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‘Fire spread in 15 minutes, the lake was our only way out'

MANAVGAT FIRE IN ANTALYA

‘Fire spread in 15 minutes, the lake was our only way out'

Business owner Enhoş has spoken to bianet about the first night of the Manavgat fire in Antalya: “On the night of the fire, after 12 am, we called the 112 medical emergency hotline and gendarmerie several times, but no help came.”

30 July 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Forest fires break out in three more cities in southern Turkey

Forest fires break out in three more cities in southern Turkey

After Antalya, forest fires broke out in multiple locations in Adana, Mersin and Osmaniye.

Forest fires in Antalya claim four lives in Manavgat and Akseki

Forest fires in Antalya claim four lives in Manavgat and Akseki

While the fire in Manavgat has been taken under control, the efforts to put out the fire in Akseki are ongoing from both air and ground. An 82-year-old person has lost his life due to the smoke in Akseki three others have died in Manavgat.

Forest fires raze four different spots in Antalya’s Manavgat

Forest fires raze four different spots in Antalya’s Manavgat

Fires have erupted and quickly spread in the neighborhoods of Kavaklı, Sarılar, Kalemler and Yeniköy in Manavgat. Antalya Mayor Böcek notes that he has never seen such a fire while Sub-Governor says that “the fire is far away from the tourism region.”

‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’

İHD ANTALYA BRANCH

‘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.

Ministry appeals against defendants’ release in Elmalı child abuse case

Ministry appeals against defendants’ release in Elmalı child abuse case

Both in the statements they gave and the pictures they drew, the two siblings talked about the abuse they had been subjected to. The release of the mother and the stepfather has caused a public outrage.

Two million tons of sand allegedly stolen from Antalya's Patara Beach

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Two million tons of sand allegedly stolen from Antalya's Patara Beach

HDP deputy Ali Kenanoğlu has brought the claims into the parliamentary agenda.

Permission for killing 45 wild goats, a vulnerable species

Permission for killing 45 wild goats, a vulnerable species

The 6th Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced that it will initiate a tender for killing 45 wild goats. Several social media users have protested the decision, urging the authorities to cancel the tender.

Killing of environmentalist couple not solved since 2017

Killing of environmentalist couple not solved since 2017

No action has been taken against marble quarry owners who are accused of inciting the murder.

Melek İpek: I want to tell what I lived through without fear

FIRST HEARING

Melek İpek: I want to tell what I lived through without fear

Having killed her husband by using her right of self-defense in the face of his violence on her and her children, Melek İpek had her first hearing. The court board has ruled that she shall remain behind bars.

Chief physician dismissed for forcing nurses to write ‘I am an idiot’

Chief physician dismissed for forcing nurses to write ‘I am an idiot’

Antalya Directorate of Health and Health Minister Koca have announced that Dr. Alkan, the chief physician of a public hospital, has been removed from office for forcing two nurses to write “I am an idiot” for 500 times because they left their posts.

18 December 2020

Flood in İzmir: 2 people lose their lives

Flood in İzmir: 2 people lose their lives

Two people previously got missing in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir after a vehicle with five people on board was swept away by flood. The search and rescue teams have found the deceased bodies of the missing.

15 December 2020

Child dies in occupational homicide, company official arrested

Child dies in occupational homicide, company official arrested

Halil Şenbüyük (16), who was driving an excavator, lost his life on December 10 after the vehicle went off the road and fell off a 50-meter cliff in Antalya.

14 December 2020

Antalya Mayor back home after 108-day Covid treatment

Antalya Mayor back home after 108-day Covid treatment

Böcek spent 64 days in the intensive care unit.

4 December 2020

One body recovered, 37 people rescued from capsized boat in southern Turkey

One body recovered, 37 people rescued from capsized boat in southern Turkey

A 37-year-old foreign national, had been caught in a narrow area of the boat and was unable to get free, Alanya Mayor has stated.

3 November 2020

2,400 years old kitchen, 'woman's room' found in Patara ancient city

2,400 years old kitchen, 'woman's room' found in Patara ancient city

Archeologists in southern Turkey have found a kitchen with utensils and a "woman's room" with a mirror and ornaments.

Journalists attacked in Antalya and Nevşehir

Journalists attacked in Antalya and Nevşehir

While an armed attack has been launched against the residence of Yakup Kocabaş, a journalist from a local newspaper in Antalya province, a vehicle of Nevşehir Journalists Association has been set on fire in an attack of arson.

Antalya Metropolitan Mayor tests positive for coronavirus

Antalya Metropolitan Mayor tests positive for coronavirus

Muhittin Böcek, the Metropolitan Mayor of Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya, has announced that he has been diagnosed with coronavirus: “I am in good general health, my spirits are high. I am isolated in hospital for control purposes.”

Trial of abusive primary school teacher: One more child speaks out

Trial of abusive primary school teacher: One more child speaks out

While the primary school teacher arrested for sexually abusing 29 children was expected to stand trial today, the hearing has been adjourned to September on the ground that there was one more child who was abused by him.

‘They open malls and hammams, but prevent lawyers from protesting’

ANTALYA, BURSA, URFA BAR CHAIRS

‘They open malls and hammams, but prevent lawyers from protesting’

The chairs of Antalya, Bursa and Urfa Bar Associations have spoken to bianet about the demonstration ban imposed by the Ankara Governor’s Office ahead of the “Grand Defense Rally” of the lawyers against the bill “to split bar associations.”

2 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Coal mine project threatening agriculture in Antalya not permitted by authorities

Coal mine project threatening agriculture in Antalya not permitted by authorities

After months of struggle by locals, a provincial authority has not granted permission for a coal mine project in southern Turkey.

Coal Mine in Antalya Might Destroy Feeding Area for Thousands of Sheep and Goats

Coal Mine in Antalya Might Destroy Feeding Area for Thousands of Sheep and Goats

If the mine opens, animal husbandry, agriculture and hundreds of shepherd families will suffer greatly, the A Platform has warned.

Record High May Temperatures in Antalya, Muğla Provinces

Record High May Temperatures in Antalya, Muğla Provinces

While the weather was 38.8 degrees Celsius in the Mediterranean province of Antalya yesterday, the temperature hit 39 degrees in Muğla. Allowed to go out for six hours, fewer citizens aged 65 and over went out yesterday.

Las Tesis Protest of Women Prevented by Police in Antalya

Las Tesis Protest of Women Prevented by Police in Antalya

The Antalya Women’s Platform attempted to protest male violence and sexual assaults with Las Tesis dance. Their performance has been prevented by the police.

30 December 2019

Constitutional Court: Demonstration Ban in State of Emergency is a Right Violation

Constitutional Court: Demonstration Ban in State of Emergency is a Right Violation

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the penal fine given to Education Union (Eğitim-Sen) member teacher Elma for violating the demonstration ban during the State of Emergency in Antalya violated her right to assembly and demonstration.

Driver Given 60 Thousand TRY Fine for Damaging Caretta Caretta Nests

Driver Given 60 Thousand TRY Fine for Damaging Caretta Caretta Nests

The driver who damaged the nest of caretta carettas in Antalya has been given a fine of 60,163 TRY for violating the article on “protection of biological diversity and the ecosystem harboring this diversity” and a fine of 400 TRY for damaging four nests.

İzmir LGBTI+ Pride Week and Antalya Pride Week Banned

İzmir LGBTI+ Pride Week and Antalya Pride Week Banned

The 7th İzmir LGBTI+ Pride Week and the 3rd Antalya Pride Week have been banned by the Governorships of İzmir and Antalya "with the aim of ensuring public safety, maintaining national security and public order and protecting general health and morals."

Explosion in Antalya

Explosion in Antalya

An explosion occurred near Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry at 8.50 a.m. this morning.

25 October 2016

Water, Books Restricted, Letters Prohibited In Antalya L-Type Prison

Water, Books Restricted, Letters Prohibited In Antalya L-Type Prison

In the campaign launched for the prisoners in Antalya L-Type Prison where a restriction has been imposed on books, the letters are not being delivered and warm water is only served two days in a a week for two hours and 38 prisoners were staying at wards for seven.

Protests Banned in Antalya before G20 Summit

Protests Banned in Antalya before G20 Summit

G20 summit to focus on climate change, development, and immigration will be held in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya where all kinds of protests and rallies have been prohibited prior to the summit.

10 November 2015

Transgender Derya Y. Killed in Antalya

Transgender Derya Y. Killed in Antalya

35-year-old transsexual women Derya T. was stabbed to death at her home in Antalya on 8 February. The police are investigating the matter. Another transsexual woman was injured with a knife two days earlier in Ankara.

10 February 2010 Bawer Çakır

“Women’s Shelters Must Be Secret for Safety Reasons”

Male Violence

“Women’s Shelters Must Be Secret for Safety Reasons”

Women activists have reacted to a case in Antalya, where a women’s shelter’s location was revealed even at the building stage.

29 April 2009 Emine Özcan

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