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Twenty-two bar associations call for Demirtaş's release
Twenty-two bar associations call for Demirtaş's release
The bars have reminded that the ECtHR decisions are binding and international conventions are superior to domestic laws.
25 December 2020
‘30 million people below starvation line in Turkey’
‘30 million people below starvation line in Turkey’
According to a recent report prepared by the HDP’s Economy Commission, regional poverty has become more severe and women have got poorer in Turkey amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
25 December 2020
Maraş: Air pollution up to 10 times above limit values in coal plant impact areas
Maraş: Air pollution up to 10 times above limit values in coal plant impact areas
"We, the people of the region, see the plant's pollution with the naked eye; live and understand how it poisons our lives. However, the authorities don't want to understand this situation," says a local.
25 December 2020
Erdoğan on New Year’s celebrations: Parties won’t be tolerated
Erdoğan on New Year’s celebrations: Parties won’t be tolerated
President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said that holding New Year’s parties in hotels or villas will not be tolerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that “operations might be carried out against the parties in hotels or villas, if necessary.”
25 December 2020
Rights group reminds Erdoğan that Turkey has to comply with ECtHR decisions
Rights group reminds Erdoğan that Turkey has to comply with ECtHR decisions
The President dismissed the European court decision for the release of Demirtaş, saying that it "can't replace Turkey's courts."
25 December 2020
‘Turkey’s NGO bill has no predictability’
‘Turkey’s NGO bill has no predictability’
Prof. Şule Özsoy-Boyunsuz, an academic specialized in Constitutional law, has commented on Turkey’s new NGO bill: “The government might wake up one morning, pick an association and shut it down next morning. This law has no predictability.”
25 December 2020 Hikmet Adal
Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya
Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya
While the prosecutor's office has given a decision of non-prosecution on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred”, lawyers Leyla Kaya, Kemal Erdem, Nurullah Öner and former Sakarya Bar Chair Kazan will appeal against the non-prosecution.
25 December 2020
Assistant physician's struggle against doctor's harassment
Assistant physician's struggle against doctor's harassment
Sentenced to prison for sexually harassing assistant physician D.E., physician Aydın started working at the same hospital again. D.E. and 40 other personnel submitted petitions, indicating that they did not want to work with him.
25 December 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Turkey’s Education Ministry postpones face-to-face exams amid pandemic
Turkey’s Education Ministry postpones face-to-face exams amid pandemic
Ministry of Education has announced that face-to-face exams in primary, secondary and high schools scheduled for early January will not be held amid concerns about inequalities aggravated by distance education and health risks amid COVID-19 pandemic.
25 December 2020
Mayor İmamoğlu: Whomever you made a promise for Canal İstanbul, give it up
Mayor İmamoğlu: Whomever you made a promise for Canal İstanbul, give it up
Calling on the government to abandon the Canal İstanbul project, which foresees an artificial sea-level waterway between the Black Sea and Marmara Sea, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu says, “İstanbul, İstanbulites and this country do not need irrational projects.”
25 December 2020
Ankara Medical Chamber: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
Ankara Medical Chamber: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
Ankara Medical Chamber has made a statement about the arrest of Dr. Gökalp, the High Honorary Board member and former Central Council member of Turkish Medical Association: “His arrest is used to oppress professional organizations.”
25 December 2020
Bahçeli says 'we don't care' ECtHR ruling for Demirtaş's release
Bahçeli says 'we don't care' ECtHR ruling for Demirtaş's release
The government's ally has dismissed the European court ruling and reiterated that the HDP must be closed.
25 December 2020
State of Emergency Commission’s term of office extended
State of Emergency Commission’s term of office extended
With a Presidential Decree, the term of office of the Commission for the Examination of Proceedings under the State of Emergency has been extended for another year. Over 16 thousand applications are reportedly still in examination.
25 December 2020
CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: Who are you?
CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: Who are you?
Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan over his statements disregarding the ECtHR Grand Chamber judgement of “immediate release” for arrested politician Selahattin Demirtaş.
25 December 2020
Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll tops 19 thousand
Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll tops 19 thousand
The authorities in China have approved the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Turkey and the vaccines are set to be sent on December 27, says Health Minister Koca, adding that the vaccine has an effectiveness of 91.25 percent.
25 December 2020
‘The bill foresees the same process for civil society as the State of Emergency’
‘The bill foresees the same process for civil society as the State of Emergency’
Speaking to bianet about the bill that would allow the appointment of trustees to NGOs, Kaos GL Association’s Legal Coordinator Dikmen says, “It foresees an inspection process that will spread all across civil society and has no boundaries, like a virus.”
25 December 2020 Hikmet Adal
How has Cengiz Holding destroyed Turkey's forests?
How has Cengiz Holding destroyed Turkey's forests?
The holding undertook a large number of construction and infrastructure projects in the AKP era.
24 December 2020 Tansu Pişkin
‘Don't mind their yelling, they try to hide their fears,’ says Demirtaş
‘Don't mind their yelling, they try to hide their fears,’ says Demirtaş
Arrested politician Demirtaş has sent a message from prison amid statements of the President and Interior Minister disregarding the ECtHR judgement of “immediate release.” He has said, “We are right, strong and in good spirits. We will win together.”
24 December 2020
Central Bank hikes interest rates by two points
Central Bank hikes interest rates by two points
"In the forthcoming period, tightness of monetary policy stance will be decisively sustained until strong indicators point to a permanent fall in inflation," the bank has said.
24 December 2020
20-year story of BİA Media Monitoring Reports
20-year story of BİA Media Monitoring Reports
Contributing to BİA Media Monitoring Reports for nearly 20 years, Erol Önderoğlu has talked about Turkey's states of freedom of expression and violations of rights in this field.
24 December 2020 Dilek Şen
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Ministry: More than 11 million people have visited online museums during pandemic
Ministry: More than 11 million people have visited online museums during pandemic
The Göbeklitepe Archeological Site Museum, a more than 10,000-year-old settlement, has been the most popular virtual museum, says the ministry.
24 December 2020
Interior minister says ECtHR ruling on Demirtaş 'meaningless'
Interior minister says ECtHR ruling on Demirtaş 'meaningless'
Soylu has called the HDP's former co-chair a "terrorist" after the European court ruled for his immediate release.
24 December 2020
Maas: Dündar's prison sentence is a heavy blow to independent journalism
Maas: Dündar's prison sentence is a heavy blow to independent journalism
Several politicians from Germany, including Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, have severely criticized the prison sentence of 27 years, 6 months given to journalist Can Dündar. Maas has defined the verdict as “a heavy blow to independent journalism.”
24 December 2020
42th year of Maraş Massacre: ‘Set up a Truth Commission’
42th year of Maraş Massacre: ‘Set up a Truth Commission’
According to official figures, 111 people were killed, over a thousand people were wounded, 552 houses were arsoned and 289 workplaces were plundered during the Maraş Massacre that targeted the Alevi citizens in eastern Turkey.
24 December 2020
Cocaine stashed in Maradona pictures seized at İstanbul Airport
Cocaine stashed in Maradona pictures seized at İstanbul Airport
A 72-year-old man who came from Colombia couldn't evade the airport security.
24 December 2020
'Women's problems not sufficiently addressed in the parliament in past month'
'Women's problems not sufficiently addressed in the parliament in past month'
Only 30 of 519 parliamentary questions, 13 of 103 motions for a parliamentary inquiry and three of 62 law proposals were about women in the past month.
24 December 2020
‘Turkey’s NGO bill threatens civil society’
‘Turkey’s NGO bill threatens civil society’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a statement regarding the bill which will allow the appointment of trustees to civil society organizations, if passed by the Parliament: “Organizations disliked by the government for their work will especially be at risk.”
24 December 2020
Presidency’s Communications Director calls on Germany to extradite Can Dündar
Presidency’s Communications Director calls on Germany to extradite Can Dündar
After journalist Can Dündar was sentenced to 27 years, 6 months in prison in Turkey, Fahrettin Altun, the Presidency’s Communications Director, has said, “Instead of endorsing his crimes, our counterparts should extradite him to Turkey.”
24 December 2020
General Assembly of Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 29
General Assembly of Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 29
Having reviewed the individual application of Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 1,150 days, on December 15, the First Chamber of the Constitutional Court previously forwarded his application to the General Assembly of the supreme court.
24 December 2020
Turkey reports highest daily COVID-19 death toll
Turkey reports highest daily COVID-19 death toll
The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 18,861. While 259 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 19,650.
24 December 2020
‘Minimum wage has become an average wage in Turkey’
‘Minimum wage has become an average wage in Turkey’
Ahead of the fourth and final meeting of Turkey's Minimum Wage Determination Commission next week, Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Chair Arzu Çerkezoğlu has answered the questions of bianet.
24 December 2020 Selay Dalaklı
Demirtaş's attorneys apply for his release after ECtHR decision
Demirtaş's attorneys apply for his release after ECtHR decision
The European top court has ruled for the immediate release of the politician.
23 December 2020
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