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Third naval mine spotted in Turkey’s territorial waters
Turkey "found and safely disposed of a sea mine off the Black Sea coast," the National Defense Ministry said in a statement on April 6, 2022.
6 April 2022
2,468 social media accounts probed in a month
Access blocks have been imposed on 387 websites “because they engaged in illegal activities” following a one-month probe of the Ankara Gendarmerie Command.
6 April 2022
‘How much poorer could one get in Turkey?’
Speaking at the group meeting of her party, İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener has recalled that the consumer inflation rate is over 61 percent even according to official statistics, underlining that this rate marks a 20-year high in Turkey’s history.
6 April 2022
‘Poor working conditions, usurpation of rights lead to brain drain in Turkey’
The Health Services Union has released a statement ahead of World Health Day, raising concerns over a possible shortage of healthcare workers, especially amid the emigration of professionals due to bad working conditions and losses of rights.
6 April 2022
İstanbul raises public transport, taxi fares
The municipality has hiked the fares for the second time since the start of the year.
6 April 2022
Erdoğan congratulates Hungary's PM Orban on reelection
Turkey's pro-government media has also welcomed Orban's election win.
6 April 2022
New election law comes into effect
The new law changes the electoral threshold, the method for distribution of seats to parties and how the members of electoral councils are selected.
6 April 2022
Prices constantly soar in Turkey: ‘We are embarrassed to tell customers a price’
Shopkeepers are tired of listening to people’s problems and changing price tags and embarrassed to tell customers a price amid constantly rising prices. As for customers, they are desperate: “Some even ask the tare weight of plastic bags to be deducted”.
6 April 2022
Ayşegül Özbek
Poll: Opposition alliance leads, HDP to receive over 10 percent
According to the January 2022 poll of the Avrasya Public Opinion Research Center, the CHP and İYİ Party would receive 44.1 percent of the votes while the AKP and MHP would receive 36.5 percent in case of an election today.
6 April 2022
‘Poverty in Turkey is a result of government’s deliberate policies’
Mithat Sancar spoke at the weekly group meeting of the HDP, calling on other opposition parties “to not remain in the playground of the government”.
6 April 2022
COVID-19 | 12,213 daily cases, 37 deaths in Turkey
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 232 thousand tests were conducted, 12,213 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 37 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.
6 April 2022
Men kill 25 women in March
In March 2022, men inflicted violence on at least 51 women, killed at least three children, abused at least 12 girls and boys, harassed at least five women and forced 93 women to do sex work in Turkey.
6 April 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Inflation in OECD area hits 30-year high, ‘reflecting in part another sharp rise in Turkey’
The year-on-year consumer inflation in the OECD area rose to 7.7 percent in February 2022, according to a recent OECD report: “Excluding Turkey, inflation in the OECD area rose to 6.3 percent, following a rate of 5.8 percent in January”.
5 April 2022
Armored vehicle hits civilian car in Diyarbakır, three people injured
Two people in a van and one police officer in the armored vehicle have been taken to the hospital following the collision.
5 April 2022
Turkey's new electoral council rules may endanger election security, warns professor
Heads of electoral council would be the most senior judges in polling districts. With the new law, they will be determined by draw.
5 April 2022
Tansu Pişkin
‘Turkey’s real inflation rate is 143 percent’
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “According to Inflation Research Group, annual inflation is 143 percent. Yes, true. The price of potatoes has soared by 207 percent, cucumbers by 193 percent, aubergines by 185 percent, margarin by 160 percent…”
5 April 2022
Newspaper’s payment of damages to an MP over news 'violated its rights’
Turkey’s top court has concluded that the rights of a local newspaper were violated when it was sentenced to pay damages to former CHP MP Pekşen: “It poses a serious obstacle to the discussion of issues concerning public good".
5 April 2022
7 political parties and organizations make a call for May Day
“To the May Day for daily bread, peace and freedom,” say the Labor Party, Laborist Movement Party, People’s Houses, HDP, Socialist Assemblies Federation, Workers’ Party of Turkey and Social Freedom Party ahead of May 1.
5 April 2022
President Erdoğan congratulates Serbia's Vucic on election win
The president of Serbia and his party won Sunday's elections in a landslide. Both presidents face similar criticism in terms of human rights and press freedom internally and externally.
5 April 2022
Court in Germany lifts deportation order against two political asylum seekers from Turkey
A court in Germany previously rejected the application of the two people who received sentences on "terrorism" charges in Turkey because "they were too politically engaged."
5 April 2022
Ayça Söylemez
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‘AKP-MHP alliance changes the election law according to its own needs’
The HDP Foreign Affairs Commission has stated, “As a response to its declining popular support and legitimacy, the AKP-MHP alliance has passed new electoral law amendments, bringing in regulations calculated to keep them in power”.
5 April 2022
Working women in Turkey spend nine hours a day working and doing housework
Housewives have the highest burden of housework and caring; 67 percent of all women and 75 percent of married women do housework alone, shows the study.
5 April 2022
Evrim Kepenek
İstanbul: Living costs have increased by 73 percent in a year
The cost of living increased by 11.17 percent in the city in a month, according to the March report of the İstanbul Planning Agency of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
5 April 2022
‘Amendment to Turkey’s Election Law must be taken to Constitutional Court’
The Election Security Platform has released a statement on the 3-day debates at the General Assembly of the Parliament regarding the ruling alliance’s election bill: “No efforts were made to share the opposition spokespersons’ statements with the public”.
5 April 2022
Ahead of general elections in Turkey: Which city will have how many MPs?
The Supreme Election Council (YSK) decision on the number of Members of Parliament by provinces has been published in the Official Gazette. The decision has also specified the number of electoral districts in Ankara, Bursa, İzmir and İstanbul.
5 April 2022
Turkey’s domestic producer inflation tops 114 percent, show official statistics
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has shared the Domestic Producer Price Index for March 2022: It increased by 9.19 percent monthly, by 114.97 percent annually.
5 April 2022
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Kobanî trial | Selahattin Demirtaş: The prosecutor was after a false statement
Speaking as to the witness statement, jailed politician Demirtaş recalled that Baran “stated that he became a tool in the plot and signed the statement without reading it” and urged the court to file a complaint against the prosecutor and security.
5 April 2022
United Nations calls on the world to ‘get rid of the scourge of landmines’
“The world is still rife with millions of stockpiled landmines and over 50 countries remain contaminated with these abhorrent weapons,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
5 April 2022
COVID-19 | Turkey reports 40 deaths, more than 12 thousand new cases in a day
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 236 thousand tests were conducted, 12,647 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 40 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.
5 April 2022
‘Path to impunity and injustice for Khashoggi murder must not be taken’
Regarding the Jamal Khashoggi murder case to be handed over to Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Callamard asks, “What has happened to Turkey’s declared commitment that justice must prevail for this gruesome murder?”
4 April 2022
Extrajudicial killings | Statute of limitations risk in Dargeçit JİTEM case
The court has refused to arrest the defendants and adjourned the case until July 4. The plaintiff attorney has said there is sufficient evidence in the case file.
4 April 2022
Study: 85 percent of people think Turkey needs a 'powerful leader'
The high percentage of people wanting a powerful leader does not necessarily reflect an authoritarian tendency, and might be caused by the lack of inclusive institutions, according to the study.
4 April 2022
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