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‘AKP imported 118 billion dollars worth of agricultural products in 18 years’

‘AKP imported 118 billion dollars worth of agricultural products in 18 years’

Main opposition CHP MP Orhan Sarıbal notes that while Turkey has the largest agricultural production area in Europe, it ranks first in food inflation in the continent, raising concerns that “Turkey does not have food safety.”

Closure case: Court of Cassation sues the HDP again

Closure case: Court of Cassation sues the HDP again

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation has indicted the HDP again, demanding its closure and a political ban on nearly 500 people. The party has denounced the development, saying, “Put the mafia on trial, not the HDP.”

MP Ahmet Şık investigated over comments on Sedat Peker videos

MP Ahmet Şık investigated over comments on Sedat Peker videos

The Workers Party of Turkey MP is under investigation for saying "The state is a murderer" on two occasions.

HDP: Let’s pull the brick* and let the truth come to light

HDP: Let’s pull the brick* and let the truth come to light

Speaking amid the revelations of Sedat Peker, HDP Spokesperson Günay has said, “Let’s pull the brick and pave the way for peace and democracy, make way for jobs, daily bread and freedom and end the plunder of nature and massacre of women.”

Lawyers file a criminal complaint about Sedat Peker’s allegations

Lawyers file a criminal complaint about Sedat Peker’s allegations

The Progressive Lawyers Group has announced that they will file a complaint about the allegations of Peker, who is facing a warrant for leading a criminal organization. They have also shared a petition sample for citizens who want to follow suit.

‘I am put on trial again over the hunger strike I was penalized before’

‘I am put on trial again over the hunger strike I was penalized before’

Discharged academic Gülmen has sent a letter from prison ahead of her third hearing: “They arrested me due to flight risk, they are still keeping me behind bars one the same suspicion. In fact, I have never run away, I have always been here.”

7 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

New revelations by Sedat Peker as he postpones video about Erdoğan due to Biden meeting

New revelations by Sedat Peker as he postpones video about Erdoğan due to Biden meeting

In the two new videos he released on the weekend, exiled mob boss Sedat Peker targeted a businessperson with family ties to the president, the interior minister and others.

7 June 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Ministry unveils action plan to tackle the sea snot problem in Marmara

Ministry unveils action plan to tackle the sea snot problem in Marmara

Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum examined the sea cleaning efforts in the Sea of Marmara amid the ongoing mucilage problem. The Ministry has unveiled a 22-point action plan to clear the sea from the sea snot.

‘You owe us a future,’ say high school students in Turkey

‘You owe us a future,’ say high school students in Turkey

Making a statement ahead of the high school entrance exam, high school students have said, “With the economic crisis, not only the education system, but the lives of us as high school students and university youth have lacked in quality.”

‘Enforce the ECtHR judgements before the new judicial reform package’

‘Enforce the ECtHR judgements before the new judicial reform package’

CHP Eskişehir MP Utku Çakırözer visited Osman Kavala, Selahattin Demirtaş and Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri and Edirne Prisons: “Kavala, Demirtaş and all prisoners of thought must be freed as soon as possible.”

Protesting to get their jobs back, Şahin and Dersulu released

Protesting to get their jobs back, Şahin and Dersulu released

Discharged from public service and protesting for their reinstatement, Alev Şahin and Mehmet Dersulu were released at their hearing on June 4.

Mobbing by 'trustee' administration of Diyarbakır Municipality

Mobbing by 'trustee' administration of Diyarbakır Municipality

Beyda Yıldız, who was "exiled" while she was a press officer at the municipality's water and sewerage administration, has suffered a brain hemorrhage due to intense stress.

4 June 2021 Bircan Değirmenci

Threat letter that journalist Kutlu Adalı received before his killing has surfaced

Threat letter that journalist Kutlu Adalı received before his killing has surfaced

Adalı's assassination in 1996 is under scrutiny again following mob boss Sedat Peker's allegations in his YouTube videos on state-mafia relations.

Student Sibel Açıkalın, 18, died in Taksim

Student Sibel Açıkalın, 18, died in Taksim

Cihat Açıkalın tells us about how his cousin, Sibel Açıkalın, was actively engaged in the struggle for student and labor rights and that she was the one who fostered in him his love of reading. "It still makes our hearts bleed to know that, despite the many years that have passed, the perpetrators have not been held accountable for their crimes," he says.

4 June 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu insistent on his call for ‘ballot box'

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu insistent on his call for ‘ballot box'

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has reiterated his call for snap elections: “What should we do to prevent the burden placed on the nation’s shoulders from getting heavier with each passing day? Let’s bring in the ballot box and hold elections.”

Opposition supports people of İkizdere amid government’s silence

Opposition supports people of İkizdere amid government’s silence

Resisting the stone quarry attempted to be opened in their valley for 44 days now, the people of İkizdere from the Black Sea region of Turkey met with representatives of political parties in Ankara, asking for support for their struggle.

Atilla Peker released on probation

Atilla Peker released on probation

Giving his statement as part of the investigation launched into the allegations about the assassination of journalist Kutlu Adalı in Cyprus in the 1990s, Atilla Peker, the brother of crime group leader Sedat Peker, has been released on probation.

Teacher Mustafa Elmas, 33, died in Taksim

Teacher Mustafa Elmas, 33, died in Taksim

Mustafa Elmas's wife, Selme Elmas, says "We were in love when we got married, very much in love." She then adds, "He said he was going out to buy a paper, but he never came back." Journalist Faruk Eren wrote about his middle-school teacher in a book about the political atmosphere of the 1970s.

3 June 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

İYİ Party's Akşener responds to Erdoğan's comments on attempted attack against her

İYİ Party's Akşener responds to Erdoğan's comments on attempted attack against her

The president praised those who attempted to attack Akşener in his hometown Rize last week.

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

HDP Agriculture Commission Spokesperson Turan says that farmers’ debt to public institutions and Agricultural Credit Cooperatives has topped 150 billion lira.

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

The president has said that the opposition shouldn't ask about how the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves of 128 billion dollars were spent.

Social media user fined 5,300 lira for calling MHP's Bahçeli a 'dotard'

Social media user fined 5,300 lira for calling MHP's Bahçeli a 'dotard'

The defendant has been fined for insulting a public official because of his duty. The court has deferred the pronouncement of the verdict.

2 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Erdoğan opens 10 new faculties by a Presidential decision

Erdoğan opens 10 new faculties by a Presidential decision

According to the Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, 10 new faculties have been opened at eight universities while one faculty and two vocational schools of three universities have been closed.

Investigation into journalist Kutlu Adalı's killing after confessions of mob boss

Investigation into journalist Kutlu Adalı's killing after confessions of mob boss

In his YouTube videos targeting current and former government officials, Peker explained how he and his brother had been involved in a failed attempt to assassinate the journalist from Cyprus.

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

The monthly press freedom report of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer is marked by the obstructions faced by journalists during news follow up and the targeting remarks of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in May.

HDP closure case: Indictment ‘being prepared again’

HDP closure case: Indictment ‘being prepared again’

Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin has said that they are preparing the indictment against the HDP again. The indictment was previously returned to the Court of Cassation by the Constitutional Court.

With his two positions ‘handed over’ to others, vice rector appointed as a dean

With his two positions ‘handed over’ to others, vice rector appointed as a dean

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has appointed Vice Rector Prof. Fazıl Önder Sönmez as the acting dean of Boğaziçi University Faculty of Engineering.

Laborer Mürtezim Oltulu, 42, died in Taksim

Laborer Mürtezim Oltulu, 42, died in Taksim

Mürtezim Oltulu's nephews, Recep Oltulu and Yüksel Oltulu, spoke of how, after completing primary school, their uncle followed his older brother to Halkalı in Istanbul, and of how they struggled to find the 4000 lira needed to claim his body. There are no photographs of Mürtezim Oltulu.

2 June 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

‘Perpetrators of murders are not unknown, their aftermath is’

‘Perpetrators of murders are not unknown, their aftermath is’

Commenting on Interior Minister Soylu’s statements, HDP Co-Chair Sancar says, “The murders committed during his term in office are not unidentified; the perpetrators are obvious, but they are not put on trial.”

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu reiterates his call for a snap election

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu reiterates his call for a snap election

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “This government is a government that places serious burdens on our shoulders. For this reason, we have to hold snap elections as soon as possible.”

Doors of Boğaziçi University locked again, students enter the campus

Doors of Boğaziçi University locked again, students enter the campus

Going to Boğaziçi University to protest the appointed rector Melih Bulu, students were not admitted to the campus. The police and private security guards once again locked the doors of the university.

MHP Chair Bahçeli: Snap election is not on Turkey’s agenda

MHP Chair Bahçeli: Snap election is not on Turkey’s agenda

Accusing main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu of “dancing to the tune of Biden and getting on his bloody boat”, MHP leader Bahçeli has said that “CHP’s demand for a snap election reflects its master’s voice.”