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Autistic Children Association Chair's Remarks Bring Controversy

Autistic Children Association Chair's Remarks Bring Controversy

An autistic children association chairperson's remarks on autistic children being atheist enraged families and caregivers across Turkey.

23 April 2013 Nilay Vardar

"Shiny Object" Explodes, Kills 1 Child

"Shiny Object" Explodes, Kills 1 Child

An explosion in Akdizgin, a village of Şırnak province in the southeastern Turkey, left Ramazan Yıldız (11) dead - an incident allegedly caused by military equipment.

Mining in A 4,000 Hectare Field in Artvin

Mining in A 4,000 Hectare Field in Artvin

Locals in Artvin province remain critical towards the opening of water sources to mining. Green Artvin Association Chair reminded that a local court now rejected a license ban verdict that it had previously ordered.

3 April 2013 Nilay Vardar

Child Workers Near 900,000 in Turkey

Child Workers Near 900,000 in Turkey

According to a recent report released by Turkey's main statistics institute, there are currently 893,000 child workers with half of them not going to any school in Turkey.

Kızıldere Massacre Victims Commemorated on 41st Anniversary

Kızıldere Massacre Victims Commemorated on 41st Anniversary

Roughly a thousand people assembled in downtown Istanbul on Saturday to commemorate the Kızıldere Massacre on its 41st anniversary with their slogan "The history of resistance and solidarity is our honor".

1 April 2013 Ahmet Saymadi

Ombudsman Complaint Applications Open in Turkey

Ombudsman Complaint Applications Open in Turkey

Turkey's Public Inspection Institution is now accepting first ombudsperson complaints at governor offices across the country.

Turkey's Intellectuals Join Forces Against Climate Change

Turkey's Intellectuals Join Forces Against Climate Change

Turkey's intellectuals, artists, academicians and activists signed a manifesto released by Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University and Stiftung Mercator Initiative to raise public awareness on climate change.

25 March 2013 Barış Mumyakmaz

Şemdinli District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Şemdinli District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Local business owners, lawyers, politicians of Şemdinli - a far southeastern district where PKK launched its armed campaign in 1984 - spoke up to bianet and expressed their full support on the ongoing peace process.

20 March 2013 Azer Demir

Gold Drill Threatens Nature in Turkey's Ida Mountain

Gold Drill Threatens Nature in Turkey's Ida Mountain

A local administrator in Çanakkale province filed an official compliant claiming that a gold drill in the Ida mountain region polluted neighboring rivers and killed water frogs.

19 March 2013 Nilay Vardar

Şarköy District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Şarköy District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Mothers, teachers, NGO representatives and politicians from Şarköy, a district located in the northwestern Turkey, agreed that the 30-years long bloody conflict must end immediately, reminding that Kurdish and Turkish people co-existed somewhat for centuries.

19 March 2013 Yakup Önal

At Least 575 Children Killed in Turkey in 2012

At Least 575 Children Killed in Turkey in 2012

A recent report released by a migration organization indicated that 5285 children were hit by right abuses in Turkey in 2012 with at least 575 cases concerning right to life.

A Newroz of Peace!

A Newroz of Peace!

Like in other cities, Newroz was celebrated early in Istanbul, and like in other places, people supported the peace process and asked others to do so, too.

18 March 2013 Nilay Vardar

Writer Devecioğlu in Newroz 2012 Court Case

Writer Devecioğlu in Newroz 2012 Court Case

21 members of the pro-Kurdish BDP among them writer Ayşegül Devecioğlu, stand accused of having spread PKK/KCK propaganda at a Newroz celebration in Yalova last year.

12 March 2013 Nilay Vardar

Reasoned Decision on Selek Case Receives Criticism

Reasoned Decision on Selek Case Receives Criticism

Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court distributed its 407-page “Reasoned Decision,” which outlined its case on Pınar Selek. Despite chief judge's negative clause, the court ruled that 1998 Spice Bazaar Blast was due to bombing.

7 March 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Turkey's Greens Rally Against Environment Bill Draft

Turkey's Greens Rally Against Environment Bill Draft

Turkey's Greens and the Left Party of the Future members rallied across 6 major cities yesterday against a government bill draft on nature and biological diversity protection, saying that it aimed to exploit the environment.

25 February 2013

Berfo Kırbayır, Activist Mother For Missing Son, Dies at 105

Berfo Kırbayır, Activist Mother For Missing Son, Dies at 105

Berfo Kırbayır, an activist mother who has been searching for her missing son under MP detention in 1980, passed away early this morning.

21 February 2013

Dam Security Reportedly Attacks Villagers

Dam Security Reportedly Attacks Villagers

3 farmers submitted an official complaint to gendarmerie in Trabzon's Köknar Karaçam village, claiming that they have been assaulted with guns by security guards who worked at a nearby dam construction - which local activists struggled to halt for months.

14 February 2013 Nilay Vardar

Police Raids Hanım Onur's Apartment

Police Raids Hanım Onur's Apartment

Last night, police raided the apartment of Hanım Onur, a former jailed politician who was released yesterday due to her 2 disease-stricken children.

12 February 2013

Hanım Onur Freed

Hanım Onur Freed

Hanım Onur, a jailed politician for being KCK organization member, has been released by a Diyarbakir court this afternoon due to her disease-stricken children.

11 February 2013

Disease-Stricken Siblings Demand Mother's Freedom

Disease-Stricken Siblings Demand Mother's Freedom

Disease-stricken siblings Solin and Mirhat addressed PM Erdogan, demanding freedom for their mother Hanım Onur, a Kurdish politician who was jailed in 2011 for being a KCK organization member.

11 February 2013

Students Protest Public School Milk Poisonings

Students Protest Public School Milk Poisonings

A high school activist group protested the promotion event of milk distribution in Turkey's public schools, reminding the poisoning incident of thousands of students last year.

8 February 2013

Fiber Storage Blaze Raises Concerns Over Hazardous Gas

Fiber Storage Blaze Raises Concerns Over Hazardous Gas

Greenpeace and a local environmental platform warned that the massive blaze in a fiber storage facility in Yalova province has caused the release of hazardous gas into the air, a claim that refuted factory administration's previous statement.

29 January 2013 Elif Cansu Akoğuz,Duygu Koçoğlu,Büşra Akman

Damocracy Documentary to Be Released in February

Damocracy Documentary to Be Released in February

Canadian filmmaker Todd Southgate made a documentary on world's two most controversial dam projects--Belo Monte in Bresil and Ilısu in Turkey--entitled "From the Amazons to Hasankeyf: Damocracy".

7 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

Deputies Investigate Radiation Leakage in Izmir

Deputies Investigate Radiation Leakage in Izmir

Erol Kaya, head of the parliament commission appointed to investigate the radiation leakage in an old lead factory in Izmir, said they detected some low levels of radiation which would not cause a public threat.

25 December 2012

Turkey's Fairy Chimneys Face Erosion Without Save Plan

Turkey's Fairy Chimneys Face Erosion Without Save Plan

On the verge of losing its UNESCO World Heritage listed site Capadocia, Turkish officials seem to have little idea on how to preserve fairy chimneys.

20 December 2012 Nilay Vardar

Website Aims to Share Stories of Violence Victims

Website Aims to Share Stories of Violence Victims

A website initiated by a culture studies association has been established in order to share real stories of Turkey's victims of violence with interviews and photographs.

13 December 2012

PM's Dam Openings Resent Environmentalists

PM's Dam Openings Resent Environmentalists

PM Erdogan spontaneously changed the name of a dam during an opening this morning. Meanwhile, Greens and the Left Party of the Future criticized the ongoing hydroelectric plant projects around Turkey, reminding that their cost to the environment must be well calculated.

12 December 2012

No Verdict in Controversial Transfer Accident Case

No Verdict in Controversial Transfer Accident Case

A criminal court in Kayseri province continued its prosecution on the case of 5 inmates who died in an accident during their transfer from Van to Istanbul.

11 December 2012 Elif Akgül

Greenpeace Rallies Against Turkish Nuclear Energy Institute

Greenpeace Rallies Against Turkish Nuclear Energy Institute

Greenpeace campaign officer Cenk Levi criticized Turkish Nuclear Energy Institute for failing to investigate the lead factory yard containing high levels of radiation in Izmir, saying that such failure raised doubts concerning institution's future involvement with nuclear plants in Turkey.

6 December 2012 Elif Akgül

Council Bill Aims to Join Forces Against AIDS

Council Bill Aims to Join Forces Against AIDS

Peace and Democracy Party Deputy Sebahat Tuncel proposed to the Turkish Parliament a bill aiming to create a national AIDS council and facilitate access to treatment.

4 December 2012

AIDS Awareness Walk Found "Not Proper"

AIDS Awareness Walk Found "Not Proper"

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality rejected a walk event proposed on the December 1 World AIDS Day without making any clarifying explanations.

30 November 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Children Rights Abuses Maintain in Turkey

Children Rights Abuses Maintain in Turkey

A children rights association called for an end of children's rights abuses in Turkey on the death anniversary of Uğur Kaymaz, 12, saying that perpetrators should not go unpunished.

21 November 2012