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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
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
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
Surge in measles cases 'not an outbreak,' says health minister
Eighty-six percent of the new cases were in İstanbul, Minister Koca has revealed, citing immigration as a contributing factor to the increase in measles cases.
4 July 2023
Top prosecutor challenges acquittal decision in case of 4-year-old's killing
All seven defendants, including the child's uncle who had previously been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, were acquitted in the retrial.
4 July 2023
They banned the ecofest, they 'caught' Süheyla!
The reason why an investigation is being started for the festival organizers is the same as the reason why the Ecofest was banned. And a warrant of arrest is issued for the association chairperson, Süheyla Doğan for the same reason.
3 July 2023
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Study: Invasive species cost more than 100 billion dollars to Turkey
Situated at the crossroads of continents with long borders, Turkey is among the countries that will be significantly affected by invasive species, according to a new study.
3 July 2023
Threat of drying up looms over Turkey's second-largest freshwater lake, warns MP
In June, Lake Eğirdir's water level was about 40 centimeters lower than the previous year.
3 July 2023
'They fear to go to work': Demonstration against Syrian refugees in Turkey's industrial hotbed
A dispute between a Syrian and a local family turned into a anti-refugee demonstration in Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey.
3 July 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Over a thousand men engage in accidental self-stabbing during Sacrifice Feast in Turkey
Amid this year's violent confrontation between sacrificial livestock and human adversaries, defiant animals unleashed havoc, leaving a trail of countrywide bloodshed upon men.
29 June 2023
HRW denounces Turkey's bans on Pride celebrations as flagrant human rights violation
Over 160 people have been detained during recent Pride parades while anti-LGBT rhetoric by officials is on the rise.
27 June 2023
Controversial release of Quran course staff in 'child torture' case in Erzurum
Some parents and children had withdrawn their complaints after facing "social pressure," an association who took up the case for the tortured children said in a statement.
23 June 2023
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'Adopt a Mediterranean Beach' project starts in order to combat plastic waste in the basin
The project launched to monitor and raise awareness about plastic waste in the Mediterranean basin will be coordinated by WWF Turkey, WWF Tunisia, and WWF Greece.
22 June 2023
At least 21 refugees killed in racist attacks in Turkey in three years, says rights group
The HRFT has called for an immediate end to discrimination and hate speech targeting refugees and asylum seekers
21 June 2023
Authorities impose 15-day ban on public activities, events in Hakkari
The Hakkari Governorate enforced restrictions on various activities, such as public meetings, demonstrations, sit-ins, press statements, hunger strikes, setting up stands, and releasing sky lanterns.
21 June 2023
Rights advocates demand end of EU-Turkey refugee deal
The activists gathered in İstanbul to mark Refugee Day accused Turkey's government of using refugees as cheap labor, and the opposition of fueling chauvinism against refugees.
21 June 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Turkey's public broadcaster sparks controversy with new series portraying Kavala as 'villain'
The philanthropist has criticized the series, saying, "As in the indictments used unlawfully to keep me in prison, it is apparent that the actual events have been distorted in this series, aiming to create a perception that I am guilty."
20 June 2023
AKP-run municipalities persist in concert bans following artists' support for LGBTI+, opposition
One mayor defended the concert bans on Melike Şahin and Hüseyin Turan, stating that they will continue with artists who respect 'the national will and society's values.'
19 June 2023
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