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Attack on Shops of Syrians in Konya

Attack on Shops of Syrians in Konya

A group attacked the shops of Syrians in Konya with rocks and sticks. One Syrian was injured.

6 November 2017

Film Festival for Children in Ankara

Film Festival for Children in Ankara

International Children’s Film Festival will be held between dates of November 9-16 in Ankara.

3 November 2017 Adem Özgür

Animal Rights Defenders Stage Demonstration in Front of Eyüp Municipality

Animal Rights Defenders Stage Demonstration in Front of Eyüp Municipality

İstanbul Eyüp Municipality’s ill-treatment against street dogs has been protested in front of the municipality. The street dogs as well joined the protest.

30 October 2017

Children Banned to Speak in Kurdish

Children Banned to Speak in Kurdish

A writing reading “I will not speak in Kurdish” attached on the wall of an elementary school in Şırnak was photographed by a parent. The HDP has submitted a parliamentary inquiry.

25 October 2017

Güvel Aged 71 for 115 Days, Osmanoğlu Aged 67 for 72 Days on Hunger Strike

Güvel Aged 71 for 115 Days, Osmanoğlu Aged 67 for 72 Days on Hunger Strike

Güvel (71) and Osmanoğlu (67), have declared that they will be on hunger strike until demands of educators Gülmen and Özakça, who are on hunger strike, are met. Güvel has been on hunger strike for 115 days and Osmanoğlu for 72 days.

23 October 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Child Hit by Armored Vehicle Loses His Life

Child Hit by Armored Vehicle Loses His Life

7-year-old Felek Batur, who was hit by an armored vehicle on patrol in Siirt, has lost his life.

23 October 2017

PersonaNonGrata Arts Events Meet Art Lovers in Ankara

PersonaNonGrata Arts Events Meet Art Lovers in Ankara

AsiKeçi Ankara Arts Initiative has organized a series of arts events titled PersonaNonGrata that will be performed between October 15-20 in Ulus Anafartalar Çarşısı in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara.

17 October 2017

458 Civilians Lost Their Lives in Bomb Attacks in Last 5 Years

458 Civilians Lost Their Lives in Bomb Attacks in Last 5 Years

20 bomb attacks 11 of which directly targeted civilians were launched in Turkey since 2013. 458 civilians lost their lives in the last five years.

10 October 2017 Tansu Pişkin

Frankfurt Book Fair Opens: ‘Brave Journalism’ Award Goes to Ahmet Şık

Frankfurt Book Fair Opens: ‘Brave Journalism’ Award Goes to Ahmet Şık

The world’s biggest publication meeting International Frankfurt Book Fair opens tonight. Turkey plays an important role in the events to be held during the fair.

10 October 2017

Police Attack on Those Marching Towards Ankara Massacre Commemoration

Police Attack on Those Marching Towards Ankara Massacre Commemoration

Police have intervened in groups that attempted to march towards the commemoration being held on second anniversary of the Ankara massacre with pepper gas and plastic bullets.

10 October 2017

‘Adoption Must be Consulted with Child Organizations, not with Religious Affairs’

‘Adoption Must be Consulted with Child Organizations, not with Religious Affairs’

Lawyer Asma has stressed the importance of lifting the age limit in adoption but stated that it must be consulted with the representatives of NGO and child organizations, not the Directorate of Religious Affairs.

9 October 2017 Yüce Yöney

Government Doesn’t Comply with State Council Decisions About Daylight Saving Time

Government Doesn’t Comply with State Council Decisions About Daylight Saving Time

The State Council has stopped the execution of the ordinance that regulates daylight saving time, however, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Albayrak said, “We will continue the daylight saving along the same line”.

28 September 2017

1,575 Deaths Caused by Individual Armament in 2017

1,575 Deaths Caused by Individual Armament in 2017

According to Umut Foundation’s report issued for September 28 Individual Disarmament Day, rate of murder caused by personal armament has increased by 27% compared to 2016.

27 September 2017

Life Expectancy in Turkey Is 78 Years

Life Expectancy in Turkey Is 78 Years

Based annual population and mortality data of the 2014-2016 period, the Turkish Statistical Institute has calculated the life expectancy at birth as 75.3 for men and 80.7 for women.

27 September 2017

UN: World Refugee Deaths Top 4,000 for the 4th Straight Year

UN: World Refugee Deaths Top 4,000 for the 4th Straight Year

In a press meeting in Geneva, IOM stated that 4,200 refugees have lost their lives world wide and the number of refugee deaths has topped 4,000 for the 4th straight year.

22 September 2017

Discharged Academics Set up Library in Mersin: ‘Culturehouse’

Discharged Academics Set up Library in Mersin: ‘Culturehouse’

Academics discharged from Mersin University have established a library that will open on September 23.

22 September 2017 Bahar Arcan

'Justice for Hazelnut' March Starts from Province of Ordu

'Justice for Hazelnut' March Starts from Province of Ordu

“Justice for Hazelnut” march that will last three days has started.

18 September 2017

Trees Cut for Construction of Road Through Forest in Middle East Technical University Campus Area

Trees Cut for Construction of Road Through Forest in Middle East Technical University Campus Area

100 construction vehicles and 400 trucks of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality has entered the campus of Middle East Technical University on Saturday evening for the construction of a road planned to pass through the campus area.

11 September 2017 Haluk Kalafat

Special Security Zone in 8 Districts in Bingöl

Special Security Zone in 8 Districts in Bingöl

Bingöl Governorship has declared special security zone in eight districts for 15 days on the ground that “citizens whose daily lives were affected negatively had to suffer”.

6 September 2017

Person Suspected of Planning Suicide Attack Killed in Mersin

Person Suspected of Planning Suicide Attack Killed in Mersin

A person who allegedly headed towards the Police Station near National Intelligence Service in Mersin and disobeyed the stop warning has been killed. Chief public prosecutor noted that the person in question was wearing a suicide vest.

6 September 2017

Traffic Accidents Kill 103 During Eid Holiday

Traffic Accidents Kill 103 During Eid Holiday

103 people have lost their lives in 164 traffic accidents during the 10-day eid holiday in Turkey. 640 others were injured.

5 September 2017

President’s Permission Now Needed to Investigate Chief of Intelligence

President’s Permission Now Needed to Investigate Chief of Intelligence

Amendments made to the Turkish Penal Code through statutory decree no.694 have paved the way for MPs to be investigated.

Police Promise Group Assaulting Syrian Refugees’ Home that ‘Refugees Will Leave’

Police Promise Group Assaulting Syrian Refugees’ Home that ‘Refugees Will Leave’

People gathering in front of a house in which Syrians live have asked the residents to leave. Police and the owner of the house promised the crowd that “the house would be vacated”.

Council of State: Solar Plant Cannot Be Built on Archeological Sites

Council of State: Solar Plant Cannot Be Built on Archeological Sites

The Council of State has stopped the execution of verdict that allows the solar plants to be built on first and second degree archeological sites.

Engineers Inspect Hasankeyf: Caves Damaged

Engineers Inspect Hasankeyf: Caves Damaged

Chamber of Civil Engineers Batman Branch Chair Demir has said “The caves below and wine cellars have been damaged due to the destruction. Entrances of the caves have been closed. If the rocks posed a threat, it should have been fixed through appropriate methods”.

16 August 2017 Nilay Vardar

Loggerhead Cubs Meet with Sea in Antalya

Loggerhead Cubs Meet with Sea in Antalya

Two nests opened in Çıralı beach in Antalya, 116 Loggerhead cubs have reached the sea.

No Civil Marriage Performed at Churches, Synagogues

No Civil Marriage Performed at Churches, Synagogues

Concerning the draft that authorizes muftis to perform civil marriage, HDP MP Paylan has responded to claims that civil marriage is performed at churches and synagogues.

Sexual, Physical Violence Against People With Disabilities Increase

Sexual, Physical Violence Against People With Disabilities Increase

According to a research undertaken by Social Rights and Research Association between 2012-2017, the sexual and physical violence, abuse and maltreatment people with disabilities are being exposed to gradually increases.

1 August 2017 Nilay Vardar

Hail, Storm, Heavy Rain in İstanbul

Hail, Storm, Heavy Rain in İstanbul

Daily life has been negatively affected due to the heavy hail, storm and heavy rain that started at around rush hour last night in İstanbul.

Doctors Arrested in Diyarbakır; Operations, Medical Control of Patients Cancelled

Doctors Arrested in Diyarbakır; Operations, Medical Control of Patients Cancelled

Seven rights defenders, educators and doctors including two former presidents of Diyabakır Chamber of Medicine as well as Yurtsever from Human Rights Association have been arrested. Operations and medical controls of operated patients have been cancelled.

25 July 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Cage for Dogs Enforcement at City Line Ferries Ends

Cage for Dogs Enforcement at City Line Ferries Ends

Upon public reaction, the City Line has announced that the dogs will be let inside the ferry without a cage on the condition of being put a muzzle on.

Assault with Stones on Synagogue

Assault with Stones on Synagogue

A group of people from Alperen Movement said that ”If they obstruct our freedom of worship there, we obstruct their freedom of worship here” in the protest staged in front of Neve Şalom Synagogue.