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36 mountain goats killed in Şırnak, ecology group accuses village guards

36 mountain goats killed in Şırnak, ecology group accuses village guards

The animals were killed during their breeding season.

15 December 2025

Unseasonably warm weather extends tea harvest into December in Rize

Unseasonably warm weather extends tea harvest into December in Rize

“From what I’ve heard from my elders, such an extended tea harvest has not happened in Rize’s history," says the head of the province's chamber of agriculture.

15 December 2025

Dicle Baştürk

Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields

Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields

Turkey sees a post-pandemic surge in tiny house usage, raising questions about their environmental impact, threat to agriculture, and the resulting economic speculation.

13 December 2025 Dicle Baştürk

LGBTI+ youth association in İzmir shut down over 'obscenity' claims

LGBTI+ youth association in İzmir shut down over 'obscenity' claims

"This decision can neither erase our existence nor weaken our determination to fight," the group said in response to the ruling.

12 December 2025

16-year-old worker dies in İstanbul factory fire

16-year-old worker dies in İstanbul factory fire

Alperen Karaçengel has become 87th child to be killed on the job this year.

12 December 2025

Serap Cömertoğlu-İşcan

Quartz sand mining project in Tekirdağ canceled over water, farming risks

Quartz sand mining project in Tekirdağ canceled over water, farming risks

The environmental impact assessment process for the project planned for the Seymen Pasture was terminated due to the negative opinions of official institutions.

12 December 2025 Serap Cömertoğlu İşcan

Fire in İstanbul home kills three children, one injured

Fire in İstanbul home kills three children, one injured

Four children were rescued from an apartment; three later died.

11 December 2025

Parliament intern recounts abuse: 'You will tell no one'

Parliament intern recounts abuse: 'You will tell no one'

The child subjected to abuse by a staff member while interning in the parliament said that she was threatened and intimidated into not sharing the issue with her family.

11 December 2025 Nalin Öztekin

Atölye BİA hosts workshop on 'International right to information access and tools'

Atölye BİA hosts workshop on 'International right to information access and tools'

The workshop addressed how national freedom of information laws can be effectively utilized by journalists in investigative reporting.

10 December 2025

Investigation launched into alleged abuse of student interns at Turkey's parliament

Investigation launched into alleged abuse of student interns at Turkey's parliament

One staff member has been suspended from duty as a family accuses parliament staff of "systematic abuse."

10 December 2025

A homecoming: Yaman’s journey of belonging between İstanbul and Aleppo

A homecoming: Yaman’s journey of belonging between İstanbul and Aleppo

Yaman, a 31-year-old who has lived in Lebanon and Turkey since 2012, is one of the many Syrians contemplating returning home a year after the regime change.

10 December 2025 Tara Milutis

TV anchor Mehmet Akif Ersoy detained in drug probe

TV anchor Mehmet Akif Ersoy detained in drug probe

Ersoy's detention comes days after similar incidents involving other TV anchors.

10 December 2025

'Terrorism' trial begins for journalists over freelance work for pro-Kurdish media

'Terrorism' trial begins for journalists over freelance work for pro-Kurdish media

“In a period when peace discussions are back on the agenda in the country, I am being accused of ‘aiding’ and ‘being a member’ of an organization that dissolved itself and laid down arms. Isn't this a clear irony?” bianet editor Tuğçe Yılmaz said in her defense.

9 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

Court drops charges against Serap Avcı, who defended herself against violence from spouse

Court drops charges against Serap Avcı, who defended herself against violence from spouse

The court has concluded that Avcı acted out of necessity to defend her life and dropped the charge of "intentional killing."

9 December 2025

Folk singer Pınar Aydınlar sentenced to over 6 years in prison on 'terrorism' charges

Folk singer Pınar Aydınlar sentenced to over 6 years in prison on 'terrorism' charges

"As an artist who has sung the songs of oppressed peoples for years, I have faced an unacceptable result. We do not accept it, and we will appeal," Aydınlar said after her trial.

9 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

İzmir municipality workers stage work stoppage over incomplete payments

İzmir municipality workers stage work stoppage over incomplete payments

Some 23,000 workers were paid only their bare wage for November and say their social rights payments haven't been made for four months.

9 December 2025

Yekta Armanc Hatipoğlu

Diyarbakır villagers protest planned pumice mine threatening water and graves

Diyarbakır villagers protest planned pumice mine threatening water and graves

The project are for the mine overlaps with parts of the Hûsika village, its water reservoir and cemetery.

9 December 2025 Yekta Armanc Hatipoğlu

Hepsiburada couriers suspend work, demanding better conditions

Hepsiburada couriers suspend work, demanding better conditions

Twenty-two couriers demand the removal of the Sunday work obligation and improvements in wages and working conditions.

8 December 2025 Vecih Cuzdan

Police violence against state media journalists covering officer's suicide in Adıyaman

Police violence against state media journalists covering officer's suicide in Adıyaman

AA journalists reportedly attempted to show their press cards to officers but were "harshly removed" from the scene.

8 December 2025

Court releases justification for 'probable intent' verdict in deadly Bolu ski resort fire

Court releases justification for 'probable intent' verdict in deadly Bolu ski resort fire

Eleven defendants, including the owner of the hotel, were sentenced to life in prison over the fire that claimed 78 lives. The court found that the defendants knowingly disregarded critical fire safety shortcomings.

8 December 2025

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Turkey dismisses claims of planned Erdoğan meeting with SDF commander

Turkey dismisses claims of planned Erdoğan meeting with SDF commander

While Ankara said the president has no plans to meet Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish leader previously expressed a desire to contribute to the peace process in Turkey.

8 December 2025

Police officer, suspect killed in İstanbul drug operation

Police officer, suspect killed in İstanbul drug operation

Suspects opened fire on the police during a raid on their apartment.

8 December 2025

Turkey's vocational education system draws scrutiny amid child worker deaths

Turkey's vocational education system draws scrutiny amid child worker deaths

Nearly one in every ten individuals in the 15–17 age group in Turkey is enrolled in a Vocational Education Center, where they work for four days a week and attend school one day.

8 December 2025 Nalin Öztekin

Message from Öcalan read at DEM Party conference

Message from Öcalan read at DEM Party conference

"The relationship between democratic socialism and the state is also being reshaped within the context of the peace and resolution process. I define my relationship with the state as a relationship of democratization," said Öcalan.

8 December 2025

Four workers injured at Afşin-Elbistan thermal plant after ash cap opens

Four workers injured at Afşin-Elbistan thermal plant after ash cap opens

The workers were enveloped in dense ash smoke. Unable to breathe, they jumped from the scaffolding.

8 December 2025

English edition of Digital Media Literacy Guidebook is out

English edition of Digital Media Literacy Guidebook is out

The Digital Media Literacy Guidebook, from a rights-based and critical perspective, calls upon all stakeholders, from journalists to educators, rights advocates, and civil society, to the public, to share in the common responsibility.

5 December 2025

Work-related deaths in Turkey hit record high in November, 13 child workers killed

Work-related deaths in Turkey hit record high in November, 13 child workers killed

Seventy-one of the workers killed were in the construction sector, which marks the highest monthly toll ever recorded by İSİG.

5 December 2025

Sixteen students arrested in İstanbul for protesting rising child worker deaths

Sixteen students arrested in İstanbul for protesting rising child worker deaths

Turkey's vocational education program has been under criticism from rights advocated over legitmizing child labor as child worker deaths in the country increases.

4 December 2025

Ukrainian refugee child abuse allegations reach Turkish parliament

Ukrainian refugee child abuse allegations reach Turkish parliament

MPs question whether the Ukrainian charity implicated in the abuse of refugee children was adequately investigated.

4 December 2025

Journalist Furkan Karabay released after sentencing

Journalist Furkan Karabay released after sentencing

" I will not present a defense against this indictment, which was prepared like filling out a betting slip. I refuse to make a defense," Karabay said before tearing up the indictment against him.

4 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

bianet editor Tuğçe Yılmaz's trial begins: 'My profession is put on trial'

bianet editor Tuğçe Yılmaz's trial begins: 'My profession is put on trial'

Yılmaz, who described the lawsuit filed against him due to his news report as "an intimidation against journalism," said, "I have always tried to be the voice of those whose voices are not heard, including both people and animals."

3 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

Men killed 25 women in November

Men killed 25 women in November

Men injured at least 33 women and abused 23 girls and boys in November.

3 December 2025 Evrim Kepenek

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