23 July 2014 Wednesday
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Triumph of the Shack That Resisted TransformationYüksel Dum, resisting alone with his shack in his demolished Roma neighborhood, won his tender case against the Kadıköy Municipality. However, ......
17 July 2014 Thursday
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Stay of Execution on Okmeydanı Reconstruction PlansThe court issued a stay of execution of the reconstruction plans encompassing Okmeydanı neighborhood, an official risk area and long-time combatant ......
10 July 2014 Thursday
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NATO Criteria in Military Expenses, and TurkeyNATO convokes its members to increase their military expenses. Prof. Dr. Nurhan Yentürk states Turkey already goes beyond NATO’s limit when ......
04 October 2013 Friday
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Publishers Union: "10,000 Bookstores Closed in Turkey”As prominent bookstores close down one by one across Turkey, Publishers’ Union Chairperson Metin Celal reiterated the fact that no protection ......
04 September 2013 Wednesday
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Small Businesses in Beyoğlu Suffer From Double StandardsSome local businesses in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul are currently suffering from a 3 day closure due to outdoor table ban ......
19 June 2013 Wednesday
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Police to Purchase 100,000 Gas Bomb CartridgesPolice authorities announced that they will open bids to purchase 100,000 new gas bombs as their stocks were out after using ......
18 April 2012 Wednesday
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Turkey Ranked 15th in Military ExpenditureSIPRI published its report regarding the military expenditure of the countries worldwide. According to the final 2010 data, and estimated 2011 ......
30 March 2012 Friday
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RedHack Supported KESK Protest - Quarrel at ParliamentRedHack hacked the websites of dozens of police directorates all over the country in support of the KESK protest against the ......
04 January 2012 Wednesday
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"Hidden Impoverishment" behind Inflation RateÖngel, Head of the Socialist trade union DİSK Research Institute, warned that the latest inflation figures did not reflect consumer spending ......
02 January 2012 Monday
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79 People Died in Turkish Mines in 2011A study by the Chamber of Mining Engineers revealed that 79 people died in mines in Turkey in 2011, two of ......
14 November 2011 Monday
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The Strong Link between Patriarchy and CapitalismAt the Women Labour Conference in Istanbul on 12/13 November, Heide Hartmann suggested to make home care a part of public ......
11 November 2011 Friday
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Unemployment Benefit to be Reduced to 5 MonthsCHP politician Çelebi and the socialist trade union DİSK criticized the plan to reduce unemployment benefit to the duration of five ......
04 November 2011 Friday
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Turkey on 92nd Position in Human Development IndexTurkey ranks on 92nd position among 187 countries in this year's International Human Development Index by the UNDP. Norway is on ......
20 October 2011 Thursday
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Work Safety? - Too Expensive...A report of the Istanbul Assembly for Occupational Health and Work Safety revealed that 396 workers died in accidents at work ......
21 September 2011 Wednesday
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The Pain of Seasonal WorkersHundreds of thousands of seasonal workers take up the hazardous journey to earn a living with the hazelnut harvest in Turkey. ......
20 September 2011 Tuesday
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Exclusive Area of ConflictTensions between Turkey and Southern Cyprus are fuelled by the dispute about oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Dr. ......
07 September 2011 Wednesday
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Turkish-Israeli Economic Ties UnbrokenThe AKP government announced that economic relations with Israel were going to be maintained as usual. The Turkish government had declared ......
24 August 2011 Wednesday
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"2,000 People Laid-off in Beyoğlu"More than 2,000 people in Beyoğlu (Istanbul) are left jobless because the municipality had all tables of street cafés removed. "Beyoğlu ......
17 May 2011 Tuesday
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95 Percent of Turkish Population Plunged in DebtA research by the Research and Development Centre of the Public Workers Unions Confederation of Turkey revealed that 95.1 percent of ......
06 May 2011 Friday
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The Difficulty of Being a Woman or a Child in TurkeyThe OECD report on the changing family structure yielded alarming results for the Turkish society. The participation of women in work ......
