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MASS STRAY ANIMAL KILLING IN KOCAELİ
Drone footage reveals municipal workers injecting animals despite mayor's denial
An investigation has been launched into the incident and the relevant officials have been suspended from duty.
Today 13:14
Nimet Kıraç
reports
TURKEY RECAP
Child labor remains a social blindspot in Turkey’s agriculture sector
Meltem and her siblings, including her nine-year-old brother who often stays alone in their tent, only go to school for maybe two months out of the year.
Today 12:23
Nimet Kıraç
Turkey poised to collect defense budget contributions from credit cards, tax declarations
The proposed Defense Industry Support Fund will be financed by collecting additional fees from various tax declarations, property sales, and high-limit credit cards.
11 October 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Dozens of stray cats and dogs poisoned to death in Turkey’s Kocaeli, local authorities blamed
All the killed animals were healthy and were regularly being fed by volunteers, which constitutes a violation of the recently enacted law authorizing stray animal killing under specific conditions.
11 October 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Culture Ministry bans Kurdish-language film ‘Rojbash’
The ministry deemed the film “unsuitable for commercial circulation,” effectively banning it from being shown in cinemas.
11 October 2024
Seventy-two hate attacks killed 5 people in Turkey in eight months
Among the attacks, 29 targeted refugees and foreign nationals, 13 were directed at Kurds, 12 at LGBTI+s, and seven at ethnic and religious minorities or people expressing religious views, according to a report from the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.
11 October 2024
Turkey's labor underutilization rate exceeds 27% in August
While the unemployment rate decreased slightly, the labor underutilization rate increased according to the official figures. The finance minister says the outlook is positive despite challenges.
10 October 2024
Ali Dinç
reports
Turkish banking giant Yapı Kredi discriminates against visually impaired customer
The customer claims to have faced ableism during the credit card application process. A lawyer says the bank violated the discrimination ban.
10 October 2024
Ali Dinç
Miners dismissed for unionizing march barefoot to parliament
Miners from the Fernas company, owned by a ruling party deputy, have been protesting since late August for reinstatement and proper job safety measures at the mine.
10 October 2024
Murat İnceoğlu
reports
Turkey’s human rights agency ‘exists only in name'
Amid questions over its independence, the institution has fallen short of the standards set by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.
10 October 2024
Murat İnceoğlu
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Synagogues vandalized in İzmir: ‘Turkey’s Jews are living on the edge since the war began'
Turkey’s Jews should not be held accountable for Israeli PM Netanyahu’s actions, says Nesim Bencoya, coordinator of the İzmir Jewish Cultural Heritage Project.
10 October 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Turkey begins evacuating citizens from Lebanon amid intense Israeli strikes
Two military vessels delivered 300 tons of humanitarian aid to Lebanon and are returning to Turkey with 2,500 citizens on board.
10 October 2024
Court orders block on bianet report on Turkey-Israel-Qatar military cooperation
The law article which constituted the legal ground for the censorship will no longer be effective as of Oct 10, according to a Constitutional Court decision.
9 October 2024
Opposition criticizes closed parliamentary session on Israeli threat to Turkey
A closed parliamentary session held regarding the Israeli threat was no more informative than regular news coverage, according to CHP leader Özgür Özel.
9 October 2024
Turkey responds to 4-ton cocaine seizure on ship near Canary Islands
The ship followed a complex route and “ghost vessels” were involved to avoid detection, said the Interior Ministry.
9 October 2024
Turkey bans Discord after revelations of 'incel' cyberbullying, child exploitation
Recent praise of femicides has drawn attention to incel groups on Discord, which have apparently been involved in animal torture and child abuse.
9 October 2024
Diyarbakır governor bans rally commemorating PKK leader's capture
Pro-Kurdish groups intended to mark the 26th anniversary of the start of the international pursuit of Abdullah Öcalan with a rally.
9 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Severely ill prisoner Fatma Tokmak held in solitary confinement
Tokmak has been sentenced to a 10-day solitary confinement over material containing “terrorist propaganda” despite denying that the seized material belonged to her.
8 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Two Kurdish musicians detained in Diyarbakır
The reason for the musicians’ detention remains unclear.
8 October 2024
Turkey considers banning Discord amid child abuse, cyberbullying allegations
The app has come under scrutiny after messages praising a teenager who burtally killed two 19-year-old women.
7 October 2024
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Sexually abused toddler in Turkey’s Tekirdağ dies after weeks in coma
The child’s mother, her partner and two minors are remanded in custody in connection with the incident.
7 October 2024
Golden Orange Film Festival continues amid censorship debate and protests
A documentary focusing on civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees enacted following the 2016 coup attempt was banned again this year.
7 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
reports
‘Femicides are political’: Protests across Turkey after murders of two 19-year-old women
Protesters hold the government responsible for what they call the policies of impunity and demand an effective implementation of the law on violence against women.
7 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Tuğçe Yılmaz
interview
‘They intended to intimidate the LGBTI+ movement through my arrest’
LGBTI+ activist Iris Mozalar reflects on her arrest for “inciting the public to hatred and hostility" due to her social media posts and her experiences during the imprisonment.
6 October 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Turkey's high inflation erodes alimony payments, leaving women in financial hardship
Nearly half of the court-ordered alimony payments are not made, and the the payments that are made remain insufficient for women to cover basic needs, according to the Women’s Solidarity Foundation.
6 October 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Saturday Mothers/People: All defendants acquitted in ‘950th week’ case
Twenty defendants, including relatives of those forcibly disappeared and their lawyers, have been acquitted of attempting to hold an illegal demonstration
4 October 2024
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Animal rights activists in Turkey refuse to celebrate World Animal Day in face of law enabling stray dog killings
Several groups have released statements drawing attention to the increased mistreatment of stray dogs following the enactment of the new law.
4 October 2024
Court rejected ALS-suffering prisoner’s release request days before his death, lawyers reveal
Abdulkadir Kuday lost his life in prison on Oct 2. His lawyers argue that the refusal of his appeal violated the prohibition of torture.
4 October 2024
At least 152 workers killed on the job in September
The government has disclosed the number of work-related fatalities for the first time in a decade. Its figures were higher than what İSİG could identify.
4 October 2024
Five sentenced to life in prison over ex-Grey Wolves leader’s murder
Among the 22 defendants, several have been acquitted.
3 October 2024
Happy Rosh Hashanah to Jews
Turkey's Chief Rabbi İsak Haleva and President Erdoğan have issued messages to celebrate the Jewish new year.
3 October 2024
Turkey’s inflation exceeds expectations in September
The rising inflation dampens expectations of a central bank interest rate cut in the near future.
3 October 2024
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