The municipal council of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM) has unanimously agreed to buy horse-driven carriages in Princes’ Islands. The İMM will pay 300,000 lira per carriage and horses will not be used as a means of transport any longer.

Arshak Makichyan has been striking for climate in Russia for over 40 weeks now. Arrested and imprisoned for 6 days, Makichyan has answered the questions of bianet.

Hundreds of people, joined by opposition MPs, have held a human chain against the canal project.

The HDP has brought the allegations into the parliamentary agenda, directing questions to the Minister of Interior.

As a result of torrential rains holding out in the city since January 5, the fill rate of water reservoirs in the dams of İstanbul has increased from 39.31 percent to 43.77 percent in a day. Rainfall and storm are expected to continue in the city today.

Some news outlets and politicians blamed Syrian refugees for five million citizens losing their right to benefit from health services, according to the report.

Adapting imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair’s book for the stage, artist Jülide Kural says, “I think, in a period like this, we need to be side by side, singing songs” and adds, “We will keep on resisting inside and outside for democracy.”

The Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli has announced that in inspections conducted in 2019, 13 ships were fined a total of 13 million 3 thousand 566 Turkish Lira (TRY) for causing pollution in the Gulf of İzmit.

A power plant in Manisa was closed after failing to meet environmental regulations. When it stopped operations, 45 thousand people were left without hot water.

The 10-day period of objection against the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Canal İstanbul project will end today. Citizens all across the country can submit their petitions by the end of business day.

As the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Canal İstanbul has been presented to the public for 10 days, citizens have queued up in front of Provincial Directorates of Environment and Urbanization to object to the project.

The company that prepared the report won 42 public tenders in eight years. The owner of the company had been convicted of bribery and bid-rigging.

Hit by intense rainfall for two days, Adana has received 147 kilograms of precipitation per square meter, which marks the heaviest rainfall experienced in the province since 1963.

A boat carrying refugees has capsized on Lake Van while docking in the district of Adilcevaz in Bitlis. Seven people have lost their lives in the incident and 64 people have been rescued.

Analyzing news about refugees published in online media between December 14 and 20, the Media and Refugee Rights Association has indicated that 252 news reports violated the rights of refugees.

The Sub-Governorship of Adalar has filed a criminal complaint against the owners of the horses killed due to a glanders outbreak in Princes’ Islands of İstanbul. Animal rights defenders also continue their protest for a complete ban on horse carriages.

The Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the controversial Canal İstanbul project has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization amid escalating tension between the ruling AKP and İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

Eighty-one horses were killed by officials after being diagnosed with glanders in İstanbul's Büyükada island.

Kaos GL Association has released its report “Turkey’s Challenge with LGBTI Refugees” in memory of Muhammad Wisam Sankari, a Syrian gay refugee killed in İstanbul in 2016.

Analyzing the news about refugees published in online media between December 7 and 13, the Media and Refugee Rights Association has indicated that 174 news reports violated the rights of refugees in a week.