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Konya sinkholes: The harbinger of a food crisis

Konya sinkholes: The harbinger of a food crisis

Climate change and uncontrolled groundwater usage are exacerbating the sinkhole threat in Turkey's "breadbasket." Farmland and residential areas are at risk, and experts warn that a major food crisis is imminent.

20 December 2024 Ali Dinç

İmamoğlu in Konya: 'The stone was not thrown at me, but at our nation and democracy'

İmamoğlu in Konya: 'The stone was not thrown at me, but at our nation and democracy'

Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and the future Vice-President if the Nation Alliance wins the presidential elections, came to Konya despite threats made and addressed the meeting in the Anıt square.

From 'Kedi' to 'Konya': April 4 World Stray Animal Day

From 'Kedi' to 'Konya': April 4 World Stray Animal Day

Amidst the celebration of Stray Animal Day worldwide, what to do with Turkey's free-roaming animals remains a polarizing topic.

4 April 2023 Wouter Massink

Selin Ciğerci recalls 'inexplicable fear and pain' after transphobic attack in Konya

Selin Ciğerci recalls 'inexplicable fear and pain' after transphobic attack in Konya

A crowd chanted slogans against Ciğerci during the opening of her new beauty salon in Konya. The police prevented the attack from turning physical.

Crowd attempts to attack trans woman Selin Ciğerci

Crowd attempts to attack trans woman Selin Ciğerci

Dozens of people gathered outside of a beauty salon owned by Ciğerci in Konya city, chanting slogans against her.

Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement

Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement

Some prisoners brought to Konya from various prisons across the country were put in single-person cells.

21 December 2022

Killed Kurdish journalist Nagihan Akarsel's funeral held under heavy police presence

Killed Kurdish journalist Nagihan Akarsel's funeral held under heavy police presence

Akarsel was shot dead in Iraqi Kurdistan. Her body was brought to Türkiye by land as the authorities reportedly did not allow air transport. Police blocked the entry of many people to her village to attend the funeral.

13 October 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Requests rejected in the trial over the attack on Dedeoğulları family

Requests rejected in the trial over the attack on Dedeoğulları family

The court has rejected the requests for merging the files of the lawsuits filed into the racist attack on the Kurdish family on May 12, 2021 and into the deadly attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same family in Konya on July 30, 2021.

Deadly racist attack in Konya: 2-minute footage deleted

3RD HEARING

Deadly racist attack in Konya: 2-minute footage deleted

In the trial over the killing of Dedeoğulları family, it turned out that 2-minute video footage taken on the day of the massacre was deleted and defendant Mehmet Altun got into contact with a person in a vehicle in the meantime.

Local journalists attacked by an ultranationalist group in Konya

Local journalists attacked by an ultranationalist group in Konya

Hospitalized after the attack, journalists Umut Yaygır and Özcan Saraç have alleged that Nationalist Movement Party’s Ereğli Mayor Hüseyin Oprukçu instigated the attack.

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Underlining that “reducing the several problems of physicians to wages and throwing them to the people will increase violence in healthcare”, Konya Medical Chamber Chair Dr. Eyüp Çetin has resigned from the membership of the ruling AKP.

Massacre of Dedeoğulları family | ‘Several questions left uninvestigated’

Massacre of Dedeoğulları family | ‘Several questions left uninvestigated’

Çetin Dedeoğulları and Erdal Rifatoğulları, two members of the Kurdish family massacred in Konya, and Ebru Akkal, a lawyer for the family, met HDP Group Deputy Chairs Danış-Beştaş and Oluç today, on January 19.

19 January 2022

‘There are paramilitary forces behind the Konya massacre,’ says lawyer

ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

‘There are paramilitary forces behind the Konya massacre,’ says lawyer

Lawyer Abdurrahman Karabulut, a lawyer for the Dedeoğulları family, who were massacred in Konya province, has spoken to bianet following the first hearing of the trial: “The assailant was unemployed, but there was a serious cash flow in his account.”

16 December 2021 Ruken Tuncel

5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Konya province

5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Konya province

The moderate earthquake reportedly happened 10.61 kilometers deep in the central Anatolian province of Konya on 8.43 pm on November 8. Three derelict buildings have been damaged, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry’s AFAD.

9 November 2021

Deadly racist attack on Kurdish family: Three defendants released

Deadly racist attack on Kurdish family: Three defendants released

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation into the attack that claimed the lives of seven people from Dedeoğulları family in Konya. Their lawyer says the indictment was given to the state-run news agency before them.

21 October 2021

Two more people arrested over the deadly racist attack on Kurdish family

Two more people arrested over the deadly racist attack on Kurdish family

As part of the investigation into the killing of seven people from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya province, two more people have been arrested, bringing the total number of arrested suspects to 13 since early August.

Child dies in an irrigation pool while trying to rescue a sheep

Child dies in an irrigation pool while trying to rescue a sheep

The father and elder sister of the child jumped in the water to rescue 12-year-old M.D. and called an ambulance after getting out of the water. The deceased body of the child was found in the water following the search and rescue efforts.

Evidence of deadly attack on Kurdish family not given to lawyer

Evidence of deadly attack on Kurdish family not given to lawyer

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has rejected the request of the Dedeoğulları family’s lawyer for taking the camera footage and WhatsApp messages added to the file as evidence. The Office has asked for the legal opinion of the Justice Ministry.

8 September 2021

Investigation against journalist who covered massacre of Kurdish family in Konya

Investigation against journalist who covered massacre of Kurdish family in Konya

An investigation has been launched against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer over the news that she shared about the massacre of 7 Kurdish citizens from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya’s Meram.

2 September 2021

Attacks on Kurds | ‘Perpetrators not brought to account, but protected’

HDP IN KONYA

Attacks on Kurds | ‘Perpetrators not brought to account, but protected’

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has said that the perpetrators who attack Kurds are protected and that the government is hostile to Kurds.

Revealed messages show member of slain Kurdish family asked interior minister for help

KONYA MASSACRE

Revealed messages show member of slain Kurdish family asked interior minister for help

Seven members of the Dedeoğulları family were killed by an armed assailant in Konya on July 30.

Konya massacre: The assailant might have been acting on behalf of other people, says attorney

Konya massacre: The assailant might have been acting on behalf of other people, says attorney

The attorney of the slain family has talked about the latest developments in the investigation into the killing of a Kurdish family in Konya, central Turkey.

6 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Massacre in Konya: Murder suspect Altun arrested

Massacre in Konya: Murder suspect Altun arrested

Mehmet Altun, the murder suspect of seven people from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya according to the security camera footage, has been arrested. Crime scene and autopsy reports of the massacre have also come out.

Racist attack in Konya: Murder suspect caught 6 days later

Racist attack in Konya: Murder suspect caught 6 days later

Fugitive Mehmet Altun, the murder suspect of seven people from a Kurdish family in Konya according to the security camera footage, has been caught six days after the armed attack. 10 people were arrested over the attack a day before.

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

10 people arrested over deadly racist attack in Konya

Detained over the racist armed attack that claimed the lives of seven people from a Kurdish family in Konya, 10 of the 14 suspects have been arrested. Fugitive suspect Mehmet Altun has still not been caught.

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

RACIST ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

'What happened in Konya was a premeditated massacre’

The Democratic Alevi Associations Central Office has released a statement about the racist attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the same Kurdish family in Konya. The organization has demanded justice for the deceased.

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Konya massacre: 'Turkey must confront racist hatred'

Rights groups have paid a visit to Meram, Konya, where a Kurdish family was massacred at home on Friday.

Criticizing the racist attack in Konya, journalist faces an investigation

Criticizing the racist attack in Konya, journalist faces an investigation

Previously charged with “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” for criticizing the racist attack against Kurds in Sakarya, journalist Özgür Boğatekin is now summoned to give his statement over his social media post about the attack in Konya.

2 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Selahattin Demirtaş: Let’s turn to collective conscience, not rage

RACIST ATTACK IN KONYA

Selahattin Demirtaş: Let’s turn to collective conscience, not rage

Imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has made a statement about the deadly racist attack against a Kurdish family in Konya: “The main reason behind this massacre, tension and conflicts is the discriminatory policies of the government.”

Deadly attack on Kurdish family | ‘They were threatened with death unless they left’

Deadly attack on Kurdish family | ‘They were threatened with death unless they left’

Erol Şen, a relative of the 7 Kurdish family members killed in a racist attack in Konya, says, “Yaşar Dedeoğulları was told, ‘Give us your house and go, we will not let you reside here.’ They were the only Kurdish family living in that neighbourhood.”

2 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Massacre of Kurdish family: Number of detained increases to 14

Massacre of Kurdish family: Number of detained increases to 14

In a statement released by the Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it has been announced that “with the detention of one more person from the family of the suspect, who is still a fugitive, the total number of the detained has increased to 14.”

Lawyer Karabulut: Attack was carried out very professionally

ATTACK ON KURDISH FAMILY

Lawyer Karabulut: Attack was carried out very professionally

Speaking about the armed attack claiming the lives of 7 people from a Kurdish family in Konya, lawyer Karabulut says, “Over 20 bullets were fired at 7 people, which raises the suspicion that the murder was committed by more than one person or weapon.”

2 August 2021 Ruken Tuncel

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