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Akbelen Forest resistance continues on seventh day
Various environmental and nature conservation organizations from different cities, along with music bands, are lending their support to the resistance.
31 July 2023
Diyar Saraçoğlu
Scenarist of many cult movies of Yeşilçam passes away
Sefa Önal, who had set the Guinness World Record with 385 of his scenarios shot in movies, died at the age of ninety-two.
31 July 2023
Joint appeal from 308 organizations: 'Stop logging in the Akbelen forest'
"Despite the scientific studies showing that mining brings irreversible damage to the region, the general interest is sacrificed for the benefit of a "dirty energy" management model," the joint appeal says.
28 July 2023
Akbelen Forest resistance: CHP faces protest by locals, gendarmerie assault Green Left MP
The two-year-long protest in the southwestern region has been reignited after authorities resumed cutting down trees to expand a coal mine that supplies coal to nearby thermal power plants. The leader and MPs of the main opposition party also faced protests by locals.
28 July 2023
Experts warn of impending 'disaster' in Marmara Sea due to oxygen depletion
Many commercial fish species are unable to survive at depths greater than 30 meters in Turkey's inland sea due to a significant decrease in oxygen levels, which have dropped to one-fourth of what they were four decades ago, according to data from METU.
27 July 2023
Response to question on girls left out of schooling: 'It is not appropriate to share this data'
bianet asked about the number of girls and the total number of children left out of schooling and if any proceedings are started against the families who do not send their children to school, but the official response given today says it is not appropriate to share such information.
27 July 2023
Ruken Tuncel
Akbelen Forest resistance grows as MPs join protests
Villagers have been protesting against a coal mine expansion project in the area, which threatens their living spaces and sources of livelihood, including olive groves.
27 July 2023
Eleven kilograms of cocaine seized in Mersin
Police detained one person allegedly involved with the cocaine seized at the Mersin International Port on a ship coming from the Guayaquil Port of Ecuador.
26 July 2023
Gendarme and police push villagers, hugging trees to prevent logging, out of Akbelen forest
İkizköy villagers resisting tree logging that was started in the Akbelen Forest in Milas, Muğla this Monday entered the logging area early in the morning today.
26 July 2023
Air temperature expected to rise up to 10 degrees
Citizens, especially those with chronic illnesses, the elderly, and children, should be cautious between 11:00 and 16:00 hours, İstanbul Meteorology Regional Directorate Technical Branch Manager Günseli Özgül warned.
26 July 2023
East Blacksea Vegan Fest to take place on July 28, 29, 30
The festival to be held in Fındıklı, Rize aims at raising awareness for animal rights. There is going to be panel discussions, workshops, nature tours, concerts in the festival, and the option to stay for the night in the camp.
25 July 2023
Muğla villagers persist in protests against coal mine project in forest despite detentions
As the villagers continue their two-year struggle, the eight individuals who were detained yesterday have been released.
25 July 2023
Efforts to prevent child drownings in summer intensify with swimming lessons, free pools
Children are receiving free swimming training from coaches and instructors in existing pools and portable pools set up for that purpose.
24 July 2023
On the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, Kurdish political groups call for recognition
The treaty, which shaped modern Turkey, recognized Greeks, Armenians, and Jews as official minorities, while leaving Kurds, which is the largest non-Turk ethnic group in the country, without constitutional recognition.
24 July 2023
'We invite MPs from all political parties to come and defend the Akbelen Forest'
Tree logging started in Akbelen this morning after the sending of gendarmes and water cannon vehicles to the area early in the morning. The gendarme blocked villagers from entering the forest and took three people into custody. The villagers invited everyone to come and defend the Akbelen forest.
24 July 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Turkey witnessed remarkable surge in emigrations in 2022, shows TurkStat data
Immigration to the country was on the decline as Russians made up the largest immigrating group.
24 July 2023
Ministry should look into cancerogenic materials found in Taiwan in eggs imported from Turkey
FDA in Taiwan had found cancer-causing nitrofurans in five batches of eggs from Turkey."Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry should investigate the event in detail," says Manisa MP Başevirgen.
21 July 2023
Alleged torture of refugees by soldiers on parliamentary agenda
In a video circulated on social media, several people in military outfits are seen torturing two individuals who are believed to be refugees.
21 July 2023
İstanbul governor orders sterilization, vaccination of stray dogs
The governor's office has also instructed the district municipalities to set up and improve animal shelters.
20 July 2023
Roni Margulies passes away
A poet, author, journalist, and member of the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (DSİP), Roni Margulies passed away at the age of sixty-eight.
19 July 2023
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Group of sperm whales observed in Kaş and Fethiye
The Marine Mammals Research Association announced that they observed cachalots in Kaç and Fethiye waters during their expedition last week.
19 July 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Homeowner kills tenant following rent increase dispute in İstanbul
The police are trying to catch E.D.Ö. who shot his renter dead for not accepting his request for a rent increase.
19 July 2023
Hotel project in Muğla national park: Company sets up new concrete plant despite court order
A local environmental group has accused the authority of protecting the illegal activities of the company responsible for the controversial hotel project.
17 July 2023
Turkey sees record-breaking electricity, water consumption amid heatwave
On Saturday, the country witnessed a new daily high with electricity consumption and İstanbul saw a record-high water usage.
17 July 2023
Turkey reports nearly 5 million migrants across the country
The Ministry of Interior has closed 1,169 neighborhoods across the country to foreign registrations, citing an increased foreign population in these areas
17 July 2023
Over 80 people, including children, drowned in irrigation canals in 1.5 months
An oposition MP has cricitized the authorities for lack of precautions after the drowning of three children within a week in the same district in Mersin.
17 July 2023
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Four arrests in farmers' protest against electricity cut-outs in Urfa
While four farmers were arrested following the protest against the electricity distribution company DEDAŞ in Viranşehir, Urfa, five were released on condition of judicial control.
17 July 2023
Rural cooperativism is essential for urban dwellers, too
Rural cooperativism is a topic that has been neglected for years. This approach has led to the agricultural sector in the country reaching the brink of collapse. But now, it not only threatens the rural areas but also the access to food in cities.
14 July 2023
Bülent Danışoğlu
'Zoning olive groves to housing will do away with our agricultural land'
Adnan Çobanoğlu of Çiftçi-Sen, a farmers' union, talked to bianet about the draft law which will zone forested lands and olive groves to housing.
12 July 2023
Zeynep Akat
Will the workplaces be closed on extreme heat days?
Worker's Party of Turkey Chairperson Erkan Baş submitted a parliamentary question and asked if the workplaces will be closed in order to protect workers health and reduce their life-threatening risks.
12 July 2023
Socialist parties in Turkey, Greece demand action to prevent refugee deaths in Mediterranean
"European monopolies make agreements with countries like Turkey, Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco to detain migrants in those countries, offering them money they cannot refuse," says the joint statement by EMEP and NAR.
6 July 2023
Bodrum cove designated archeological site, halting yacth harbor expansion plans
A local environmental group, which has been fighting against the marina project, has welcomed the decision. There is also an ongoing lawsuit against the project.
6 July 2023
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