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Minister of Forestry: Fire in Muğla’s Bodrum contained
Firefighting efforts were made from both land and air to put out the fire that broke out in grassy areas and macquis groves in Muğla’s Bodrum. Minister Pakdemirli has announced that the fire has been taken under control.
11 August 2021
Heavy rainfall leads to flood and landslide in Black Sea region
While a wooden house has almost completely collapsed due to the flood in Bartın, the elder woman in the house has been caught up in water. Referred to the scene of the incident, the teams are searching for the missing woman.
11 August 2021
Petition for Akbelen forest: ‘We won’t surrender it for coal’
A petition has been launched for the Akbelen forest in Muğla in the face of cutting of trees for coal supply to a nearby thermal power plant. Sharing the petition on social media, musician Tarkan has said, “Leave nature alone.”
11 August 2021
Lawyer of male violence cases investigated for male violence
Law apprentice P.S. has said that she and Y. were together and had been living in the same residence for nearly a year, they decided to break up following a fight and started living in separate residences and Y. had difficulty accepting this situation.
11 August 2021
Violence against jailed women politicians on Parliamentary agenda
Sebahat Tuncel has announced that they were attacked in Sincan Prison in Ankara. While HDP MP Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary question, HDP Women’s Assembly has condemned the incident in a written statement.
11 August 2021
‘TurkStat’s labor force statistics have lost touch with reality’
The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK-AR) has released a statement about the Turkish Statistical Institute’s Labor Force Statistics for June 2021, underlining that its data is full of question marks.
11 August 2021
‘Women unable to access basic health services during the pandemic’
Assoc. Prof. Davas from the TTB Pandemic Working Group says that the poor management of the pandemic has increased women’s social burden and had a negative effect on their health: “They are unable to access the most basic health services.”
11 August 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey | Daily cases, deaths keep increasing
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 264 thousand tests were conducted, 26,597 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 124 people died of the disease and 1,462,013 vaccine doses were administered in a day.
11 August 2021
Afghanistan: As Taliban advances, Turkey's role after US withdrawal still unclear
Turkey's defense minister has visited Pakistan to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan.
10 August 2021
Sexual assault on Eda Nur Kaplan: Suspect Yusuf G. released
Having filed a criminal complaint against two men for sexual assault, 18-year-old Eda Nur Kaplan committed suicide shortly afterwards. One of the two suspects was detained. The prosecutor's office has appealed against the suspect's release by court.
10 August 2021
‘Fire cannot be fully quenched until media freedom is ensured in Turkey’
Presenting its 39th monthly media monitoring report to the public with a written press statement, the Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) has raised concerns over the censorship, threats, violence, arrested and prosecution faced by journalists.
10 August 2021
Germany turns down two asylum seekers because they are 'too politically engaged'
The two applicants were sentenced to prison in Turkey for being a member of an illegal organization. A court in Germany said they would not be in danger of being arrested if they were extradited.
10 August 2021
Ayça Söylemez
Farmers protest power cuts with tractors in Urfa
Closing the Urfa-Mardin Highway to traffic in southeast Turkey in protest against the power cuts of the Dicle Electricity Distribution Inc. (DEDAŞ), farmers have been subjected to the intervention of the gendarmerie with pepper gas.
10 August 2021
Meeting on violence against women: 15 men, 1 woman
The Governor of Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Şırnak discussed the “Coordination Plan to Fight Violence Against Women" with one woman and 15 men.
10 August 2021
‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’
The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.
10 August 2021
Nurşen Çinkaya
İSİG: 146 workers killed in occupational homicides in July
At least 1,301 workers have been killed in occupational homicides so far this year, according to İSİG.
10 August 2021
Apple removes Hornet queer social network app from AppStore Turkey
Apple has removed the Hornet queer social network from AppStore Turkey “upon a court ruling.” Hornet has announced that it is trying to solve the problem in talks with the courts in Turkey and Apple.
10 August 2021
Woman’s suicide following impunity for sexual assault on Parliamentary agenda
“What measures does your Ministry take in the face of the failure to carry out or extend an investigation by considering women’s statement to be primary,” asks HDP MP Tosun to Minister of Family and Social Services Yanık.
10 August 2021
Prosecutors investigate Ekşi Sözlük over discussion about 'why people don't revolt'
The investigation has been initiated on the charges of "inciting people to commit a crime" and "inciting people into hatred and animosity."
10 August 2021
Ministry: Discharged teacher has no affiliation with the ‘organization’
While discharged teacher Karataş’s application was rejected by the State of Emergency Commission because “he was affiliated with the organization”, the Ministry of Education says that there are no reports, minutes or documents about this allegation.
10 August 2021
Ayça Söylemez
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Turkey’s unemployment rate on the decrease, according to state agency
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released the “Labor Force Statistics” for June 2021: The unemployment rate stood at 10.6 percent, marking a 2.5 percentage point decrease in a month.
10 August 2021
Access to Jin News blocked for 32nd time
The Information Technologies and Communications Authority has blocked access to JinNews, the only women's news agency in Turkey.
10 August 2021
Grocery chain forces employee to resign for 'drinking three bottles of water'
A-101, a countrywide discount grocery chain, forces its employees to pay for missing goods, according to a union.
10 August 2021
Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t
Put in solitary confinement, jailed lawyer Aycan Çiçek writes, “I said, ‘There was water in the room where I was staying; at least give me that.’ They didn’t. I was given water and food with a plastic spoon in a tray five hours after I was put in the cell.”
10 August 2021
Ayça Söylemez
Intervention against resistance in Akbelen: People dragged out of the forest
While 105 trees have been reportedly cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen Forest under the pretext of preventing fires, the gendarmerie intervened against the people’s resistance at midnight, dragging them out of the forest.
10 August 2021
270 fires in 53 cities in 13 days: Fires still rage in Milas and Köyceğiz
270 forest fires broke out in 53 provinces of Turkey in 13 days. All fires, except for the ones in Muğla’s Köyceğiz and Milas, have been contained. The Minister of Forestry has said that volunteers can make an online application to join firefighting efforts.
10 August 2021
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105 trees cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen: ‘We will stand fast’
Citizens are keeping watch in Muğla’s Akbelen forest in the face of LİMAK Holding’s efforts to cut down trees to extend the mining site for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Noting that 105 trees have been cut, they say they will not let more trees be cut.
10 August 2021
Nurşen Çinkaya
‘Fires are contained in the evening, they start burning again in the morning’
“Our mountain is blazing”, “We keep watch night and day”, “The fire is taken under control in the evening, it starts burning again in the morning…” The neighborhood heads from Muğla’s Köyceğiz speak about the ongoing firefighting efforts.
10 August 2021
Nurşen Çinkaya
Boğaziçi University | Prevented from teaching classes, Erçin files two lawsuits
Prevented from teaching classes at Boğaziçi University by the appointed acting rector Naci İnci, academic and lawyer Feyzi Erçin has filed two lawsuits, underlining that the administration did not use its discretionary power properly.
10 August 2021
Turkey reports over 23 thousand coronavirus cases, 117 deaths in a day
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 245 thousand tests were conducted, 23,731 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 117 people died of the disease and 1,359,258 vaccine doses were administered in a day.
10 August 2021
Number of Afghan refugees crossing into Turkey decreased by half, says governor of Van
The abandoned buildings where Afghan refugees stayed have been demolished, the governor's office has said.
9 August 2021
Assailant 'repentant' after killing seven members of Kurdish family
The spouse of the assailant, who is also under arrest, has said that there might have been people who guided him to carry out the massacre.
9 August 2021
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