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‘One in five women currently 20-49 years old married under 18 in Turkey’
UNFPA has released its “State of World Population Report.” Listing three harmful practices, such as child marriage, gender-biased sex selection and genital mutilation, the UNFPA Turkey has noted that child marriage is the most common in Turkey.
30 June 2020
‘Kurdish-Turkish conflict’ in Vienna: Ambassadors summoned
The clashes on the streets of Vienna last week have caused a new crisis between Turkey and Austria. In a written statement, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has condemned “the harsh intervention of Austrian security forces against young people of Turkish origin.”
30 June 2020
New honorary members of PEN Norway: İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti
Upon the recommendation of the Writers in Prison Committee, PEN Norway has appointed İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti as its new honorary members.
25 June 2020
Erdoğan's communications director slams Bolton's book, praises Trump
Criticizing the former US National Security Advisor's book for being "one-sided," Altun has said Trump and Erdoğan put great effort into repairing the relationship between Turkey and the US.
25 June 2020
'It's Macron who is playing a dangerous game in Libya,' says Turkey's foreign minister
"The balance has been achieved thanks to us. As the legitimate government started to achieve dominance, even the countries earlier standing in the middle gradually started to side with the legitimate government," Çavuşoğlu has asserted.
25 June 2020
Survey: Support increases for cooperation with US although it is seen as the biggest threat
Those who find Turkey's Middle East policies successful has increased while the US and Israel remained the "biggest threats."
24 June 2020
Macron says Turkey is 'playing a dangerous game' in Libya, Germany warns of regional crisis
Amid the progress of the forces backed by Turkey, Egypt's president said they might intervene in the war.
23 June 2020
The Levantine banality of evil: Kafala system in Lebanon
Is a revolution complete when deep-rooted racism (expressed through the Kafala system and beyond) is not eliminated? Would it still have been the same to visit Lebanon and walk in the jasmine scented streets without thinking of these Ethiopian women?
22 June 2020
Verda Yüceer
‘Decisions of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council inconsistent with international norms’
Adopting an opinion as to the dismissal of elected mayors and appointment of trustees in southeastern Turkey, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has noted that the decisions of the Supreme Election Council should be reversed.
19 June 2020
Pınar Tarcan
NATO: Turkey-France tension in Mediterranean to be investigated
In response to a question regarding France’s allegation that its frigate Courbet was harassed by Turkey’s warships in the Mediterranean, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg has announced that “NATO military authorities are investigating the incident.”
19 June 2020
Delegation from Turkey visits Libya, meets GNA Prime Minister al-Sarraj
Turkey’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Treasury and Finance and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) head were in Libya to hold talks with Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) officials, including PM al-Sarraj.
18 June 2020
New Head of EU Delegation to Turkey
While Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut has been nominated as the new Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, the former delegation chair Christian Berger has been nominated as the Head of the EU Delegation to Egypt.
16 June 2020
Libya: Turkey Adamant to Support GNA as EU Urges Exit of 'Foreign Forces'
"We will stand with our Libyan brothers, not the putschists, not the imperialists," President Erdoğan said after a call for European countries for "withdrawal of foreign forces."
10 June 2020
Germany’s State Minister Roth: Kavala’s Ongoing Detention is a Clear Violation of ECHR
“I urge Turkey to respect its international obligations and to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) swiftly,” Germany’s Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth has said in a written statement.
5 June 2020
‘Love is Over’ Documentary Available Online on the 7th Anniversary of Gezi
Looking back at the protests in Brazil through the lens of Gezi Resistance, the documentary “Love is Over” can be viewed online from May 31 to June 14.
1 June 2020
Post-Pandemic Possibilities: Global Backlash, the Nation-State or the Road to Socialism
The pandemic will generate global risks and opportunities simultaneously, and as long as the systemic risk is cautiously managed, it is highly unlikely to end globalization.
15 May 2020
Aslıhan Aykaç
Understanding Sweden in the Days of Corona
Swedish experts have a different perspective on the pandemic. They emphasize that quarantine will do nothing but delay the spread of the disease and, in the event of a slightest easing of measures, the number of cases and deaths will increase.
14 May 2020
Mehmet Baltalı
Yanis Varoufakis: Inequality is Rising with Coronavirus, We Must Save the Planet
Yanis Varoufakis, the former Finance Minister of Greece and one of the pioneers of the newly launched Progressive International, has answered the questions of bianet about the International's founding purposes, goals and plans.
11 May 2020
Pınar Tarcan
'2 Million People Have Left Kathmandu'
How does Nepal fight against coronavirus? What measures did the government take to support workers? How did quarantine affect everyday life? We speak with Pasang Sherpa, a member of Nepal Communist Party, and journalist Rajendra Baniya from Kathmandu.
6 May 2020
Yağmur Karagöz
19 Million Children Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence in 2019, Says UNICEF
Underlining that is it the “highest number ever,” the UNICEF has noted that internally displaced children are among the world’s most vulnerable to COVID-19.
5 May 2020
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37 Percent of EU’s Waste in Turkey
According to the statistics shared by the Eurostat, the European Union (EU) countries exported 31 million tons of waste in 2019, 11.4 million of which was to Turkey. The country has ranked first in the statistics, well ahead of other countries.
4 May 2020
From HRW to Turkey: End Stigmatization of LGBTs, Investigation of Bars
HRW has released a statement regarding the investigations launched against Ankara and Diyarbakır Bars: “Turkey’s government should not tolerate statements by officials that encourage hate crimes and target LGBT people and those living with HIV.”
1 May 2020
Physician from Turkey Suspended from Duty in Germany Over LGBTI-Phobic Tweet
Working as a cardiac surgeon at Helios Gesundheit clinic in Karlsruhe, Germany, Metin Çakır has been suspended from duty over a tweet where he said, “As a physician, I would like to indicate that homosexuality and transsexuality is an illness.”
30 April 2020
Futures of 370 Million Children in Jeopardy, Say WFP and UNICEF
In a joint statement, World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have noted that school meals are especially critical for girls as, in many poor countries, the promise of a meal can be enough to make struggling parents send their daughter to school.
30 April 2020
UNICEF, WHO: Maintain Routine Immunization Services During Covid-19 Pandemic
Issuing a joint press note to mark the European Immunization Week, the WHO and UNICEF have underlined that maintaining routine immunization services during the Covid-19 pandemic is of vital importance.
21 April 2020
WHO Europe: Covid-19 Cases Increase in Turkey, Russia, UK
While the outbreak has been slightly declining in the most-affected countries of the region, cases have been increasing in other countries, the WHO has stated.
16 April 2020
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Workers Halt Work in Kuwait: Pay Us Our Due, We Want to Be Home During Pandemic
Dismissed from their jobs at the Limak Holding’s construction of Kuwait Airport due to coronavirus outbreak, workers demand their dismissal compensation and want to return home to their families in Turkey.
16 April 2020
Ayça Söylemez
EU and EP: Turkey’s Law on Release of Prisoners is a Great Disappointment
European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur on Turkey Sánchez Amor and Chair of EP’s Delegation to EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Lagodinsky have made a statement about the recently enacted law on criminal enforcement.
16 April 2020
‘Don’t Let Children be the Hidden Victims of COVID-19 Pandemic’
In a written statement released by UNICEF Director Henrietta Fore, it has been noted that 99 percent of children live with some form of movement restrictions in place due to COVID-19 and 66 percent of all children live with a full or partial lockdown.
10 April 2020
Children will Suffer Economic Destruction Following Pandemic, Says UNICEF
Releasing a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Fore has raised concerns that “while children are largely spared the immediate health consequences of the pandemic, they will suffer the economic destruction left in its wake.”
10 April 2020
Weekly Forecast by Imperial College for Covid-19: Turkey Among Countries at Risk
The transmissibility of Covid-19 is 2.81 in Turkey. The fact that this rate is over two shows that the virus will be transmitted more and it makes Turkey, along with Germany and the UK, a country at a higher risk.
10 April 2020
Mehmet Baltalı
Fighters From 10 Countries Follow Rojava Kurds to Respond Guterres's Call for Immediate Global Cease-Fire
UN Secretary General Guterres Friday called people for "citizen action" to add their voice by signing a petition started by social media networking site Avaaz, to further the call for a worldwide ceasefire."
4 April 2020
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