Young Kurdish people remember their first years at school as a nightmare. Tan says, “As we could not spell the words, the teacher held us at school till 9 pm. He was saying, ‘You are gonna learn this language’.”

RTÜK has notified the Voice of America, Deutsche Welle Türkçe and Euronews of its decision urging them to apply for a license. With the decision published on RTÜK’s website, the outlets have three days for application.

Ahmet Soyalan, the Police Director General of Northern Cyprus, has announced that 11 people in total, eight in Turkey and three in Northern Cyprus, have been arrested over the murder of ‘betting and casino tycoon’ Halil Falyalı.

Dr. Nadire Güntaş-Aldatmaz says, “Children; you are more beautiful when you speak the language of your mother, father, maternal and paternal grandmother.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 461 thousand tests were conducted, 85,026 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 268 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Migros warehouse workers have celebrated it with folk dances that their protests for their rights have ended in their favor. Workers’ lawyer Ünder says that their struggle marks an unforgettable resistance in the history of Turkey’s working class.

The court has deferred the sentence and lifted the international travel ban on the journalist.

Ahead of the first hearing of lawyer and Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan, the İHD and Human Rights Watch have released statements underlining that there is an attempt to put pressure on rights advocacy by judicial means.

Prepared as part of the Roma Dialogue Network’s Reinforcement Project, a recent report sheds light on the problems encountered by Romani people in Turkey during the pandemic: Aggravated discrimination, increasing poverty, more blatant violence.

The Human rights Association has called on Turkey to abide by its responsibilities according to international conventions that it is a party to.

Facing charges for watching a lynching carried out by others and attending a meting, Ayten Öztürk’s life imprisonment aggravated twice has been upheld.

Prosecutor Şahiner requested the separation of Gezi and çArşı cases. Kavala’s lawyers requested the court board’s withdrawal from the case. The court has ruled that the cases shall be separated and Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars.

“Homshetsi is a special language, Homshetsi is a beautiful language. I would like to sing you a song,” says Lusin Sultan, speaking to bianet on the occasion of February 21 International Mother Language Day.

Elective Kurdish language education was introduced in Turkey in 2012 but has been hindered by the lack of teacher appointments.

The managers of five research companies shared the results of their recent surveys on a TV program. While all five surveys show that the votes of AKP and Erdoğan are on the decrease, only one survey shows the MHP over the 10-percent threshold.

The protest was attended by workers, women, students and political parties: “We will either accept the exorbitant bills sent to our houses and workplaces and get used to living in cold and darkness or rip up this bill imposed on people.”

One of the most striking indicators of regional inequality is the high infant mortality rates in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority provinces, according to the latest “Inequality Bulletin”.

Released in September 2021 in the trial where he was facing “blackmail" charges, Kocaeli Ses newspaper’s owner Güngör Arslan has lost his life in an armed attack. A day before, he wrote about a tender at the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality.

According to the İSİG report, 11 women and 100 men lost their lives in occupational homicides in January 2022. A child worker and two migrant/refugee workers were also among the deceased.

The Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union (DGD-SEN) has announced that an agreement has been reached with the employer regarding the wage increase and premiums of Migros warehouse workers.