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HDP Objects to Bill on Criminal Enforcement
HDP Objects to Bill on Criminal Enforcement
Expressing a dissenting opinion to the law draft on criminal enforcement approved by the Parliamentary Justice Commission, the HDP has raised concerns over the overcrowding in prisons and the conditions of ill prisoners.
6 April 2020
Voluntary Network of 3D Printer Owners Makes Face Shields for Health Workers
Voluntary Network of 3D Printer Owners Makes Face Shields for Health Workers
A country-wide network of volunteers makes and distributes 3D-printed face shields to tackle the protective equipment shortage of health workers.
6 April 2020 Hikmet Adal
14 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in March
HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT
14 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in March
According to the Health and Safety Labor Watch report, at least 113 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides last month. While 14 workers died of coronavirus, two of the deceased workers were children working in agriculture and metal sectors.
6 April 2020
‘Domestic Violence Has Increased by 38.2 Percent in İstanbul’
İSTANBUL SECURITY DIRECTORATE DATA
‘Domestic Violence Has Increased by 38.2 Percent in İstanbul’
According to the data of İstanbul Security Directorate, the number of reported domestic violence incidents in the city has increased from 1,804 in March 2019 to 2,493 in March 2020, marking a 38.2 percent increase.
6 April 2020
Ministry of Defense: Movement of Military Units Reduced to Minimum in Syria
Ministry of Defense: Movement of Military Units Reduced to Minimum in Syria
The Ministry of National Defense has announced that the movement of military personnel and units in operation areas in Syria has been reduced to minimum unless absolutely necessary due to coronavirus pandemic.
6 April 2020
From Journalists to Arrested Colleagues: Though We Stay Home, We Won’t Stay Silent
From Journalists to Arrested Colleagues: Though We Stay Home, We Won’t Stay Silent
Releasing a statement, "Have You Heard” Initiative has said, “We call on everybody, with or without authority: Take action for the release of imprisoned journalists before they are faced with the virus threat. Raise your voice with ours.”
6 April 2020
Funding to Pay Minimum Wage to 5,163,511 Persons/Households for 4 Months
PENNED BY AYŞE GÜL YILGÖR
Funding to Pay Minimum Wage to 5,163,511 Persons/Households for 4 Months
No one should be dismissed, no one should starve. Is it really because of inadequate public funding or because of preferences as to which segments, how and in what proportion will this public funding be distributed?
6 April 2020 Ayşe Gül Yılgör
2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast
2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have turned their hunger strike into a death fast. While Timtik was on the 94th day of her hunger strike, Ünsal was on the 63rd day.
6 April 2020
HRW Statement on Turkey: COVID-19 Puts Sick Prisoners at Great Risk
HRW Statement on Turkey: COVID-19 Puts Sick Prisoners at Great Risk
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Director Hugh Williamson has said, “For vulnerable prisoners, the COVID-19 pandemic risks turning a prison sentence into a death sentence.”
6 April 2020
Turkey Reports 73 Deaths in a Day from Covid-19, Total Cases Exceed 27 Thousand
Turkey Reports 73 Deaths in a Day from Covid-19, Total Cases Exceed 27 Thousand
The country's death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has surged to 574 while 3,135 people were found to be infected in the last 24 hours.
5 April 2020
Global Coronavirus Outbreak and the Need for a Real Peace
PENNED BY OSMAN İŞÇİ
Global Coronavirus Outbreak and the Need for a Real Peace
The fundamental fields of study and work against this global outbreak, especially the second and third categories, suggest a single need: The need to build a real peace.
5 April 2020 Osman İşçi
Turkey's Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 500, Doubles Every Three Days
Turkey's Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 500, Doubles Every Three Days
Seventy-six people lost their lives while 3,013 tested positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the total cases to 23,934, according to the Ministry of Health.
4 April 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak, Human Rights, Peace
PENNED BY KIVILCIM TURANLI
Coronavirus Outbreak, Human Rights, Peace
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reports, the amount of money only spent for armament and war across the world is as vast as 2 trillion dollars and it keeps increasing.
4 April 2020 Kıvılcım Turanlı
Turkey Restricts Entrance, Exit to 31 Cities, Mandates Face Masks over Covid-19
Turkey Restricts Entrance, Exit to 31 Cities, Mandates Face Masks over Covid-19
Wearing face masks in crowded areas has been mandated and a curfew has been imposed on people under the age of 20, President Erdoğan has announced.
3 April 2020
Turkey's Coronavirus Cases Top 20 Thousand, Minister Says Measures Not Enough in İstanbul
Turkey's Coronavirus Cases Top 20 Thousand, Minister Says Measures Not Enough in İstanbul
The county's death toll has reached 425 as 69 people died in the last 24 hours while nearly half of the deaths occurred in İstanbul, the Health Minister has announced.
3 April 2020
‘Our Students are not Equal, Education Should be Given by Considering Differences’
BOZDOĞAN FROM EDUCATION UNION
‘Our Students are not Equal, Education Should be Given by Considering Differences’
Speaking to bianet about distance education, Education Union Secretary for Education Bozdoğan says, “You cannot introduce a system by considering everyone on equal terms, because the conditions of neither our children, nor our teachers are equal.”
3 April 2020 Ruken Tuncel
CHP Chair: Government Should Pay Salaries of Citizens Staying Home
CHP Chair: Government Should Pay Salaries of Citizens Staying Home
Kılıçdaroğlu has urged the government to use the unemployment fund to help people.
3 April 2020
Ruling Coalition Determined to Exclude Political Prisoners from The COVID-19 "Amnesty"
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ
Ruling Coalition Determined to Exclude Political Prisoners from The COVID-19 "Amnesty"
The ruling coalition's draft bill to protect inmates from COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey's already overloaded prisons, faces strong reaction by the opposition parties for discriminating against poltical prisoners and "criminals of thought".
3 April 2020 Ertuğrul Kürkçü
Attorneys Say Demirtaş in Covid-19 Risk Group, Apply for His Release
Attorneys Say Demirtaş in Covid-19 Risk Group, Apply for His Release
Attorneys of the former HDP co-chair have filed an application for his release from prison.
3 April 2020
Relatives of Arrested Journalists: We Get More and More Concerned as Days Pass
Relatives of Arrested Journalists: We Get More and More Concerned as Days Pass
When we ask the relatives of jailed journalists about their opinions on the bill of criminal execution, they express their indignation about the exclusion of their loved ones. “They are taking responsibility for human life,” says Özge Terkoğlu.
3 April 2020 Hikmet Adal
Lawyers: Sentence Reduction Bill is Against the Principle of Equality Before the Law
Lawyers: Sentence Reduction Bill is Against the Principle of Equality Before the Law
Two lawyers have spoken to bianet about a new law proposal aiming to reduce the prison population amid the coronavirus pandemic.
3 April 2020 Ayça Söylemez
To Health Workers
PENNED BY HÜSEYİN ŞENGÜL
To Health Workers
Covid-19 outbreak is an historical incident. No matter how historians will write this incident in the future, these health workers already deserve to be remembered with respect.
3 April 2020 Hüseyin Şengül
PACE Calls on Turkey, Spain to ‘Release Political Prisoners as Well’
PACE Calls on Turkey, Spain to ‘Release Political Prisoners as Well’
PACE Rapporteur Cilevics has noted that political prisoners in Spain and Turkey should definitely benefit from such “measures that are taken in many countries to release or apply non-custodial sanctions” in the face of coronavirus threat.
3 April 2020
Turkey's Coronavirus Tally Climbs to 356 Deaths, 18,135 Cases
Turkey's Coronavirus Tally Climbs to 356 Deaths, 18,135 Cases
In the last 24 hours, 79 people died of Covid-19 and 2,456 more people were diagnosed with the disease.
2 April 2020
‘It is not Enough to Say “Stay Home”, A Serious Isolation is Necessary’
CORONAVIRUS
‘It is not Enough to Say “Stay Home”, A Serious Isolation is Necessary’
We have asked İstanbul Medical Chamber Chair Prof. Dr. Pınar Saip and Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Vice Chair Prof. Dr. Ali Çerkezoğlu whether a mandatory quarantine is necessary in Turkey amid COVID-19 pandemic.
2 April 2020 Pınar Tarcan
CHP Vice-Chair: Coronavirus Cannot be an Excuse for Male Violence
CHP Vice-Chair: Coronavirus Cannot be an Excuse for Male Violence
MP Biçer-Karaca has criticized a new regulation on the implementation of the law on violence against women.
2 April 2020
‘Pandemic Could Devastate Refugees Without Urgent International Action’
UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FORE
‘Pandemic Could Devastate Refugees Without Urgent International Action’
Releasing a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Fore has noted that “given how quickly the virus is spreading, COVID-19 will almost certainly gain a foothold in refugee camps, crowded reception centers or detention facilities holding migrant families.”
2 April 2020
'Who will Pay the Price for Coronavirus Pandemic? We Won't'
'Who will Pay the Price for Coronavirus Pandemic? We Won't'
People who lost their jobs during the pandemic have launched a social media account named "We Don't Pay" and called on people not to make their payments.
2 April 2020
What will Refugees Do If They are Infected? What are Their Rights?
What will Refugees Do If They are Infected? What are Their Rights?
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) prepared a guide on how refugees living in Turkey in different statuses can be treated during COVID-19 outbreak.
2 April 2020
‘If We Cannot Ensure Planting, a Crisis Might Arise in Agriculture’
CORONAVIRUS
‘If We Cannot Ensure Planting, a Crisis Might Arise in Agriculture’
Noting that the season has opened for planting vegetable seeds and seedlings, CHP MP Gürer says, “Farmers cannot go out due to the coronavirus outbreak. The uncertainty makes farmers descend into pessimism.”
2 April 2020 Hikmet Adal
Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals Shouldn't Charge Fees for Covid-19 Treatment
Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals Shouldn't Charge Fees for Covid-19 Treatment
The association has sent a letter to the Ministry of Health and the Social Security Institution.
2 April 2020
Applauding the Garbage Collector from the Windows of Paris
PENNED BY SELAMİ ŞAKİROĞLU
Applauding the Garbage Collector from the Windows of Paris
No one can ignore the imbalance in the hierarchy of wages between social prestige and social merit any longer. How to restore this balance is yet another problem.
2 April 2020 Mehmet Selami Şakiroğlu
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