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Hundreds of baby flamingos die in Turkey’s Lake Tuz
Farmers’ embankment of the water channels flowing to Lake Tuz has caused the water flow to stop, claiming the lives of flamingos.
14 July 2021
Ayşe Tuba Arslan case | Court deems ‘My dear’ message ‘unjust provocation’
The court has pronounced its detailed judgement in the trial over the feminicide of Ayşe Tuba Arslan. According to the court, a message addressing Arslan as “my dear” was a reason for reducing the prison sentence of the perpetrator.
14 July 2021
Second armed attack on HDP in a month
A man fired shots at the HDP's district office in Marmaris, Muğla. No one was hurt in the attack and the assailant has been detained.
14 July 2021
Ruken Tuncel
AKP’s bill prolonging State of Emergency passes the Parliamentary Commission
The ruling AKP’s omnibus bill prolonging the duration when the State of Emergency practices will remain in effect for a period of 3 years has passed the Parliamentary Commission of Planning and Budgetary.
14 July 2021
Biden nominates ex-senator Jeff Flake as US Ambassador to Turkey
US President Joe Biden has nominated former Senator Jeff Flake to be the next US Ambassador to Turkey, the White House has announced. If the Senate approves it, Flake will be the new US Ambassador in Ankara.
14 July 2021
‘Votes of Kurdish people are not to be taken for granted’
HDP Co-Chair Buldan has criticized the opposition Nation’s Alliance: “The unions of democracy forces that we supported in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Mersin, Antalya elections were important. No one should expect the same attitude from us anymore.”
14 July 2021
‘Enough is enough’: Citizens protest price rises
The Ayvalık Democracy Platform in Balıkesir has demanded that the recent price rises be withdrawn, underlining that “the wages and salaries of workers and pensioners getting meager and meager in the face of inflation should be improved.”
14 July 2021
Gönül İlhan
COVID-19 | Turkey’s daily cases top 6 thousand after weeks
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 234 thousand tests were conducted, 6,285 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 46 people died of the disease and over 877 thousand vaccine doses were administered in a day.
14 July 2021
Deputy police chief of Hakkari shot dead by officer
The deputy director was shot dead when he was eating. The reason for the assault is not yet clear.
13 July 2021
Bahçeli says opposition living in a 'fantasy world' amid calls for snap election
The main opposition leader has said that "The Erdoğan era is over" while MHP leader Bahçeli has accused the opposition of acting in unison with "enemies of Turkey."
13 July 2021
Six children drown in sea or ponds in four days
Children have lost their lives by drowning or have been rescued while they were about to drown in sea or ponds in different provinces of Turkey.
13 July 2021
Turkey should 'bear consequences' if it controls Kabul airport, says Taliban
The plan discussed by Ankara and Washington is "ill-advised" and a violation of Afghanistan's territorial integrity, according to the Taliban spokesperson.
13 July 2021
Shooting Hantaş to death in a park, police officer faces up to 25 years in prison
Police officer Kazım B. has been indicted for killing Recep Hantaş, who was sitting with his friends in Sümerpark in Diyarbakır. B. has been charged with “killing with eventual intent” over the incident that happened two years ago.
13 July 2021
Hikmet Adal
Prevented from entering Boğaziçi campus, academics file a criminal complaint
The academics of Boğaziçi University have filed a criminal complaint about the decision preventing them from entering the campus on July 3, 2021.
13 July 2021
Erdoğan agrees with Israel's Herzog to improve relations
Both presidents said the relations between Turkey and Israel are of great importance for the security and stability of the Middle East.
13 July 2021
Stone quarry in Iğdır: ‘Village has turned into a prison’
The sky of Suveren village in Iğdır has turned gray due to the dust cloud coming from the stone quarry. Villagers complain that the deaths of animals and humans have increased: "Especially when a wind blows, the entire village disappears due to the dust."
13 July 2021
‘Number of Delta cases is gradually increasing in Turkey’
Health Minister Koca says, “The number of Delta cases is gradually increasing in our country, just as it is increasing across the world. The number of Delta cases has reached 750; the number of cities where it is diagnosed has also increased to 36.”
13 July 2021
Racist attack on Kurdish family: Two more defendants released
Two suspects remain behind bars in the case concerning a raid on the home of a Kurdish family by dozens of people in Konya in May.
13 July 2021
‘Police violence has become a part of daily life in Turkey’
Speaking at the online meeting of the İHD, TİHV-HRFT and Initiative for Freedom of Expression, Üsterci said, “Restrictions, bans and interventions against the right to freedom of expression and meeting and demonstration continued at full speed in June.”
13 July 2021
Free journalism will end unless there is a brave struggle
In the period of April - May - June 2021, 18 journalists faced a total of 84 years in prison as defendants of “insulting the President” in Turkey. In the same period last year, the number of journalists facing this charge was six.
13 July 2021
Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı
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Former CHP MP Berhan Şimşek indicted for ‘degrading the state’
Berhan Şimşek, an MP for the main opposition CHP and actor, has been indicted for saying, “The governor is a militant, the sub-governor is a militant.” Charged with "degrading the state and its bodies", Şimşek faces up to 2 years in prison.
13 July 2021
Opposition lashes out at AKP’s omnibus bill prolonging State of Emergency
The ruling AKP’s omnibus bill foreseeing the extension of the State of Emergency practices for 3 years is discussed at the Parliamentary Commission. The opposition parties CHP, HDP and İYİ Party have slammed the bill.
13 July 2021
Broad unemployment in Turkey: 9.7 million people
Shortly after the state agency TurkStat announced the labor force statistics for May 2021, the Research Center of the DİSK confederation has shared its own figures: Women’s broad unemployment rate is 33.7 percent, youth unemployment is 42.4 percent.
13 July 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey: 49 deaths, over 5,400 cases in a day
The Ministry of Health has announced that over 227 thousand tests were conducted, 5,404 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 49 people died of the disease and over 855 thousand vaccine doses were administered in a day.
13 July 2021
'Places with low vaccination rates may come under threat'
Announcing that the official holiday of the Sacrifice Feast will be 9 days, Erdoğan has argued that “there has remained no difference between the east and west, the north and south of the country in terms of freedoms, rights and basic services."
13 July 2021
‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’
According to a report prepared by the Antalya Branch of the Human Rights Association, prisoners were strip-searched and battered during their transfer from one prison to another in the same campus.
13 July 2021
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‘We are put on trial because we demand justice’
“Who should have been on trial here today is the ones responsible for the enforced disappearance of my father, so, the ones who committed a crime against humanity; but my sister and I are on trial because we search for our father and demand justice.”
13 July 2021
The Aman Project: An open door for LGBTI+ refugees in Turkey
We have talked to a Syrian LGBTI+ refugee and a volunteer of the Aman Project about the situation of LGBTI+ refugees in Turkey.
12 July 2021
Minel Ekmekçiler
Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | 'The private life of the deceased is put on trial'
In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. pressed charges over the social media posts shared under the hashtag “Justice for Pınar Gültekin”, claiming that there is “an attempt to lynch him.”
12 July 2021
COVID-19 | ‘Turkey has not yet reached half of its vaccination target’
Prof. Şaşmaz from the TTB Pandemic Working Group has warned against complacency amid coronavirus reopening: “We need to give two vaccine doses to 60 million people to increase the immunity of society. So, we have not yet reached half of it.”
12 July 2021
‘We make ourselves heard even behind four walls’
The first LGBTI+ Pride March to be held in Aydın province was prevented by the police, who blockaded the Özgecan Arslan Park, where the march would take place, and the Human Rights Association (İHD), where the preparations were ongoing.
12 July 2021
Dila Senem Haznedar
Ten tobacco producers remanded in custody for protesting new regulations
Tobacco producers have been banned from selling tobacco products without receiving a certification in the southeastern Adıyaman province.
12 July 2021
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