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Green Left voters registered as Patriotic Party balloting committee members

Green Left voters registered as Patriotic Party balloting committee members

Around a thousand citizens in Antep cannot cast their votes because they have been registered as balloting committee members under the Patriotic Party.

14 May 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Türkiye arrests 184 people over earthquakes, including AKP mayor

Türkiye arrests 184 people over earthquakes, including AKP mayor

Legal action has been initiated against 612 suspects so far, the justice minister has said.

27 February 2023

Earthquake death toll 'much higher than official figures,' says governor

Earthquake death toll 'much higher than official figures,' says governor

The governor who is coordinating the efforts in the affected provinces has apologized to the earthquake survivors.

20 February 2023

Local and Syrian workers on 3rd day of work stoppage in Antep

Local and Syrian workers on 3rd day of work stoppage in Antep

Molding workers started work stoppage on Monday requesting a fifty percent pay rise at the Küsget industrial site in Antep.

What refugees from Syria in Antep say about rising anti-refugee sentiments

What refugees from Syria in Antep say about rising anti-refugee sentiments

Refugees in the city that hosts over 460,000 people from Syria describe growing economic struggles compounded by a lack of workers’ rights and routine discrimination.

21 November 2022 İnanç Yıldız

Mortar attack from northern Syria kills three, including a child, in southeast Türkiye

Mortar attack from northern Syria kills three, including a child, in southeast Türkiye

A mortar shell hit a school in Antep city in what was the third such attack following Türkiye's airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. A child and a teacher are among the killed while six others were injured, said the interior minister.

21 November 2022

One child drowns in an irrigation canal, one hit by an excavator

One child drowns in an irrigation canal, one hit by an excavator

A 3-year-old child drowned in an irrigation canal in Turkey’s southeastern Urfa province while a 9-year-old child was hit by a construction equipment and died in Antep.

Facing aggravated life sentence for killing Duygu Delen, man acquitted

Facing aggravated life sentence for killing Duygu Delen, man acquitted

At the final hearing of the trial over the death of Duygu Delen (17) in Antep, murder suspect Mehmet K. has been acquitted and given a ruling of release.

Violence against physician in Antep: 'Enough is enough'

Violence against physician in Antep: 'Enough is enough'

Gaziantep-Kilis Medical Chamber Chair Ateş Tarla has announced that an internal medicine specialist was hit in the head with a heavy object at a public hospital in Antep.

7 January 2022 Mervan Sak

HDP Women’s Assembly visits Antep: ‘Women’s poverty is not our fate’

HDP Women’s Assembly visits Antep: ‘Women’s poverty is not our fate’

Listening to the problems of women in Antep province, HDP’s Ayşe Acar-Başaran has said that they will bring these problems to the Parliamentary agenda. Showing the calluses on their hands to her, women have said that they do not have social security.

16 September 2021

Symbolizing refugee children, Little Amal’s journey begins in Antep

Symbolizing refugee children, Little Amal’s journey begins in Antep

With her kilometers long journey from Turkey’s Antep to England’s Manchester, Little Amal will raise concerns and publicity about the problems faced by refugee children on their journey to Europe with or without their families.

‘Votes of Kurdish people are not to be taken for granted’

HDP IN ANTEP

‘Votes of Kurdish people are not to be taken for granted’

HDP Co-Chair Buldan has criticized the opposition Nation’s Alliance: “The unions of democracy forces that we supported in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Mersin, Antalya elections were important. No one should expect the same attitude from us anymore.”

Suspicious death of Duygu Delen: Objection to defendant’s release

Suspicious death of Duygu Delen: Objection to defendant’s release

In the trial over the death of 17-year-old Duygu Delen, who fell from the balcony of defendant Mehmet K.’s house, the Gaziantep Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has appealed against K.’s release to house arrest.

Reporter slightly injured in 10th attack on journalists in Turkey this year

Reporter slightly injured in 10th attack on journalists in Turkey this year

DHA reporter Ahmet Atmaca has been attacked by multiple people while working.

Fire in intensive care unit in Antep: Death toll rises to 12

Fire in intensive care unit in Antep: Death toll rises to 12

12 people have lost their lives in the fire caused by a high-flow oxygen therapy machine used to treat COVID-19 patients at a private hospital in Turkey’s southeastern province of Antep on December 19.

21 December 2020

Syrian refugee killed in a parking dispute with neighbors

Syrian refugee killed in a parking dispute with neighbors

The cousin of Hurih, who died in Antep, has said, “Those who are detained are not Syrians, but citizens of Turkey. My late cousin did not have a gun. Police came to our family to take their statements, we need a lawyer and legal support to follow the case.”

23 October 2020

12-year-old child worker loses his life in irrigation pond

12-year-old child worker loses his life in irrigation pond

A 12-year-old child working as a shepherd in Antep has lost his life after going in an irrigation pond to take his stick that fell into water.

12 October 2020

From HDP to Erdoğan: The best news would be your leaving

From HDP to Erdoğan: The best news would be your leaving

HDP Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş said, “Erdoğan said he would announce good news tomorrow. The best news would be your leaving. People are poor and unemployed, prisons are full, pandemic measures are not taken, everyone is faced with death.”

‘Health workers are exhausted, resignations have increased’

COVID-19 IN ANTEP & BATMAN

‘Health workers are exhausted, resignations have increased’

While Antep Medical Chamber Chair Ateş says that at least 10 physicians have resigned from each public hospital, Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) Batman Chair Topkan notes that 15 nurses have requested their retirement.

20 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel

COVID-19 in eastern Turkey: Patients sent home, health workers exhausted

COVID-19 in eastern Turkey: Patients sent home, health workers exhausted

The Chairs of Diyarbakır, Antep, Van, Mardin and Batman Medical Chambers have spoken to bianet: “Pandemic services and intensive cares are full. COVID-19 patients who need to be treated in hospitals are sent home.”

11 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Why do babies die in Antep?

Why do babies die in Antep?

Gaziantep Family Medicine Association Chair Dr. Doğan Eroğulları underlines that the major reason behind infant mortality is premature labor, which is itself caused by pregnancies under the age of 18.

24 July 2020 Ayşegül Özbek

Ruling AKP stages a systematic coup against society, says HDP

Ruling AKP stages a systematic coup against society, says HDP

HDP has released a statement about the detention of its executives and members in Antep and Diyarbakır earlier today. “What is done is a systematic attack of ‘political genocide’ against certain segments of society,” the statement has read.

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

While a trustee has been appointed in place of HDP’s detained Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Yaşar, 33 people, including HDP Antep Co-Chair, have been taken into custody as part of another “investigation against the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.”

How Has Pandemic Affected Economy in Southeastern and Eastern Turkey?

How Has Pandemic Affected Economy in Southeastern and Eastern Turkey?

Chairs of Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Van and Batman Chambers of Commerce and Industry say that the most important areas of employment are now closed. “No one has suffered in Antep thanks to state support,” according to Chair of Antep Industry Chamber.

25 May 2020 Ruken Tuncel

48 Areas Declared Special Security Zones in Antep

48 Areas Declared Special Security Zones in Antep

The Governorship of Antep has announced that 48 areas near the Syrian border have been declared special security zones for a period of 15 days.

31 December 2019

Infant Deaths Not Shared with Public Because ‘It is In-House Information’

Infant Deaths Not Shared with Public Because ‘It is In-House Information’

Antep Directorate of Health has not answered the question of Şahinbey Municipal Council member Kalkan about the number of infant deaths in the province in the first six months of 2019 on the ground that “it is intra-institutional information”.

23 September 2019

Demonstration Ban in Antep, Hakkari

Demonstration Ban in Antep, Hakkari

“Demonstration and protests such as sit-in protest, distributing leaflets, hunger strike have been banned” in the whole Hakkari province, and Şahinbey, Şehitkâmil and Oğuzeli districts in Antep.

2 February 2018

We’ve Asked Antep Zeugmadi About LGBTI Bans: Bans have Increased Prejudices

We’ve Asked Antep Zeugmadi About LGBTI Bans: Bans have Increased Prejudices

Yusuf Gülsevgi from Antep Zeugmadi LGBTI has said, “The governorship has given green light to homophobic and transphobic people. Two LGBTI activists were subjected to violence in Antep in the wake of the ban”.

7 December 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Leyla from Registered Brothel Planned to be Closed Tells of Her Experiences

Leyla from Registered Brothel Planned to be Closed Tells of Her Experiences

The registered brothel in Antep wants to be closed due to the reason that it “does not suit Antep”. Women say, “We’ve chosen our path. What are they protecting us from? If they want to protect, they can grant us early retirement”.

5 April 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Protest, Demonstration Ban in Antep for 1 Month

Protest, Demonstration Ban in Antep for 1 Month

Antep Governorship has announced that it banned events including petitions, hanging banners, and press statements to be held outdoors during February.

1 February 2017

Attempted Gun Attack on Antep Security Directorate

Attempted Gun Attack on Antep Security Directorate

Antep Governorship has announced that a gun attack was launched on Antep Security Directorate and one person was killed.

10 January 2017

Explosions During Cell House Operations in Antep

Explosions During Cell House Operations in Antep

Three police have been killed, nine people wounded resulting from a suicide bomber exploding himself during the operation launched against ISIS in Antep. The ISIS member in charge of suicide cells has been killed in the second operation, the Governor said.

17 October 2016

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