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RTÜK threatens TV broadcasters with penalties over coverage of massive wildfires
TV outlets will face the "heaviest sanctions" if they continue to overlook the extinguished fires while focusing on ongoing fires, the media authority has stated.
3 August 2021
Floods continue in eastern Turkey
Buildings in a housing estate built by TOKİ have been flooded in İpekyolu, Van in eastern Turkey.
3 August 2021
‘Turkey saw the highest July inflation of the last 18 years’
Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Veli Ağbaba has underlined that Turkey’s consumer inflation is higher than 172 countries of the world.
3 August 2021
‘Everyone has been crying since yesterday morning, asking for firefighting aircraft’
Following a brief intervention with helicopters in Turunç neighborhood in Marmaris, the forest fire has started again. The people of the neighbourhood are concerned that “the remaining places will burn as well if there are no helicopters or planes.”
3 August 2021
Ayşegül Özbek
'Maximum pandemic, minimum state support'
A significant portion of the expenditures made by Turkey during the pandemic was made from outside the government resources, says DİSK-AR.
3 August 2021
Criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry amid raging fires in Turkey
Amid ongoing fires across Turkey, lawyer Albuga Çalıkuşu has filed a criminal complaint against Minister of Forestry Pakdemirli and public officials, underlining their legal responsibility for the failure to put out the fires surrounding the country.
3 August 2021
Sakine Orman
Governor's Office denies racist motives in attack on Kurdish workers in Antalya
Sixteen Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers had to leave the town they worked in after attacks and threats.
3 August 2021
Forest fires still raging across Antalya, Muğla and Isparta
Of the 144 forest fires raging across the country since July 28, 136 have been taken under control. There are still ongoing firefighting efforts to put out two fires in Antalya, five fires in Muğla and one fire in Isparta.
3 August 2021
Turkey's annual inflation rate at 18.95 percent in July
The annual increase in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages was 24.92 percent, according to TurkStat.
3 August 2021
More evacuations in Antalya, entry to forests banned in Dersim
Wildfires continue in seven locations in three cities as the governor of Dersim has introduced extensive measures, including a camping ban.
3 August 2021
‘Journalists faced more violence and obstacles in July’
CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has announced that at least 18 journalists were subjected to violence, battered and prevented from reporting during news follow-up in July and raised concerns about the government’s targeting of funded media outlets.
3 August 2021
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘execution lists’
HDP MP Kemalbay has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry, demanding that the organization behind the “execution lists” targeting journalists, writers and politicians from Turkey living in Europe be revealed and the related people be provided with security.
3 August 2021
'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’
The Democratic Alevi Associations Central Office has released a statement about the racist attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same Kurdish family in Konya. The organization has demanded justice for the deceased.
3 August 2021
Unable to pay their credit debt, 1.5 million people on banks' blacklists
Answering the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Gürer, Minister of Treasury and Finance Lütfi Elvan has announced that 1,552,122 personal loan customers are on debt follow-up by banks in Turkey.
3 August 2021
Turkey reports 91 deaths, nearly 23 thousand cases in a day
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 270 thousand tests were conducted, 22,898 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 91 people died of the disease and 438,249 vaccine doses were administered in a day.
3 August 2021
Criminal complaint against journalist who claimed opposition, PKK started forest fires together
Journalist İbrahim Karagül claimed that the recent massive wildfires were started by the PKK and the CHP.
2 August 2021
Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'
Rights groups have paid a visit to Meram, Konya, where a Kurdish family was massacred at home on Friday.
2 August 2021
Subjected to racist attack, seasonal agricultural workers leave the village
Living in a village in Antalya’s Elmalı district, seasonal agricultural workers were subjected to a racist attack; they have left the village “without getting their stuff and under the supervision of the gendarmerie.”
2 August 2021
‘Come on’: Social media users urge Parliament to have an emergency meeting on fires
Tweeting their messages under the hashtag #Hadi, which means “Come on” and is an abbreviation of the words “We want rights, justice and democracy” in Turkish, several social media users call for urgent action in the face of raging fires.
2 August 2021
TurkStat: 451 thousand juveniles received into security units
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released the annual “Juvenile Statistics Received into Security Unit” for 2020. The number of incidents involving juveniles received into a security unit saw a 11.8 percent decrease in a year.
2 August 2021
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Wildfires in Turkey: Latest updates
While most of the wildfires that have erupted over the past few days have been contained, fires in Muğla and Antalya continue to spread.
2 August 2021
Criticizing the racist attack in Konya, journalist faces an investigation
Previously charged with “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” for criticizing the racist attack against Kurds in Sakarya, journalist Özgür Boğatekin is now summoned to give his statement over his social media post about the attack in Konya.
2 August 2021
Hikmet Adal
Wildfires threaten residential areas, power plant in Bodrum
The mayor of Bodrum has called for "urgent air support" as the fires in the popular holiday resort continue to spread.
2 August 2021
Selahattin Demirtaş: Let’s turn to collective conscience, not rage
Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has made a statement about the deadly racist attack against a Kurdish family in Konya: “The main reason behind this massacre, tension and conflicts is the discriminatory policies of the government.”
2 August 2021
Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Küçükkaya withdraws his resignation
Having resigned amid the “anti-union pressure” of Cumhuriyet Foundation Chair Alev Coşkun, Aykut Küçükkaya is once again the Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet.
2 August 2021
Manavgat: Wildfires continue in three locations on fifth day
There is a lack of coordination between the central government and the opposition-led municipalities in Antalya, a local journalist has said.
2 August 2021
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‘Help Turkey’ campaign makes the state look incapable, says Communications Director
Amid criticisms about insufficient firefighting efforts and refusal of offers of help, some social media posts have been shared under the hashtag #helpturkey. Presidency’s Communications Director Altun has slammed the campaign.
2 August 2021
Forest fire in Dersim: Mayors prevented from entering the site
Dersim Mayor Maçoğlu said, “Upon the instruction of the Governor, we are not allowed to enter the site.” In response to bianet’s question about the hindrance faced by mayors, Governor Özkan said, “The teams are working.”
2 August 2021
Ruken Tuncel
Minister blames municipalities for insufficient response to forest fires
Minister Pakdemirli has visited Muğla, southwest Turkey, one of the hardest hit provinces from the massive forest fires.
2 August 2021
Deadly attack on Kurdish family | ‘They were threatened with death unless they left’
Erol Şen, a relative of the 7 Kurdish family members killed in a racist attack in Konya, says, “Yaşar Dedeoğulları was told, ‘Give us your house and go, we will not let you reside here.’ They were the only Kurdish family living in that neighbourhood.”
2 August 2021
Ruken Tuncel
‘Country is on fire, ravaged by floods, but the President throws tea at people’
President and AKP Chair Erdoğan visited fire-struck Marmaris, which has been declared a disaster area. It has caused an outrage on social media as Erdoğan entered the district with a huge convoy amid security measures and distributed tea to citizens.
2 August 2021
HDP in flood-hit Van province: Başkale must be declared a disaster area
While the HDP politicians and MPs were talking to citizens, another flood happened in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van. Citizens complained that “the efforts were insufficient and another flood happened for this reason.”
2 August 2021
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