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ATTORNEY OF BOĞAZİÇİ STUDENTS
‘There is no crime, but a show for political purposes’
Levent Pişkin, the attorney of arrested Boğaziçi University students: “This investigation is legally null and void. I say ‘legally’ because there was no warrant for detention or seizure in the file. The work subject to the investigation is not there, either.”
1 February 2021
HE SAYS 'NO POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS'
AKP Tekirdağ chair hands out school reports, going from door to door
After the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year came to an end, a ruling AKP provincial chair in northwestern Turkey handed out school reports by going to children’s homes, which has sparked harsh criticism, especially about the privacy of students.
25 January 2021
TEACHERS FROM EDUCATION UNION
‘We are registered as AKP members in cities we have never been’
Teachers from several provinces of Turkey have found out that they were registered as members of the ruling AKP without their knowledge or consent. Education Union chairs have underlined that it is a crime by the law and filed a criminal complaint.
21 January 2021
Prosecutors seek to lift immunity of nine HDP deputies over 'Kobanê protests'
We have spoken with HDP deputies Paylan and Temelli about the 2014 protests and the new indictment into the incidents.
18 January 2021
HURMÜZ DİRİL MISSING FOR A YEAR
‘When a loved one dies, you cry for a day; when missing, you cry everyday’
72-year-old Hurmüz Diril and his spouse 65-year-old Şimuni Diril got missing in Şırnak a year ago. While the dead body of Şimuni Diril was found, the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril are still unknown. Their daughter has spoken to bianet.
12 January 2021
RECTOR APPOINTMENT TO BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY
'Rectors with low academic qualifications harm universities' development'
The newly appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, Melih Bulu, doesn't have high academic qualifications, says Prof. Karadağ, who studies the academic success of Turkey's universities.
7 January 2021
Dismissed Co-Mayor of Kars faces up to 15 years in prison
Arrested on October 8, 2020, dismissed Co-Mayor of Kars Alaca has been indicted and the indictment has been accepted by the heavy penal court. Among the criminal evidence brought against her is her attendance in a folk dance with a Kurdish song.
5 January 2021
‘We ask for help’: Distance education in eastern Turkey amid pandemic
Students from Iğdır ask the Minister of Education for help. According to Iğdır Education Union Chair Gürcan, only half of students in the province have Internet access. Families do not have the financial means to buy the necessary equipment, either.
8 December 2020
EDUCATION AMID PANDEMIC
'14 education workers died of COVID-19 in Turkey in 3 months'
Education Union (Eğitim-Sen) Chair Feray Aytekin Aydoğan has announced that Cengiz Tekdal, a high-school teacher from Diyarbakır, has lost his life due to COVID-19.
16 November 2020
COVID-19 IN TURKEY
‘We don’t say it as a slogan, we have really burned out'
“We don’t say it as a slogan, we have really burned out. Our two fellow health workers committed suicide,” says SES Union Co-Chair Atabey about the decision of two hospitals to call COVID-infected personnel back to work without being tested.
13 November 2020
VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH WORKER
‘The insults they hurled were apparently just “rude words”’
Laboratory worker Kaşbaş was subjected to an attempted attack in a public hospital in İstanbul two years ago. The lawsuit filed into the incident has ended in the acquittal of two defendants at the first hearing. Kaşbaş has spoken to bianet.
13 November 2020
COVID-19 in İstanbul: ‘Intensive care beds are full, we open news ones’
Prof. Tükek, the Dean of İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, has spoken to bianet amid increasing number of COVID-19 cases: “We allocated 31 intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients; our beds are full now, we are opening new ones.”
9 November 2020
EDUCATION IN TURKEY AMID PANDEMIC
‘Classrooms are crowded, empty public buildings should be turned into schools’
With the start of the “second phase” of face-to-face education in Turkey, more and more students have returned to school. Kaya Bahadır, the Chair of Students’ Parents Association, has spoken to bianet about education in Turkey amid pandemic.
13 October 2020
‘Struggling against violence is our duty’
Forensic Medicine Expert Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, who is expected to be elected the Chair of Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council in the first ordinary session, has spoken to bianet.
28 September 2020
HDP MP DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ
Mass detention of HDP politicians aimed at 'weakening the party before elections'
More than 80 members of the HDP, including mayors and former lawmakers, were detained today.
25 September 2020
Schools reopen for preschoolers and first graders: What do parents say?
Schools have reopened for first graders and preschoolers amid a recent surge in the outbreak. Asked about their opinions on the reopening, most parents say, “I have brought my child because she wanted; otherwise, I would not have done it.”
21 September 2020
EDUCATION UNION SURVEY
‘Only 5 percent of students in Mardin can access distance education’
According to a survey conducted by the Mardin Branch of Education Union (Eğitim-Sen), 58.1 percent of parents are unwilling to send their children to school and 85.4 percent find the pandemic measures at schools insufficient.
18 September 2020
‘Do religious high schools really "stand tall" as Erdoğan suggests?’
Özgür Bozdoğan from the Education Union (Eğitim-Sen) has spoken to bianet: “The ruling party expects the students of Islamic vocational high schools to constitute the political mass that will ensure the continuity of its own existence.”
14 September 2020
COVID-19 in Turkey: ‘Surgeries postponed, cancer patients unable to receive treatment’
Dr. İlhan, the Spokesperson for the Open My Hospital Platform, has spoken to bianet about the situation in Turkey amid pandemic. He has noted that the problem is not only about COVID-19 patients as other patients also postpone their treatment.
10 September 2020
Mother and sister of missing Gülistan Doku released from detention
Detained by riot police officers during their sit-in protest for missing university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim, mother Bedriye Doku and sister Aygül Doku have been released.
7 September 2020
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MOTHER OF MISSING GÜLİSTAN DOKU
‘I will sit in this square until my daughter is found’
Bedriye Doku, the mother of missing Gülistan Doku, has spoken to bianet: “I want to meet the President and want the chief suspect to be arrested. I want my daughter to be found.”
7 September 2020
Turkish Medical Association Chair: At least 20,000 health workers are infected with Covid-19
"Outpatient clinics and intensive care [units] are full. The workload of physicians and health workers increases every day. There is an obvious burnout," says Prof. Adıyaman.
28 August 2020
‘I was appointed as a teacher with disabilities, now they say I cannot work’
Disabled teacher Ş.Ç. says, “They told me if we do not submit the documents to the Directorate of Education till August 30, my appointment will be cancelled. The degree of my disability was written in my application. They appointed me by knowing this.”
27 August 2020
COVID-19 IN ANTEP & BATMAN
‘Health workers are exhausted, resignations have increased’
While Antep Medical Chamber Chair Ateş says that at least 10 physicians have resigned from each public hospital, Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) Batman Chair Topkan notes that 15 nurses have requested their retirement.
20 August 2020
AĞRI MEDICAL CHAMBER CHAIR
‘We couldn’t find a hospital to hospitalize COVID-positive doctor’
Dr. Kasım Çelik has spoken to bianet about the recent situation in Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı: “The entire Ağrı acts like there was no virus. Very few people wear masks, malls and coffee houses are full, air conditioners are on...”
14 August 2020
OVACIK MAYOR SARIGÜL
‘This project will turn Dersim's Munzur Springs into a commercial area’
Ovacık District Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül and Munzur Preservation Board member Hasan Şen have spoken to bianet about the “Munzur Springs Recreation Project”: “We will not let any project that is not approved by the people."
13 August 2020
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COVID-19 in eastern Turkey: Patients sent home, health workers exhausted
The Chairs of Diyarbakır, Antep, Van, Mardin and Batman Medical Chambers have spoken to bianet: “Pandemic services and intensive cares are full. COVID-19 patients who need to be treated in hospitals are sent home.”
11 August 2020
WORKERS 'LOCKED-IN' AT THE FACTORY
Union: 153 Dardanel workers infected with coronavirus, 56 hospitalized
Workers of a canned fish company in northwestern Turkey work during the day and are forced to stay at "quarantine dormitories" at night.
10 August 2020
‘It is not a good idea to open schools when there are so many COVID-19 cases’
While Assoc. Prof. Cavit Işık Yavuz notes that reopening schools will lead to a further increase in COVID-19 cases, Prof. Serap Şimşek Yavuz underlines that “it is not a decision to be taken by ministries and Science Board on their own.”
10 August 2020
Canned fish company workers still 'locked in' at factory due to Covid-19 outbreak
The factory owner says the "forced quarantine" of the workers was recommended by public authorities, who say that they await workers' objection for lifting the quarantine.
7 August 2020
Refuting police report, expert review of footage says Gülistan Doku did not jump off bridge
An expert review of the footage that allegedly shows Gülistan Doku committing suicide has been released.
5 August 2020
REOPENING OF SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC:
'Schools are too crowded for reopening, new ones should be built urgently'
While the education minister says schools will reopen on August 31, doctors and union representatives point out that it is currently impossible to have "one student per four square meters."
24 July 2020
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