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How did the Red Crescent turn into Red Crescent Inc.?

How did the Red Crescent turn into Red Crescent Inc.?

The spoils system in the institution that has ten affiliated companies and a huge budget is not limited to political links, but also involves family relations.

28 February 2023

Union of bars files case against switch to remote education due to earthquakes

Union of bars files case against switch to remote education due to earthquakes

Higher education will continue online, with earthquake survivors placed in university dormitories.

28 February 2023

U-turn from head of Red Crescent about sale of tents during earthquake

U-turn from head of Red Crescent about sale of tents during earthquake

Kerem Kınık who stood behind the sale of 2 thousand 50 tents to the AHBAB charity organization for 2.4 million dollars before, yesterday said that the sale was made without his knowledge and that he would have instructed differently if he had been asked.

28 February 2023

Football clubs, MPs announce support for government after fans' earthquake protests

Football clubs, MPs announce support for government after fans' earthquake protests

Politicians from the ruling bloc canceled their club memberships. The football team of President Erdoğan's hometown, Rize, described the protests as "cries of septic rats."

27 February 2023

Erdoğan concedes poor performance in "the first days" and asks for people's forgiveness in Adıyaman

Erdoğan concedes poor performance in "the first days" and asks for people's forgiveness in Adıyaman

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went to Adıyaman where he confessed their performance was poor in the first days after the earthquakes and asked for people's forgiveness. The opposition parties, journalists and some quake victims responded to Erdoğan straight away.

27 February 2023

Distribution of aid collected in the Netherlands for earthquakes is not transparent

Distribution of aid collected in the Netherlands for earthquakes is not transparent

SHO of Netherlands invited the people of the country to send money to Giro 555 account for solidarity with Türkiye and Syria immediately after the February 6 earthquakes using public service ads and posters.

27 February 2023 Saadet Metin

Türkiye arrests 184 people over earthquakes, including AKP mayor

Türkiye arrests 184 people over earthquakes, including AKP mayor

Legal action has been initiated against 612 suspects so far, the justice minister has said.

27 February 2023

Erdoğan ally calls for football matches without fans after earthquake protests

Erdoğan ally calls for football matches without fans after earthquake protests

After protests during Fenerbahçe's match, Beşiktaş supporters also protested against the government during last night's game. MHP leader Bahçeli canceled his club membership while the interior minister threatened the fans.

27 February 2023

Pharmacists also announce that Red Crescent sold them the tents they needed after the quakes

Pharmacists also announce that Red Crescent sold them the tents they needed after the quakes

The chairperson of the Turkish Pharmacists' Association informed that they purchased from the Red Crescent five tents they needed to distribute free medicine to quake victims and that they paid 140 thousand lira for each.

27 February 2023

Revealed: Türkiye's Red Crescent sold tents to singer's charity

Revealed: Türkiye's Red Crescent sold tents to singer's charity

Both the Red Crescent and the AHBAP association admitted the sale after a journalist's report. An opposition MP has brought the issue to the parliamentary agenda, accusing the government of turning the Red Crescent into a "business."

26 February 2023

Erdoğan government protested during first top-tier football game after earthquakes

Erdoğan government protested during first top-tier football game after earthquakes

Supporters at Fenerbahçe's home turf called on the government to resign throughout the match. The broadcaster turned down the volume during the chants against the government.

26 February 2023

Suspect of İstiklal Avenue bombing killed in Qamishli

Suspect of İstiklal Avenue bombing killed in Qamishli

A suspect of the İstiklal Avenue bombing killing 6 people in November in İstanbul, Halil Menci, was killed by the national intelligence agency MİT in north Syria, it was announced.

24 February 2023

Justified ruling in ÇHD case: Prison sentence for wearing cap with red star

Justified ruling in ÇHD case: Prison sentence for wearing cap with red star

The lawyers who stood trial in the ÇHD cases were sentenced to a total of 233 years and 9 months in prison on "terror" charges.

24 February 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Türkiye willing to hold elections in May despite earthquakes, says Erdoğan spokesperson

Türkiye willing to hold elections in May despite earthquakes, says Erdoğan spokesperson

While admitting that the displacement of nearly two million people would bring logistical challenges, Kalın said "there is a tendency to hold the elections on May 14" as planned.

24 February 2023

Profiling case against anti-terror police chiefs for illegally keeping private information

Profiling case against anti-terror police chiefs for illegally keeping private information

Twelve former police officers and chiefs are being charged with keeping the records of 4,395 communications of 3,248 people illegally in 355 different investigations and keeping 2 thousand separate notes on private lives of these people.

24 February 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Report: No preparations in advance, insufficient rescue efforts in first 48 hours in Hatay

Report: No preparations in advance, insufficient rescue efforts in first 48 hours in Hatay

The "Hatay report" was prepared by the Association of Public Health Experts to identify the level of preparation before and response after the quakes in this city with the highest death toll and destruction in the February 6 earthquakes.

24 February 2023

Thousands of İstanbulites request earthquake inspection after Maraş quakes, says official

Thousands of İstanbulites request earthquake inspection after Maraş quakes, says official

The devastating earthquakes on February 6 revived the fears of an anticipated powerful earthquake in the metropolis.

24 February 2023

HDP launches campaign to bring together quake victim families with supporting families

HDP launches campaign to bring together quake victim families with supporting families

The co-chairs of the crisis management center of the party announced that the most frequent demand they receive from the earthquake victims is for accommodation needs.

23 February 2023

Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq sets up tent cities in earthquake-hit Adıyaman

Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq sets up tent cities in earthquake-hit Adıyaman

2,500 tents will be set up in five different areas by Barzani Charity Foundation.

22 February 2023

Lawyers file criminal complaints against Erdoğan, ministers over earthquakes

Lawyers file criminal complaints against Erdoğan, ministers over earthquakes

The lawyers pressed 11 charges against the officials, including "causing death by gross negligence," "preventing communication" and "collusive tendering."

21 February 2023

Prosecutor seeks jail term for PKK leader's lawyers

Prosecutor seeks jail term for PKK leader's lawyers

The lawyers are accused of conveying Öcalan's messages to "legal extensions" of the PKK.

20 February 2023

Families of children from North Cyprus killed in the quake: 'We owe justice to our children'

Families of children from North Cyprus killed in the quake: 'We owe justice to our children'

Confidentiality order was issued on the case file related to the hotel in Adıyaman where 35 lives were lost in the earthquake from volleyball teams of 6th grades from North Cyprus, and also 30 tour guides. The families of the children are angry.

20 February 2023 Evrim Kepenek

Hulusi Akar: 'We were ready to dispatch troops from the first moment on'

Hulusi Akar: 'We were ready to dispatch troops from the first moment on'

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar rejected the claims that the dispatch of troops was delayed after the February 6 earthquakes.

20 February 2023

Earthquake: Devastated cities, hope, hopelessness

Earthquake: Devastated cities, hope, hopelessness

Between February 9 and 13, we observed the destruction in the cities and villages in Maraş, Elbistan, Göksun, and Afşin. Below are some of our observations and the witnessing of the photographs.

17 February 2023 Hikmet Adal,Ferid Demirel

Türkiye detains three rescue workers from Greece

Türkiye detains three rescue workers from Greece

The police detained three citizens of Greece, members of the rescue team that came to Defne, Hatay for the rescue efforts following the February 6 earthquakes, and seized their cell phones, ÇHD announced.

17 February 2023

Leader of international rescue teams laments having to choose between people under rubble

Leader of international rescue teams laments having to choose between people under rubble

Leading 91 rescue teams following the devastating February 6 earthquakes in the rescue efforts, Marco Gaebler said he had to give many difficult decisions trying to save as many lives as possible.

17 February 2023

'It is enough; are we not citizens of this country?'

'It is enough; are we not citizens of this country?'

In the Aksu village in Çelikhan, Adıyaman, the villagers tell about the difficulties they have had in the devastating earthquakes of February 6.

17 February 2023 Roza Yiğit

Perpetrator of armed attack at Court of Cassasion in 2006 dies in prison

Perpetrator of armed attack at Court of Cassasion in 2006 dies in prison

The death of Alpaslan Arslan, who was the perpetrator in the raid and armed attack at the Court of Cassation in 2006, was announced as a suicide.

17 February 2023

Authorities seize aid intended for earthquake victims in epicenter area

Authorities seize aid intended for earthquake victims in epicenter area

The authorities in Pazarcık reportedly emptied a truck full of aid materials, including propane cylinders. The relief efforts were organized by a local association and the HDP.

16 February 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Death toll rises to 36,187 in Türkiye

Death toll rises to 36,187 in Türkiye

The Disaster and Emergency Presidency revised the number of people lost in Türkiye so far in the February 6 Maraş earthquakes.

16 February 2023

Earthquake-damage lawsuits another disaster in Türkiye

Earthquake-damage lawsuits another disaster in Türkiye

Impunity prevails in the lawsuits for quake losses heard in Türkiye. Those who cause the death of hundreds of people are sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment at most and are released after a few years in prison. And no result can be obtained in investigations on public officials.

16 February 2023 Hikmet Adal

Woman rushing to help her mother after the earthquake: 'They were left to die'

Woman rushing to help her mother after the earthquake: 'They were left to die'

She came to Elbistan from abroad to rescue her mother after the earthquake. But she says, "They were left to die when we arrived."

15 February 2023 Hikmet Adal,Ferid Demirel