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Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

Commemoration under police blockade: ‘Gezi is not our past, it is our future’

In the wake of a ban imposed by the Beyoğlu Governor’s Office, the Taksim Solidarity platform has made a press statement on the 8th anniversary of Gezi under police blockade. “The darkness passes, Gezi remains,” they have stated.

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

Enforced disappeared people commemorated in İzmir

The İzmir Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) held a press statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

122 people die in a day, over 1,300 patients critically ill

122 people die in a day, over 1,300 patients critically ill

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 122 people died of coronavirus and 6,493 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 1,339 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Turkey to ease coronavirus measures starting tomorrow

Turkey to ease coronavirus measures starting tomorrow

Cafes and restaurants will serve in person until 9 p.m., Sunday lockdowns will remain in place, night curfews will start at 10 p.m.

Marmara's sea snot problem continues as engineers call for advanced treatment of wastewater

Marmara's sea snot problem continues as engineers call for advanced treatment of wastewater

The İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Environmental Engineers has released a report on sea snot observed in the Sea of Marmara.

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

Demonstrations and events banned in Van

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that protest marches and public protest meetings have been banned in the province for 15 days.

Hardly 7 dollars a day for working in 40-degree heat for 12 hours

Hardly 7 dollars a day for working in 40-degree heat for 12 hours

As part of its campaign “No to Women’s Poverty”, the Women’s Assembly of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) met the women working in lentil fields in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa.

Mob boss Peker's confessions put military contractor close to Erdoğan in spotlight again

Mob boss Peker's confessions put military contractor close to Erdoğan in spotlight again

Sedat Peker claimed yesterday that SADAT had used his convoys to deliver weapons to armed groups in Syria.

31 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

The court has rejected the request for recusal of the family of Metin Lokumcu, a retired teacher who was affected by pepper gas and had a heart attack during the police intervention into a protest before Erdoğan’s rally in Hopa.

31 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

‘Invisible laborers of theater industry cannot benefit from grants’

‘Invisible laborers of theater industry cannot benefit from grants’

Performing their art mostly independently and unregistered, the workers of the theater industry such as performers, directors, designers, light and sound technicians and dancers have been unable to benefit from any grants during the pandemic.

Erdoğan advisor says mob boss Peker serves anti-Turkey 'alliance of evil'

Erdoğan advisor says mob boss Peker serves anti-Turkey 'alliance of evil'

In his latest video, Peker claimed that the president's aides were organizing illicit oil trade and sending weapons to al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria.

Jailed politician Gültan Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’

Jailed politician Gültan Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’

“We will keep struggling together against the male dominant order with our women’s solidarity, inside and outside,” says the HDP Women’s Assembly, announcing that Germany’s Left Party has granted this year’s Clara Zetkin Honorary Award to Kışanak.

Survey: Turkey's youth feel 'weary and lonely' because of the pandemic

Survey: Turkey's youth feel 'weary and lonely' because of the pandemic

More than 80 percent of the people are worried about not being able to pay their bills, according to the Ipsos survey.

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Police battered the journalist reporting on municipality’s corruption

Covering news on corruption in Osmaniye province, journalist Tolga Balcılar’s house was raided by the police three times in one week even though there was no search warrant for the house or a detention warrant against the journalist.

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu faces up to 4 years in prison

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu faces up to 4 years in prison

On the grounds that he allegedly insulted the members of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) after the İstanbul elections had been cancelled, a lawsuit has been filed against İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Report: Pro-government newspapers received 78 percent of all public ad payments in 2020

Report: Pro-government newspapers received 78 percent of all public ad payments in 2020

The government has been criticized for using the Press Advertisement Agency to repress independent newspapers.

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel receives his passport

Prevented from going back to France without any legal grounds for two years, Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has received his passport.

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

In the lawsuits filed into the killing of eight people during the Gezi resistance of 2013, the defendants were given “judicial fines”, they were “acquitted” or given “good conduct times.” No lawsuit has been filed into the death of Ahmet Atakan.

31 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Appointed vice rector of Boğaziçi doesn’t approve Feyzi Erçin’s course

Appointed vice rector of Boğaziçi doesn’t approve Feyzi Erçin’s course

Having accepted his appointment as a vice rector while his two students were arrested and appointed as the acting director of two institutes, Prof. İnci has cancelled a course of lawyer-academic Erçin, who was giving classes at Boğaziçi for 8 years.

31 May 2021 Dilek Şen

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Turkey reports less than 7 thousand cases for the first time after months

Turkey reports less than 7 thousand cases for the first time after months

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 134 people died of coronavirus and 6,933 people tested positive with over 218 thousand tests in a day. 1,390 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Sedat Peker claims Erdoğan aides organize illicit oil trade, arms delivery to 'terror' groups in Syria

Sedat Peker claims Erdoğan aides organize illicit oil trade, arms delivery to 'terror' groups in Syria

In his new YouTube video on mafia-state relations, the crime boss implicated the SADAT military firm and a senior official at the Presidency. He also said he would talk about President Erdoğan in his next video.

‘The government did not take care of shopkeepers as it said it would’

‘The government did not take care of shopkeepers as it said it would’

Business owner Bacaksız: "Property owners receive rent, workers get their salary either from me or from the state, the person from whom I buy goods gets their money, the state gets taxes, but we cannot get any money as we have been closed for months.”

28 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

Erdoğan opens Taksim Mosque to worship: ‘A dream of 150 years’

Erdoğan opens Taksim Mosque to worship: ‘A dream of 150 years’

Ruling AKP Chair and President Erdoğan has addressed the crowd at the opening ceremony of Taksim Mosque in İstanbul. Speaking at the ceremony, he has targeted the citizens who joined the Gezi Resistance in 2013.

Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to prison for ‘targeting a prosecutor’

Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to prison for ‘targeting a prosecutor’

On the grounds of his remarks about former Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, jailed politician Demirtaş has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison on charge of “turning a counterterrorism official into a target.”

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

‘20 thousand people detained at demonstrations in 4 years’

According to the report of the TİHV, the freedom of assembly and demonstration was violated 4,771 times in Turkey in 2015-2019. 3,102 students faced violations of rights while exercising their freedom of assembly, demonstration and association.

HDP’s Günay: This issue is far beyond Peker, Soylu and Ağar

HDP’s Günay: This issue is far beyond Peker, Soylu and Ağar

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has talked in the wake of Sedat Peker's statements: “This very mafia order attacks the opposition to cover up its own crimes and to sustain this dirty and rotten order.”

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

Syriac MP Tuma Çelik has asked the fate and whereabouts of the enforced disappeared Syriac people since the 1990s. Raising concerns about the unsolved murders as well, he has noted that the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril is still unknown.

Three new lawsuits by academics of Boğaziçi University

Three new lawsuits by academics of Boğaziçi University

The academics of Boğaziçi University have demanded the annulment of the decisions taken by the Council of Higher Education and the new university administration.

‘Male violence’ protest against Soylu: ‘106 women killed in four months’

‘Male violence’ protest against Soylu: ‘106 women killed in four months’

The HDP MPs have left the meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Equality of Opportunity Between Women and Men, leaving behind placards with the names of 106 women who lost their lives in the first four months of this year.

Saturday Mothers/People demand justice for 26 years: ‘We won’t forgive’

Saturday Mothers/People demand justice for 26 years: ‘We won’t forgive’

Asking the fate and whereabouts of their enforced disappeared loved ones for 26 years, Saturday Mothers/People were at Galatasaray Square yesterday. They stressed that they would not give up until the last missing person was found.

Appointed rector becomes a ‘civil servant’ six months after his appointment

Appointed rector becomes a ‘civil servant’ six months after his appointment

How could Bulu become a civil servant six months after he was appointed as a rector to Boğaziçi? What happened in the process leading up to his being “chosen” for the position at another university and becoming a member of permanent staff?

28 May 2021 Dilek Şen