TÜRKÇE
KURDÎ
News
Authors
Galleries
Reports
Library
Categories
TÜRKÇE
KURDÎ
bianet
biamag
türkçe
kurdî
SECTIONS
News
Authors
Special Reports
Projects
Library
Galleries
Search on the website
CATEGORIES
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
Instagram
RSS
E-bulletin
CORPORATE
About Us
Contact
Data protection policy
Privacy Policy
news
Page 355
‘Turkey’s unemployment rate is not 12.7 percent, but 26.4 percent’
The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has shared its own statistics on unemployment in Turkey, refuting the recent labor force statistics released by the state agency TurkStat.
10 December 2020
Education Ministry distributes 60,000 free tablets while millions can't access online classes
More than six million students were not able to access the online education network in the last school year.
10 December 2020
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a statement to mark December 10 Human Rights Day, reminding the authorities that the struggle against the pandemic must be waged in line with fundamental human rights.
10 December 2020
Erdoğan says new US arms sales bill 'not nice,' he will discuss it with Biden
The president has recalled that he and Biden know each other very well and they can solve issues through diplomacy.
10 December 2020
‘Me too’ movement in Turkey’s literature: ‘May they lose sleep’
After women exposed the harassment of writer Hasan Ali Toptaş, women have started compiling lists of “male harassers and mobbers” from different professions. Publishing houses have also been sharing statements of solidarity with women.
10 December 2020
Twenty-seven people detained for abusing a child in İstanbul
There were also other children in the same school who were abused by the people in detention, according to a children's rights group.
10 December 2020
Unemployment rate according to Turkey's state agency: 12.7 percent
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the labor force statistics for September 2020. According to the TurkStat, the unemployment rate was 12.7 percent in September, which marked a 1.1 percentage point decrease.
10 December 2020
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal detained in Edirne province
With the execution of his prison sentence deferred after his death fast for a fair trial, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne “because he was suspected to flee abroad.”
10 December 2020
Minister: More than 120,000 health workers infected with Covid-19
Turkey has lost 216 health workers to the virus so far, Minister Koca has said.
10 December 2020
İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu calls for ‘total lockdown’ again
34 workers of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality have so far lost their lives due to coronavirus, according to Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has reiterated his call for a total lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.
10 December 2020
Turkey has to deliver concrete results to regain Europe's trust, says MEP
We have spoken with MEP Sergey Lagodinsky and the European Council's Turkey Unit Head Bernard Brunet about Brussels-Ankara relations.
10 December 2020
Ayça Söylemez
Union secures majority in factory, boss dismisses 80 workers
More than 80 workers have been dismissed from the Ekmekçioğulları Metal Factory in Çorum province on the day when the United Metal Workers’ Union was granted the right to represent workers by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services.
10 December 2020
Hikmet Adal
805 citizens: We demand our right to a peaceful and secure life
“Our common aim and demand is for a dignified and serene life, in a just, free and peaceful country, where our daily bread and health will be safe and secure,” say 805 citizens from different professions and institutions on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
10 December 2020
Press freedom in Turkey: At least 40 journalists prosecuted in November
According to the Press in Arrest report, in the trials concerning these 40 journalists, the prosecutor’s offices demanded 2 aggravated life sentences and a total of 201 years, 4 months to 497 years 2 months in prison.
10 December 2020
‘Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, all other human rights defenders arrested in Turkey’
In an open letter to the President, Ministers of Interior and Justice and Turkey’s ambassadors to the UN and EU, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Gökalp.
10 December 2020
AKP Chair Erdoğan commits a crime in his capacity as President, says HDP
HDP Group Deputy Chair Oluç has responded to Erdoğan, who has recently stated that “he does not think Turkey’s judiciary will allow for [the release of] a terrorist like Demirtaş.” Oluç has said, “He is openly commiting a Constitutional crime.”
10 December 2020
‘573 people filed a complaint about torture in Turkey in 11 months’
“Though it is absolutely prohibited and considered a crime against humanity under the universal law, which Turkey is also a part of, torture has been the major human rights problem in the country in 2020 as well,” says a joint statement by the İHD and TİHV.
10 December 2020
Minister admits Turkey has surpassed 1.5 million Covid-19 cases, explains low death figures
Minister Koca has announced the total number of cases for the first time and said the ministry has only been reporting the deaths with s positive PCR test.
9 December 2020
Two patients share one bed in maternity hospital in Batman
Officials have told bianet that they were not aware of the situation.
9 December 2020
Tansu Pişkin
Turkey imposes age restriction on LGBTI+, rainbow-themed products
The new restriction has been imposed to "protect children's development."
9 December 2020
Go to date
GO
SEARCH
Follow bianet English on social media
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
Subscribe to bianet newsletter
Opposition MP: People close to AKP secretly receiving Covid-19 vaccine
Turkey has agreed to buy 50 million vaccine doses from China but the details of the agreement have not been made public.
9 December 2020
TurkStat: Government's education expenditures made up only 4.4 percent of GDP in 2019
Education expenditures increased at most in primary education with 31.9 percent and lower secondary education with 26.4 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year.
9 December 2020
Court board, prosecutors replaced in Berkin Elvan case
Elvan, 14, was shot in the head with a tear gas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests and lost his life following a 269-day coma.
9 December 2020
Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van
Two people were found to be in intensive care two days after being detained by gendarmerie officials. While one has recovered, the other has lost his life.
9 December 2020
PSG-Başakşehir match suspended after alleged racist remarks by referee
UEFA has stated that it will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.
9 December 2020
Reports: Turkey bans alcohol sales during weekend curfews
Social media users lashed out at the ruling party after reports that shops that are allowed to stay open during curfews are banned from selling alcoholic drinks.
9 December 2020
Follow bianet English on social media
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
Subscribe to bianet newsletter
Torture victims group calls on government to release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
The IRCT has stated that it believes the arrest and charges against Dr. Gökalp "are an attempt to silence him for conducting his professional and ethical duties."
8 December 2020
Turkey's daily Covid-19 cases, deaths break record again
The country has registered more than 33,000 cases and 211 deaths.
8 December 2020
At least 294 workers died in November
Three children, four refugees and 21 women were among the workers who were killed in the last month.
8 December 2020
She is ‘not guilty’ in one investigation, arrested in another
Discharged from public service by a Statutory Decree, Bozkurt is behind bars on charge of “organization membership.” However, the administrative investigation previously launched against her did not find any actions that would constitute a crime.
8 December 2020
Ayça Söylemez
İstanbul Mayor insists the city needs a full lockdown as Covid-19 deaths not decreasing
The recent measures implemented by the government have not reduced the numbers, says İmamoğlu.
8 December 2020
Father sentenced to prison over his son’s shooting of school principal
Defining U.Y. and İ.P. as “children pushed into crime,” the court board has ruled that they shall be sentenced to 23 years, 1 month, 10 days and 22 years in prison respectively. U.Y.'s father has also been sentenced to 20 years, 4 months for “aiding the murder.”
8 December 2020
1
...
353
354
355
356
357
...
364
GÜNCEL
bianet'ten bildirimler
bianet'in özel bildirimlerine izin vererek önemli gelişmelerden haberdar olabilirsiniz.
Sonra Hatırlat
İzin Ver