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Kobanî case: Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak reunites with supporters after 8 years in prison
"We know that as long as the prison doors remain closed, we are not truly free. Meeting with you all here today, reuniting with our people and our land, is of course an honor. This is the result of your honorable struggle outside and the struggle of political prisoners inside," Kışanak said addressing a crowd in Diyarbakır.
17 May 2024
İnanç Yıldız
Verdict reached in Kobanî trial: Demirtaş receives 42-year prison sentence
Some 108 HDP members were facing aggravated life sentences in what is widely considered a politically motivated trial. Some of the defendants have been acquitted and some have received lesser sentences and will be released.
16 May 2024
DEM deputies protest Kobanî case verdict in parliament
Several Kurdish politicians have received prison sentences on “terrorism” and “disrupting the unity of the state” charges in the case concerning 2014 protests.
16 May 2024
'New espionage bill threatens media supported by int'l funds'
The government is poised to amend the anti-espionage law to prosecute those who are identified as “agents of influence.”
15 May 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
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Expansion of tourism facility in protected area approved without environmental review
Cengiz Holding, known for its close ties to the government, has secured the permission to expand its luxury tourism facilities in Cennet Bay, a protected area.
16 May 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
New panel of judges to review Kavala’s retrial request
The change in the panel is due to technicalities, and there is no imminent release for the philanthropist, his lawyer told bianet.
15 May 2024
Natural gas explosion in İstanbul’s Beşiktaş
One individual has been injured by the explosion.
16 May 2024
Government introduces steep toll hikes
The toll increases vary between 37.5% and 60%.
16 May 2024
Thirty-one detained in raids over Van election protests
DEM Party executives are among the detained in raids in İstanbul and İzmir.
15 May 2024
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Kurds celebrate Kurdish Language Day
May 15 has been celebrated as the Kurdish Language Day since 2006, marking the inauguration of the Hawar magazine.
15 May 2024
Turkey’s top appeals court elects president after 37 rounds of voting amid ‘power struggle’
The Court of Cassation has once again come under the spotlight after the crisis with the Constitutional Court.
14 May 2024
New espionage law will ‘make fake journalists pay a price,’ says Bahçeli
The government is poised to introduce an amendment to the espionage law criminalizing “influence operations.”
14 May 2024
Court rejects lawsuit against Tarlabaşı Community Center
Based in İstanbul's Tarlabaşı neighborhood, the nonprofit aims to ease the lives of the impoverished, primarily women and children in this socialy excluded place in the metropolis.
14 May 2024
Survey: Erdoğan lost poorest, youngest voters in local elections
Nearly 70 percent of the voters think the ruling party supports the rich.
14 May 2024
Reports: Turkey to include ‘influence operations’ in anti-espionage legislation
"Agent of influence," a term widely used by the pro-governtment media to implicate rights defenders, will now reportedly enter the legal framework.
14 May 2024
Erdoğan, Mitsotakis find common ground amid disagreement on Hamas
“Let’s agree to disagree,” said the Greek PM when Erdoğan hailed Hamas as a national liberation group.
14 May 2024
Auroras over Turkey's northern coasts
The auroras, typically not seen this far south, were caused by a significant solar event that occurred earlier this week.
13 May 2024
Hikmet Adal
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Turkey’s new public spending cuts may affect healthcare, education services, warns economist
The measures should be accompanied by increasing taxes on the wealthy, suggests economist Cem Oyvat.
13 May 2024
Hikmet Adal
Hikmet Adal
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High court overturns journalist’s sentence for ‘spreading disinformation’ in landmark decision
The decision marks the first time a conviction under the controversial disinformation law has been reversed
13 May 2024
Hikmet Adal
Call for justice as verdict expected in Kobanî trial
Some 108 HDP members are facing aggravated life sentences for the deadly protests over ISIS attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town in 2014.
13 May 2024
Kurdish politician Sara Kaya released after 7 years in prison
Kaya was incarcerated while she was serving as a district mayor in Mardin.
13 May 2024
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