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Only Two Disabled Deputies in Parliament

Only Two Disabled Deputies in Parliament

There are at least 9 million disabled people in Turkey. However, there are only two disabled female deputies in parliament.

Water Resources Diminish, Air’s Polluted, Creatures Become Extinct

Water Resources Diminish, Air’s Polluted, Creatures Become Extinct

WWF pointed out that growing cities, climate change, increasing consumption, transportation and industrial activities not only affect humans but also species.

Agreement Made in Ford Otosan

Agreement Made in Ford Otosan

Employers and employee made an agreement in Ford Otosan in Kocaeli and Eskişehir provinces. Workers went back to work.

Erdoğan Files an Individual Criminal Complaint against Can Dündar

Erdoğan Files an Individual Criminal Complaint against Can Dündar

The President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed an individual criminal complaint against journalist, Can Dündar.

80.000 Signs Collected Against Hunting Tourism

80.000 Signs Collected Against Hunting Tourism

80.000 Signs have been collected against hunting of bear, rupicapra rupicapra ornate and chevrotain in Turkey.

Ford Otosan Disagreement Continues

Ford Otosan Disagreement Continues

Ford Otosan strikes in Kocaeli and Eskişehir provinces continue. Workers haven’t made an agreement with employers, yet.

Taksim Solidarity: We’re Everywhere on 2nd Anniversary of Gezi Park Resistance

Taksim Solidarity: We’re Everywhere on 2nd Anniversary of Gezi Park Resistance

2nd anniversary of Gezi Park Resistance will be commemorated on May 31 in Gezi Park at 13 a.m. There will be meetings for Gezi in Beşiktaş and Kadıköy districts of İstanbul at 15 a.m.

28 May 2015 Elif Akgül

Harvey: Gezi Park Resistance Still Continues Despite Leaving Park

Harvey: Gezi Park Resistance Still Continues Despite Leaving Park

Social scientist Prof. Dr. David Harvey attended the meeting of Taksim Solidarity: ”Gezi was a struggle to create an objective unalienated alternative in an alienated environment.”

27 May 2015 Elif Akgül

Both Parties Come to an Agreement in Renault Resistance

Both Parties Come to an Agreement in Renault Resistance

On strike for 13 days, Renault workers signed a protocol with 9 articles with their employers.

Visually Handicapped Go to Polls with Companion

Visually Handicapped Go to Polls with Companion

Visually handicapped people will go to polls with companion in this election without election privacy and security. Non-governmental organizations agree that the government don’t do its part.

25 May 2015 Nilay Vardar

Camp Armen’s Deed Transferred to Armenian Foundation

Camp Armen’s Deed Transferred to Armenian Foundation

On 18th day of Camp Armen resistance, title owner said he would donate the land to the Armenian foundation. Resistance keeps going until the donation has been fulfilled.

“Marihuana Must Be Legal”

“Marihuana Must Be Legal”

Deputy Candidate from LDP: “There isn’t a crime without its victim,” and defended Marihuana by saying it could distract people from phenazepam and its derivatives.

Hürriyet Pays Compensation to the President

Hürriyet Pays Compensation to the President

Hürriyet will pay 20.000 Turkish liras to the President due to Mehmet Yılmaz’s column.

Renault Worker: We Will Give Statement for Being “Gang Leaders”

Renault Worker: We Will Give Statement for Being “Gang Leaders”

Renault worker said employers wanted 30 spokespeople from the workers. Nevertheless, they have made allegation against those 30 spokespeople.

21 May 2015 Nilay Vardar

The Long Road To The Integration Of Kalé In Spain

The Long Road To The Integration Of Kalé In Spain

Today, three out of four citizens of Romani ethnicity in Spain live below the poverty line and 54% of the Gitanos population is in extreme poverty.

20 May 2015 Cristina Artoni

Metal Workers Go On Strike in Turkey

Metal Workers Go On Strike in Turkey

Metal workers have been on strike for five days. TOFAŞ, Coşkunözü and MAKO workers joined Renault workers in Bursa province.

18 May 2015 Nilay Vardar

People March with Rainbow Flags in Ankara against Homophobia and Transphobia

People March with Rainbow Flags in Ankara against Homophobia and Transphobia

Thousands of people in Ankara marched against homophobia and transphobia and for love and freedom in Ankara: “Make love not war till the end of time!”

18 May 2015 Ömer Akpınar

“Be a Deputy of Children!”

“Be a Deputy of Children!”

Working for children non-governmental organizations came together and reminded deputy candidates what they could do for children and requested them to sign prepared Child Rights Manifesto.

Police Hits a Child in the Eye in Cizre District

Police Hits a Child in the Eye in Cizre District

Last night, an eight-year-old child in Cizre district of Şırnak province was hit in the eye by plastic bullet fired by the police.

What Do People Think About the Elections in Manisa?

What Do People Think About the Elections in Manisa?

Number of deputies in Manisa will decrease to 9 from 10. It still remains unknown who will win or lose. What about the voters’ opinion?

13 May 2015 Nilay Vardar

“They Want to Demolish Peoples’ Memory in This Country”

“They Want to Demolish Peoples’ Memory in This Country”

Nor Zartonk calls out to protect Camp Armen: Camp Armen is a place where our hope will cherish in spite of our losses and we will live together in peace and fraternally, one way or another.

“Junior PM” is Asked, the President Answers

“Junior PM” is Asked, the President Answers

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has hosted children on International April 23 Children’s Festival. “Junior PM” has been asked over nuclear energy, PM has interrupted and whispered the child to what he’s going to say.

Illiterate Children Work 54 Hours per Week

Illiterate Children Work 54 Hours per Week

According to the DİSK-AR’s report of child labor, 4+4+4 education law made compulsory age for primary school 6 to 13 and caused child labor to increase and the age of working children to decrease up to 13.

Beggar Kids in Urfa Province Have Been Jailed

Beggar Kids in Urfa Province Have Been Jailed

Urfa Metropolitan Municipality jailed beggar kids most of whom were Syrians. People around gave food and drink to the children.

“1.5 Million Subcontracted Workers Lack Job Security”

“1.5 Million Subcontracted Workers Lack Job Security”

According to the answer given to Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Veli Ağbaba’s parliamentary question, there were 1,482,690 subcontracted laborers in Turkey at the end of 2014. Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir have the most subcontracted laborers.

Surp Giragos Armenian Church Receives EU Prize for Cultural Heritage

Surp Giragos Armenian Church Receives EU Prize for Cultural Heritage

Diyarbakır's Surp Giragos Armenian Church restored after many years received the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.

14 April 2015 Nilay Vardar

Nuclear Plant Ceremony Met with Protests

Nuclear Plant Ceremony Met with Protests

Attendants to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project groundbreaking ceremony locked iron gate; police attacked demonstrators with water cannons.

14 April 2015 Nilay Vardar

State Council Approves Sulukule Repeal

State Council Approves Sulukule Repeal

The State Council approved the court decision canceling the Sulukule neighborhood project that displaced Romany citizens.

9 April 2015 Nilay Vardar

Police Headquarters Assailant's Body Sent Home For Funeral

Police Headquarters Assailant's Body Sent Home For Funeral

The funeral of Elif Sultan Kalsen, a DHKP-C militant who was killed after assaulting Istanbul Police Headquarters on April 1, has been sent to her homeland for funeral.

Autopsy Done, Courthouse Hostage Perpetrators’ Funeral Today

Autopsy Done, Courthouse Hostage Perpetrators’ Funeral Today

Özgür Yılmaz, an advocate who observed the autopsy of two perpetrators of Istanbul Courthouse hostage crisis, told bianet that authorities refused to hand him a copy of the preliminary autopsy report.

2 April 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Turkey Vows Plans For Its Second Nuclear Power Plant

Turkey Vows Plans For Its Second Nuclear Power Plant

Turkey’s Parliament ratified an international treaty to establish a nuclear power plant in the northern province of Sinop.

Greenpeace Climbs 117m to Protest Turkey’s Nuclear Plant Project

Greenpeace Climbs 117m to Protest Turkey’s Nuclear Plant Project

Greenpeace activists climbed to one of the tallest buildings in the southern district of Mersin to protest Turkey’s first planned nuclear power plant in Akkuyu district.