Submitting a legislative proposal, HDP MP Paylan has underlined that violence against animals has become a “culture” in Turkey, requesting that the necessary legal and penal regulations be introduced to put an end to impunity in incidents of violence.

According to the municipal waste statistics shared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), 32.2 million tonnes of municipal waste was collected in Turkey throughout 2018. The per capita waste per day is also calculated as 1.16 kilograms.

The new center-right government has said that the left-wing Syriza government sent 1,805 refugees to Turkey in four-and-a-half years.

A public bus has crashed into a bus stop in Mamak, Ankara. Governor Vasip Şahin has announced that according to initial reports, three people have lost their lives and three people have been wounded in the incident.

An earthquake survey conducted in İstanbul has shown that 83 percent expect a bigger and more destructive earthquake in the city following the 5.8-magnitude earthquake.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has stated, “5,469-hectare forestland has been damaged in forest fires across Turkey this year. The greatest damage occurred with the boundaries of İzmir Regional Directorate of Forestry.”

Environmental pollution caused by toxic and carcinogenic chemicals poses a serious risk to health of human and natural life, particularly children, and the related public institutions are obliged to take precautions and security measures to eliminate this risk.

Referring to Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık, who has been sentenced to prison for disclosing the results of cancer research conducted by Ministry of Health, HDP MP Danış Beştaş has requested a Parliamentary investigation into factors threatening public health.

The Emergency Management Center of İstanbul Governorship has announced that it has received notices of damage for 464 buildings after İstanbul earthquake. Education at 14 schools in 9 cities has also been suspended.

Mayor of İstanbul İmamoğlu has stated, “It is said that 2,864 parks and similar places were reported to Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) as emergency assembly areas. These places do not have the necessary physical qualities”.

While Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute has reported 108 aftershocks after the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit İstanbul yesterday, several İstanbulites have spent the night outdoors.

While bianet columnist and food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık has been acquitted of “provision of prohibited information”, he has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “disclosure of information about duty”. His sentence has not been deferred.