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Curfew in 23 Villages in Diyarbakır

Curfew in 23 Villages in Diyarbakır

In Lice, Hazro and Kocaköy districts of Diyarbakır, curfew has been declared in 23 villages on the ground of upcoming military operations.

14 January 2019

Trump: We Will Devastate Turkey Economically If They Hit Kurds

Trump: We Will Devastate Turkey Economically If They Hit Kurds

US President Donald Trump has made a call “to stop the endless wars.” Presidential Spokesperson İsmail Kalın has responded: “There is no difference between DAESH, PKK, PYD and YPG. We will continue fighting against them all.”

14 January 2019

Abdullah Öcalan Meets Brother Mehmet Öcalan After 28 Months

Abdullah Öcalan Meets Brother Mehmet Öcalan After 28 Months

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven has been on a hunger strike for 67 days for the purpose of the removal of the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

14 January 2019

Ferhat Tunç Taken into Custody

Ferhat Tunç Taken into Custody

Musician Ferhat Tunç has been taken into custody at the İstanbul Atatürk Airport on his way back from Germany as part of an investigation conducted in Diyarbakır.

14 January 2019

Statement of Academic Ayşe Berkman

Statement of Academic Ayşe Berkman

In mathematics, nobody can make anybody accept a false statement or proof. There is nothing like “command acceptance of a theorem.” We have to prove our claims. For this reason, you cannot fight in mathematics...

14 January 2019

Investigation Against Association of Conscientious Objection

Investigation Against Association of Conscientious Objection

Furkan Çelik, owner of the domain of the Association of Conscientious Objection's website, has deposed at the Prosecutor's Office for the charge of “provocative posts intended not to fulfill the military service duty.”

11 January 2019 Ekin Karaca

‘I Have Struggled Against Discrimination All Through My Life’

‘I Have Struggled Against Discrimination All Through My Life’

Artist Deniz Çakır has deposed as part of the investigation launched against her for allegedly insulting two women wearing headscarves. Rejecting the charged offence, Çakır has stated, “I am sorry that I have been obliged to depose for such an issue.”

11 January 2019

KCK Press Case to Continue on May 9

KCK Press Case to Continue on May 9

The 13th hearing of the KCK Press case, which has been continuing for seven years, has been held. The next hearing of the case will be held on May 9, 2019.

11 January 2019

More Claims on 'Moving Voters' After 'Imaginary Voters' Revelation in Princes' Islands

More Claims on 'Moving Voters' After 'Imaginary Voters' Revelation in Princes' Islands

After the CHP revealed the “imaginary voters” registered in Princes' Islands in İstanbul ahead of local elections, new claims have emerged regarding changing voters' registered addresses to gain advantage in some districts in İstanbul, Niğde, Şırnak and Urfa.

11 January 2019

6 Academics Demanded to be Penalized for ‘Propagandizing for a Terrorist Organization’

6 Academics Demanded to be Penalized for ‘Propagandizing for a Terrorist Organization’

Prosecutor’s Offices at two different courts have announced the same opinion as to the accusations for six academics. They have demanded that the academics be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” as per the Anti-Terror Law.

11 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Yıldırım: Election is Not a Political Activity

Yıldırım: Election is Not a Political Activity

Binali Yıldırım, whose nomination to the Mayorship of İstanbul without resigning as the Parliamentary Speaker raised controversy, has reacted to critics, saying that the debates around the issue are not legal but political.

10 January 2019

Amnesty International: UN Should Launch Investigation into Khashoggi Murder

Amnesty International: UN Should Launch Investigation into Khashoggi Murder

Amnesty International has made a statement in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul on the occasion that it has been 100 days since Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. The organization has made a call to the UN to launch an investigation.

10 January 2019 Hikmet Adal

What are the Football Leaks?

What are the Football Leaks?

More than 70 million documents on illegal affairs in the football market are delivered to Der Spiegel and are being investigated by almost 80 journalists from 15 media organizations. The Black Sea reports on the documents regarding Turkey.

10 January 2019 Ogün Işık

Aydın Gün Encouragement Award for 2018 Goes to Pianist Can Çakmur

Aydın Gün Encouragement Award for 2018 Goes to Pianist Can Çakmur

Aydın Gün Encouragement Award of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has been granted to young pianist Can Çakmur in 2018.

10 January 2019

Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten Sentenced to Pay Judicial Fines for ‘Insulting President’

Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten Sentenced to Pay Judicial Fines for ‘Insulting President’

Journalist Tunca Öğreten and writer Perihan Mağden have been each sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 7 thousand Turkish Lira for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

10 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Ministry Approves Environmental Impact Report Despite Court Ruling

Ministry Approves Environmental Impact Report Despite Court Ruling

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has granted a positive Environmental Impact Assessment report for the Çukuralan Gold Mine. Two previous approvals were suspended and canceled by a court.

10 January 2019 Hikmet Adal

Press Council: January 10 Day of 'Journalists Unable to Work’

Press Council: January 10 Day of 'Journalists Unable to Work’

January 10 Working Journalists’ Day, which used to be celebrated as a “festival” in the 1960s and has been celebrated as a “day” since the 1970s, has turned into “the day of journalists who cannot work.”

10 January 2019

Pompeo: Erdoğan Made Commitments on Protection of Kurds

Pompeo: Erdoğan Made Commitments on Protection of Kurds

During his visit to Iraq, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, “Erdoğan has made commitments; he understands that, he talks about he has no beef with the Kurds. We want to make sure that that’s the case.”

10 January 2019

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 10 Academics

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 10 Academics

10 academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” While the announcement of nine verdicts has been suspended, the sentence of Esra Arsan has been deferred on a two-year probation.

10 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

'Nominate More Women in Elections'

'Nominate More Women in Elections'

Out of 1,307 candidates announced by the political parties for the local elections so far, only 56 are women.

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‘There are Some Making an Effort to Turn Forests into Concrete,' Says Erdoğan

‘There are Some Making an Effort to Turn Forests into Concrete,' Says Erdoğan

AKP Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken at a symposium on local administrations: “That capitalism… It doesn’t care what happens to nature.”

2018 Democracy Index: Turkey Ranks 110th

2018 Democracy Index: Turkey Ranks 110th

Turkey has ranked 110th among 167 countries in 2018 Democracy Index released by the Economist. The magazine has emphasized, “Turkey’s score declined for the sixth year in a row as President Erdoğan swept aside most constraints on his power.”

HDP Submits Inquiry Regarding Data on and Causes of Femicides

HDP Submits Inquiry Regarding Data on and Causes of Femicides

Peoples' Democratic Party MP Gülüm has said that compilation of data regarding femicides and revealing their causes are a duty of the state.

Erdoğan’s Statement ‘Press is More Liberal’ Not Confirmed by bianet Reports

Erdoğan’s Statement ‘Press is More Liberal’ Not Confirmed by bianet Reports

Releasing a statement on the occasion of January 10 Working Journalists’ Day, President Erdoğan has claimed, “Press has become more democratic and liberal in 16 years.” The reports of bianet on freedom of expression have been refuting these claims.

9 January 2019 Haluk Kalafat

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu: US Has Some Difficulties Withdrawing from Syria

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu: US Has Some Difficulties Withdrawing from Syria

After US National Security Adviser Bolton leaving Turkey without meeting with Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has evaluated the process, saying, “We see that the US has some difficulties withdrawing from Syria.”

Trans Woman Murdered in İzmir, 1 Police Officer Detained

Trans Woman Murdered in İzmir, 1 Police Officer Detained

Police officer A.D. has been taken into custody for killing transgender woman Hande Şeker and wounding two other people, including another transgender woman, in a row that erupted in an apartment in İzmir.

Coffee Houses Closed, Alcohol Forbidden on Local Election Day

Coffee Houses Closed, Alcohol Forbidden on Local Election Day

Sale of alcohol will be forbidden from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. on March 31, when the local elections will be held. Giving or drinking alcoholic beverages in public places will also not be allowed. Places of entertainment will be closed throughout the voting period.

Men Kill 30 Women in December

Men Kill 30 Women in December

Men have killed at least 30 women, one baby and four men in December 2018 and killed at least 255 women and 17 children throughout 2018. In 2017, men killed at least 286 women and girl children.

9 January 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Journalist Pelin Ünker Sentenced to Prison for Paradise Papers Stories

Journalist Pelin Ünker Sentenced to Prison for Paradise Papers Stories

Former reporter of the daily Cumhuriyet Pelin Ünker has been sentenced to 1 year, 1 month and 15 days in prison and fined because of the stories that she wrote about the then Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s and his sons' companies in Malta.

8 January 2019 Hikmet Adal

Erdoğan Does Not Meet Bolton: ‘His Counterpart is İbrahim Kalın’

Erdoğan Does Not Meet Bolton: ‘His Counterpart is İbrahim Kalın’

President Erdoğan has not met with US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who previously stated that “the US would not withdraw its troops from Syria without protecting the Kurds.” Erdoğan has said, "The counterpart of Bolton is İbrahim Kalın."

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y.A. has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

HDP Honorary Chair Ertuğrul Kürkçü Faces Up To 20 Years in Prison on 3 Charges

HDP Honorary Chair Ertuğrul Kürkçü Faces Up To 20 Years in Prison on 3 Charges

Two summaries of proceedings issued against HDP Honorary Chair Kürkçü while he was an MP have become subject to two different investigations. Issuing a single indictment, the Prosecutor’s Office has brought three different charges against Kürkçü.