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Annual inflation rate in İstanbul hits two-decade high of 63 percent
Both retail and wholesale inflation rates were over 60 percent in the metropolis in the last month, the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce has found.
1 April 2022
Telecommunications authority hikes internet line fees by 67 percent for service providers
The hike comes after Turkey's sovereign fund acquired the majority stake of Türk Telekom. It will inflict "great financial losses" on service providers, says an association.
1 April 2022
Kurdish politician Ayhan Bilgen launches new party after leaving HDP
The former MP and mayor of Kars who has been critical of the HDP over its political line has founded a new party.
1 April 2022
AKP withdraws law proposal seeking jail terms for 'damaging reputation of financing companies'
The article that has been slammed by journalism groups has been withdrawn to be reviewed again, an AKP deputy has said.
1 April 2022
Turkey fails to achieve 165 of 261 targets in human rights action plan supported by CoE
An opposition MP has prepared a report evaluating the first year of the action plan.
1 April 2022
Turkey further raises natural gas prices, says still provides 'cheapest gas in Europe'
The prices have increased by 35 percent for households and 44 percent for businesses.
1 April 2022
Turkey reports 14,336 new coronavirus cases, 56 deaths
Daily new cases and deaths have been on the decrease since mid-March.
1 April 2022
Flamingos begin arriving in Turkey's Lake Tuz to nest 'in larger numbers than last year'
"Last year, we had a high number of flamingos. This year, we have even more," says a professor observing birds in the region.
1 April 2022
46 institutions call on Constitutional Court to be ‘impartial’ in HDP closure case
Releasing a joint statement on HDP closure case, organizations from several countries say, “We urge the government to respect the independence and impartiality of the judiciary by refraining from directly or indirectly influencing the Court’s decision”.
31 March 2022
Nearly 400 thousand Syrian students don’t go to school in Turkey
According to the report of the Ministry of National Education, children from Syria cannot receive education for a series of reasons, including economic hardships, language barrier and being out of school for a long period of time.
31 March 2022
Villas being built in Newala Qesaba, a site of mass graves in eastern Turkey
Works are underway to construct 8-storey buildings and luxury villas on Newala Qesaba, where hundreds of Kurds and Armenians were buried in mass graves.
31 March 2022
Writer Yavuz Ekinci sentenced to prison over Newroz, Kobanî posts
Put on trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, writer Yavuz Ekinci has been sentenced to 1 year, 6 months, 22 days in prison.
31 March 2022
Jamal Khashoggi murder | Prosecutor wants the file to be handed over to Saudi Arabia
In the trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Arabia, the country has requested that the file be handed over to them and the red notice on the defendants be removed. The request will be asked to the Justice Ministry.
31 March 2022
Constitutional Court finds dismissed co-mayors’ applications ‘inadmissible’
Turkey’s top court has finalized the application of former co-mayors of Diyarbakır’s Sur and Hani who were replaced by state-appointed trustees: “The alleged violation of the right to a fair trial is manifestly ill-founded”.
31 March 2022
Ministry: Turkey hit by 1,171 forest fires in summer 2021
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced that 118,415 hectares of forestland were damaged in the fires last summer.
31 March 2022
The perpetrator who caused 5-year-old Efe's death ‘protected by impunity’
Releasing a statement about the acquittal of the police officer who hit Efe Tektekin with an armored vehicle, the Child Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar raises concerns that “impunity encourages the law enforcement about culpable acts”.
31 March 2022
Turkey’s foreign trade deficit rises by 135.5 percent in February
The Turkish Statistical Institute has shared the provisional data on Turkey’s foreign trade for February 2022: Exports were 20 billion 4 million dollars with a 25.4-percent increase and imports were 27 billion 885 million dollars with a 44.5-percent increase.
31 March 2022
IPI condemns AKP’s omnibus bill foreseeing prison term for news on companies
The International Press Institute has “strongly condemned” the new measures proposed by the government that would lead journalists to face up to 3 years in prison for news that “undermines trust” or “damages the reputation” of finance companies.
31 March 2022
Revolutionaries killed in Kızıldere commemorated
Socialist revolutionary Mahir Çayan and his friends, who were massacred in Kızıldere in 1972, were commemorated on their death anniversary.
31 March 2022
Contradicting his previous statement, minister says Turkey has ‘no problem with learning loss’
Minister of Education Özer has also said, “Our biggest success in the past 19-20 years is to increase the schooling rates in other educational grades to the OECD averages. Our schooling rate in secondary education currently stands around 90 percent”.
31 March 2022
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İYİ Party Chair Akşener criticizes Erdoğan’s ‘healthy living advice’
Akşener: “A kilo of water buffalo yogurt costs 70 lira, 700 grams of Medina dates 205 lira, chestnut honey 250 lira, half a kilo of oatmeal 15 lira... And it is supposed to be a sure cure. How will this sure cure come in the households of minimum wage earners?"
31 March 2022
‘Children’s playgrounds have turned into an arsenal’
Speaking on behalf of the HDP Child Commission, Hüseyin Kaçmaz has underlined that the government has to reveal the truth and inform the public about the death of 16-year-old Muharrem Aksem, who was found dead in a shooting range.
31 March 2022
COVID-19 | Turkey reports 53 deaths, nearly 15 thousand cases in a day
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 277 thousand tests were conducted, 14,993 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 53 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.
31 March 2022
Boğaziçi honorary doctorate recipients express concern over developments at the university
"We fear that the interventions made since January 2, 2021, will destroy the democratic values of Boğaziçi University, resulting in diminished academic excellence that will lead to perhaps irreversible public damage," says the statement.
30 March 2022
Zelenskyy aide deletes photo with Turkey's drone company manager at bar
Turkey's Bayraktar drones have become popular in Ukraine due to their role in the war against Russia. However, alcoholic drinks are not so popular with Turkey's pro-government circles.
30 March 2022
‘The state has once again disregarded the right to life’
Rights and law groups have released a statement about the death of 16-year-old Aksem: “Penalizing the responsible parties by conducting an effective investigation will prevent similar incidents under the name of ‘accidents’."
30 March 2022
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'Turkey should comply with WHO's new air quality limit values'
Turkey does not sufficiently measure PM2.5 in the air and the limit values it set for 2029 and beyond are over five times higher than the WHO's updated values.
30 March 2022
New picture from jailed politicians Demirtaş, Mızraklı
The picture has been posted on the social media account of former Co-Chair of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş, with the note, “We are walking together. We will surely reach that harbor together one day. See you soon…”
30 March 2022
Turkey: Greenhouse gas emissions see a 3-percent annual increase
The total greenhouse gas emissions per capita were calculated at 4 tonnes CO2 equivalent for 1990, 6.2 tonnes CO2 equivalent for 2019 and 6.3 tonnes CO2 equivalent for 2020, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute.
30 March 2022
Turkey's Antalya becomes a new destination for digital nomads of Russia, Ukraine amid war
Tatiana, Kateryna and Lana from Ukraine and Mikhail from Russia are in Antalya. They talk about the war, their countries, families, worries and expectations.
30 March 2022
Sevilay Nur Saraçlar
Eagle released from Turkey covers over 20,000 kilometers in Middle East, Africa
The bird dubbed "little eagle" was released in Turkey's eastern province of Iğdır in September.
30 March 2022
Zelenskyy says ‘positive signals’ come from İstanbul talks
Referring to the talks between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia on March 29, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has noted that the positive signals from the talks “do not drown out the ruptures of Russian shells”.
30 March 2022
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