 2021

Will Turkey declare state of emergency over economic crisis?

Will Turkey declare state of emergency over economic crisis?

A law professor close to the president suggested that "we should be prepared for a state of emergency due to the economic crisis." Economics Mustafa Sönmez has commented about the issue.

15 December 2021 Hikmet Adal

Is the climate crisis the only reason for drought in Turkey?

Q&A WITH PROF. TOLUNAY

Is the climate crisis the only reason for drought in Turkey?

"We use too much water in agriculture with wild irrigation methods. We focus on sectors with high water consumption such as thermal power plants," says Prof. Tolunay.

15 December 2021 Tansu Pişkin

Industrial waste directly discharged into Sea of Marmara 'to protect Ergene River'

Industrial waste directly discharged into Sea of Marmara 'to protect Ergene River'

A group of environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against the company that discharges industrial waste comng from the Ergene Basin to the Sea of Marmara.

15 December 2021

Heavy metals flowing into stream after collapse in mine waste storage facility in Balıkesir

Heavy metals flowing into stream after collapse in mine waste storage facility in Balıkesir

Environmental groups call for the closure of the mine after the second collapse in a year.

14 December 2021

Report: Minimum wage meeting delayed due to lira's rapid slide

Report: Minimum wage meeting delayed due to lira's rapid slide

The minimum wage commission was expected to convene at the start of the week.

14 December 2021

Çavuşoğlu: Turkey, Armenia to initiate new normalization process

Çavuşoğlu: Turkey, Armenia to initiate new normalization process

Ankara and Yerevan will appoint special envoys to discuss normalization, the foreign minister has said.

14 December 2021

State Meteorological Service issues storm warning for northwestern Turkey

State Meteorological Service issues storm warning for northwestern Turkey

The wind speed is expected to reach as high as 9 knots, as authorities warn people to be cautious.

14 December 2021

İstanbul mayor responds to minister's claim that 577 municipal employees have 'terrorist ties'

İstanbul mayor responds to minister's claim that 577 municipal employees have 'terrorist ties'

"If they are terrorists, arrest them," İmamoğlu said, adding that the municipality's recruitments are in accordance with laws.

14 December 2021

'Prisoners' right to conditional release violated'

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

'Prisoners' right to conditional release violated'

A prisoner says that the prison administration arbitrarily prevented his conditional release while releasing for others who had stood trial in the same case as him.

13 December 2021

Google doodle for Turkey's first woman chemist Remziye Hisar

Google doodle for Turkey's first woman chemist Remziye Hisar

On this day in 1991, at the age of 89, Dr. Hisar was granted the Service Award by Turkey's national science agency.

13 December 2021

Armed attack on villagers resisting mines in Aydın

Armed attack on villagers resisting mines in Aydın

A couple who were previously threatened have been targeted in an armed attack, yet the gendarmerie haven't carried out a scene investigation, environmental groups say.

13 December 2021

Turkish lira hits new record low despite Central Bank interventions

Turkish lira hits new record low despite Central Bank interventions

The lira plunged to as low as 14.61 to the US dollar and 16.47 to the Euro in the first half of the day.

13 December 2021

In protest of ban on Kurdish, HDP deputy reads out same speech in Kurdish and German

In protest of ban on Kurdish, HDP deputy reads out same speech in Kurdish and German

"Everyone but you is aware that being multicultural and multilingual does not divide but enrich a country," MP Uca has remarked, criticizing the ban on mother tongue education in Turkey.

13 December 2021

Minister: Turkey to define stalking as a separate crime

Minister: Turkey to define stalking as a separate crime

Abdülhamit Gül has presented the 2022 budget plan of the Ministry of Justice.

13 December 2021

Boğaziçi students say 'police force us to become informants'

Boğaziçi students say 'police force us to become informants'

About 800 students have been detained in the last four months, says the Boğaziçi Students Assembly.

13 December 2021

Police raid home of Human Rights Association head Eren Keskin's mother at midnight

Police raid home of Human Rights Association head Eren Keskin's mother at midnight

Police first raided the home and then called the lawyer by phone to summon her to testify, Keskin has said.

4 December 2021

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

The SES union protests a new additional indicator law that excludes health workers other than doctors and nurses.

3 December 2021

Details of CoE Committee of Ministers resolution on Osman Kavala

Details of CoE Committee of Ministers resolution on Osman Kavala

Details of the Committee of Ministers resolution concerning Turkey's failure to release Osman Kavala despite an ECtHR judgment and what is expected from Turkey until the January 19 deadline.

3 December 2021

CHP leader not allowed to enter TurkStat building after inflation announcement

CHP leader not allowed to enter TurkStat building after inflation announcement

Questioning the accuracy of the TurkStat figures, Kılıçdaroğlu wanted to visit officials of the statistical authority. He was not allowed to enter the building.

3 December 2021

Turkey's official inflation rate climbs to highest in three years

Turkey's official inflation rate climbs to highest in three years

The annual inflation rate stood at 21.32 percent and the monthly inflation rate was 3.51 percent, according to the TurkStat.

3 December 2021

Turkey responds to CoE Committee of Ministers decision on Osman Kavala

Turkey responds to CoE Committee of Ministers decision on Osman Kavala

The committee's vote to initiate an infringement process was based on not legal but political considerations, the Foreign Ministry asserted.

3 December 2021

Only pro-government and state news agencies allowed at minimum wage meeting

Only pro-government and state news agencies allowed at minimum wage meeting

The Journalists' Union of Turkey has denounced the prevention of journalists from following the meetings.

2 December 2021

'Turkey is becoming a country of minimum wage earners'

DİSK-AR

'Turkey is becoming a country of minimum wage earners'

As the government is poised to determine next year's minimum wage, the DİSK-AR points out the decrease in the income of weakness.

2 December 2021

Health minister: New variants not unexpected, no need to worry

OMICRON VARIANT

Health minister: New variants not unexpected, no need to worry

While the Omicron variant is more contagious, there is no finding that it causes a more severe illness and the existing vaccines can be effective against it, Minister Koca has said.

2 December 2021

Erdoğan replaces finance minister amid currency crisis

Erdoğan replaces finance minister amid currency crisis

The president had implicitly criticized Lütfi Elvan for opposing his lower interest rate policy, which led the Turkish lira to lose 29 percent in value in a month.

2 December 2021

Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

The number of children under judicial control measures has increased from about 900 to nearly 20,000 in a decade, according to official figures.

1 December 2021

Erdoğan rules out agreement with IMF, confident that lira will gain value

Erdoğan rules out agreement with IMF, confident that lira will gain value

The president has explained his "new economic model" and the country's "war of economic liberation" as Central Bank intervenes in the market to bring down foreign exchange rates.

1 December 2021

Man killed by police in İstanbul after allegedly disobeying 'stop' warning

Man killed by police in İstanbul after allegedly disobeying 'stop' warning

While the Governor's Office says the deceased man had resisted the police, there are reports claiming that the incident was an extrajudicial killing.

1 December 2021

Twenty-one teachers dismissed over 'terror ties' despite being acquitted

Twenty-one teachers dismissed over 'terror ties' despite being acquitted

The teachers in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır were detained last year in an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress.

1 December 2021